King Stephen
Encyclopedia
King Stephen can refer to a number of individuals. Note that medieval rulers in Serbia
(see List of Serbian monarchs) and Bosnia
(see List of rulers of Bosnia) used Stephen as an honorific as well as a personal name.
Kings named Stephen include:
House of Nemanjić
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
(see List of Serbian monarchs) and Bosnia
Bosnia (region)
Bosnia is a eponomous region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It lies mainly in the Dinaric Alps, ranging to the southern borders of the Pannonian plain, with the rivers Sava and Drina marking its northern and eastern borders. The other eponomous region, the southern, other half of the country is...
(see List of rulers of Bosnia) used Stephen as an honorific as well as a personal name.
Kings named Stephen include:
House of Kotromanić
- Stjepan I Kotroman (generally called prince rather than king)
- Stjepan II Kotromanić (generally called prince rather than king)
- Tvrtko I of BosniaTvrtko I of BosniaStjepan Tvrtko I was a ruler of medieval Bosnia. He ruled in 1353–1366 and again in 1367–1377 as Ban and in 1377–1391 as the first Bosnian King....
, styled himself King Stjepan Tvrtko of Croatia - Stjepan DabišaStjepan DabišaStephen Dabiša was the king of Bosnia from 1391 to 1395 and a member of the House of Kotromanić.-Early life:...
- Stjepan OstojaStjepan OstojaStephen Ostoja was Bosnian King from 1398 to 1404 and from 1409 to 1418.-Family connections:He was a member of the House of Kotromanić, son of Tvrtko and grandson of Vladislav of Kotroman and his wife, Jelena Šubić from the Croatian noble Šubić family...
- Stjepan Ostojić
- Stjepan TomašStjepan Tomaš KotromanicStephen Thomas was King of Bosnia from 1443 until his death....
- Stjepan TomaševićStjepan TomaševicStephen Tomašević was the last King of Bosnia and also the last Despot of Serbia .-Family:He was the son of King Stephen Thomas of Bosnia...
Rulers of Croatia of the Trpimirović dynasty
- Stjepan DržislavStjepan DržislavStephen Držislav was a King of Croatia from 969 AD until his death in 997. He was a member of the Trpimirović dynasty. He ruled from Biograd with Godemir as his Ban.-Early period:...
- Stjepan I of CroatiaStjepan I of CroatiaStephen I Krešimirović was a King of Croatia from c. 1030 until 1058 and a member of House of Trpimirović, first of the Krešimirović branch. Stephen I is actually not first Croatian king that bore the name "Stephen" , but second...
- Stjepan II of CroatiaStjepan II of CroatiaStephen II was the last member of the Trpimirović dynasty and last native Croatian king to rule the entire medieval Croatian Kingdom...
Rulers of Hungary
- Stephen I of Hungary (died 1038), Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Stephen II of HungaryStephen II of HungaryStephen II , King of Hungary and Croatia, ruled from 1116 until 1131. He was crowned as a child during his father's lifetime who wanted to ensure Stephen's succession against his brother, Duke Álmos. Stephen's reign was characterized by frequent struggles with neighbouring countries...
(died 1131) - Stephen III of HungaryStephen III of HungaryStephen III , King of Hungary King of Croatia and Dalmatia . He ascended the throne as a child and he had to stand up against his uncles who usurped the crown supported by the Byzantine Empire...
(died 1172) - Stephen IV of HungaryStephen IV of HungaryStephen IV , King of Hungary . In his youth, he rebelled against his brother, King Géza II of Hungary and had to flee to the Court of the Byzantine Emperor, Manuel I Komnenos...
(1133–1165) - Stephen V of HungaryStephen V of HungaryStephen V , was King of Hungary from 1270 to 1272.-Early years:...
(died 1272)
House of NemanjićHouse of NemanjicThe Nemanjić was the most important dynasty of Serbia in the Middle Ages, and one of the most important in Southeastern Europe. The royal house produced eleven Serbian monarchs between 1166 and 1371. It's progenitor was Stephen Nemanja, who descended from a cadet line of the Vukanović dynasty...
- Stefan NemanjaStefan NemanjaStefan Nemanja was the Grand Prince of the Grand Principality of Serbia from 1166 to 1196, a heir of the Vukanović dynasty that marked the beginning of a greater Serbian realm .He is remembered for his contributions to Serbian culture and...
- Stefan Prvovencani
- Stefan Radoslav
- Stefan Vladislav I
- Stefan Uroš I
- Stefan Dragutin
- Stefan Uroš II Milutin
- Stefan Vladislav II
- Stefan Decanski
- Stefan Dušan
- Stefan Uroš V
House of Vojislavljević
- Stefan Dobroslav I Vojislav (generally called prince rather than king)
Other South Slav rulers
- Stefan LazarevićStefan LazarevicStefan Lazarević known also as Stevan the Tall was a Serbian Despot, ruler of the Serbian Despotate between 1389 and 1427. He was the son and heir to Prince Lazar, who died at the Battle of Kosovo against the Turks in 1389, and Princess Milica from the subordinate branch of the Nemanjić dynasty...
of Serbia (generally called prince rather than king) - Stefan I CrnojevićStefan I CrnojevicStefan a.k.a. Stefanica Crnojević was a medieval lord of the Principality of Zeta , from the House of Crnojević that ruled it from 1451 to 1465.-Reign:...
of Montenegro - Stjepan Vukčić KosačaStjepan Vukcic KosacaStjepan Vukčić Kosača was a Herzegovina nobleman. He was a member of the House of Kosača, a Grand Duke of Herzegovina, Lord of Zahumlje and Primorje and also Herzog of Serbian Saint Sava...
of Herzegovina (generally called duke rather than king)
Other
- Musical works with Saint Stephen of Hungary as subject:
- King Stephen (1811), by Ludwig van Beethoven
- István király (1885), (King Stephen), opera by Ferenc Erkel
- István, a királyIstván, a királyIstván, a király is a Hungarian rock opera written by Levente Szörényi and János Bródy , based on the life of Saint Stephen of Hungary. The storyline was based on the play Ezredforduló by Miklós Boldizsár, who co-wrote the libretto.The opera was first staged in 1983 on an open-air stage in...
(1984), rock opera