Hrvatin Stjepanić ( Latin: Horvatinus, Huruatin; fl. 1299–1304), was a Bosnian magnate with the title of Knez of Donji Kraji in Bosnia (de inferioribus Bosne confinibus. In historiography, Hrvatin's surname is spelled Stjepanić or Stipanić. Hrvatin is a namesake for the Hrvatinić noble family.
Hrvatin Stjepanić was a Bosnian magnate, who ruled in Donji Kraji, in medieval Bosnia with the title of knez (de inferioribus Bosne confinibus). [1] He was a relative and vassal of Paul I Šubić of Bribir, Ban of Bosnia at the time. [2] [3] Medievalist Ferdo Šišić believed that Hrvatin have died around the same time as Paul I (1312). [4] He had three sons. [4] Hrvatin is a namesake for the Hrvatinić noble family, made prominent in the Banate of Bosnia and later Kingdom of Bosnia by his son, Vukac Hrvatinić, at first as a knez and later vojvoda ( transl. duke), and even more so by his grandson, the Grand Duke of Bosnia, Hrvoje Vukčić.
Hrvatin had three sons:
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