Vitača

Vitača(Serbian Cyrillic:Витача) wasQueen consort of Bosniaas the first wife of KingStephen Ostoja of Bosnia.^[1]^[2]

Vitača married Ostoja, the illegitimate son of KingTvrtko I of Bosnia,before his accession to the throne of Bosnia. Ostoja was a member of theBosnian Churchand Vitača was most likely a member of that church as well.^[3]It is unknown whether they had any children.

Vitača became queen when her husband was elected to succeedJelena Grubain 1399.^[4]Vitača, however, was not related to the powerful nobility of Bosnia - in fact, she may have been a commoner.^[1]Ostoja divorced her, either by his own choice, or due to the pressure to make a useful political marriage.^[4]He was able to do this because, unlike Roman Catholic churches, the Bosnian Church permitted divorce.^[1]

Though, Ostoja referred to her as his wife in a letter he wrote to the people of Dubrovnik, dated February of 1399, by September of 1399 theRagusansreferred to Vitača as the repudiated wife of the King of Bosnia.^[5]The Ragusans kept correspondence with the ex-queen Vitača for some time after her divorce.

Following his divorce from Vitača, Ostoja marriedKujava Radinović,who, sixteen years later, he divorced in turn.^[1]

References

^^a ^b ^c ^dDautović, Dženan (2019-10-31),"THE PAPACY AND MARRIAGE PRACTICES IN MEDIEVAL BOSNIA",Medieval Bosnia and South-East European Relations,Arc Humanities Press, pp. 113–136,doi:10.2307/j.ctvpb3vg4.9,S2CID 211655677,retrieved2024-02-02
^Veselinović, Andrija; Ljušić, Radoš (2002).Rodoslovi srpskih dinastija(in Serbian). Platoneum.ISBN 978-86-83639-02-1.
^Fine (jr.), John V. A.; Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994).The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest.University of Michigan Press.ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.
^^a ^bFine, John Van Antwerp (1975).The Bosnian Church: A New Interpretation: a Study of the Bosnian Church and Its Place in State and Society from the 13th to the 15th Centuries.East European quarterly.ISBN 978-0-914710-03-5.
^Историски гласник: орган Историского друштва НР Србије(in Serbian). Научна књига. 1953.

John Van Antwerp Fine, Bosnian Institute;The Bosnian Church: Its Place in State and Society from the Thirteenth to the Fifteenth Century,Saqi in association with The Bosnian Institute, 2007

Royal titles
Vacant Title last held by Jelena Gruba	Queen consort of Bosnia 1399	Vacant Title next held by Kujava Radinović

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[:0-1] Dautović, Dženan (2019-10-31),"THE PAPACY AND MARRIAGE PRACTICES IN MEDIEVAL BOSNIA",Medieval Bosnia and South-East European Relations,Arc Humanities Press, pp. 113–136,doi:10.2307/j.ctvpb3vg4.9,S2CID 211655677,retrieved2024-02-02

[2] Veselinović, Andrija; Ljušić, Radoš (2002).Rodoslovi srpskih dinastija(in Serbian). Platoneum.ISBN 978-86-83639-02-1.

[3] Fine (jr.), John V. A.; Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994).The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest.University of Michigan Press.ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.

[:1-4] Fine, John Van Antwerp (1975).The Bosnian Church: A New Interpretation: a Study of the Bosnian Church and Its Place in State and Society from the 13th to the 15th Centuries.East European quarterly.ISBN 978-0-914710-03-5.

[5] Историски гласник: орган Историского друштва НР Србије(in Serbian). Научна књига. 1953.

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v t e Kotromanić dynasty
Bans of Bosnia (1254–1377)	Prijezda I Prijezda II Stephen I Stephen II Tvrtko I
Banesses of Bosnia	Elizabeth of Serbia Elizabeth of Kuyavia Dorothea of Bulgaria
Kings of Bosnia (1377–1463)	Stephen Tvrtko I Stephen Dabiša Stephen Ostoja Stephen Ostojić Stephen Tvrtko II Stephen Thomas Stephen Tomašević
Queens of Bosnia	Dorothea of Bulgaria Helen of Bosnia Vitača Kujava Radinović Jelena Nelipić Dorothea Garai Vojača Katarina Kosača Jelena Branković
Other significant members	Catherine, Baness of Croatia Vladislav Kotromanić Jelena Šubić Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary and Poland Catherine, Countess of Cilli Helen, Duchess of Troppau Maria, Countess of Helfenstein Radivoj Ostojić Catherine Tomašević Matija Sabančić