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Jelena Šubić (died 1378) was a member of the Bribir branch of the Šubić noble family who ruled the
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as
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from 1354 until 1357. Jelena was the daughter of the Croatian lord George II Šubić of Bribir, Count of
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. She married
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, brother of Ban Stephen II of Bosnia, in Klis Fortress in late 1337 or early 1338. Lampridio Vitturi,
Bishop of Trogir Tragurium, Ancient Latin name of a city in Dalmatia (coastal Croatia), now called Trogir, was a bishopric until 1829 and a Latin titular bishopric until 1933.
, celebrated the marriage; Trogir authorities hostile to him later complained to the
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that the marriage was uncanonical due to consanguinity of the couple. Jelena and Vladislav had two sons, Tvrtko and Vuk. Tvrtko was about 15 years old when he became
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upon the death of her brother-in-law in the fall of 1353. Jelena and Vladislav, who was excluded from succession for unknown reasons, assumed government in the name of the young Ban. Widowed within a year, Jelena continued ruling on Tvrtko's behalf alone. Accompanied by her younger son, Jelena immediately traveled to the court of their overlord, King
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, to seek his consent to Tvrtko's accession. Louis tasked her with delivering a message to her sister-in-law Jelena Nemanjić, widow of her brother Mladen III, who was trying to keep hold of the Kliss Fortress. Upon her return to Bosnia, Jelena presided over an assembly (''
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'') in
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and confirmed the possessions and privileges of the noblemen of "all of
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, Donji Kraji, Zagorje and the Hum land". In May 1355 she decided to take an active part in the dispute over the Šubić family inheritance, which had been ongoing since the death of her brother Mladen in 1348. Jelena marched with Tvrtko and their army to
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. An agreement was concluded by which her son was to inherit all cities held by her father and a city held by her sister Katarina. Jelena's regency ended in 1357. She and her sons were granted citizenship by the
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in 1364. Two years later she accompanied Tvrtko to the Hungarian royal court following his brief deposition in favor of Vuk; Tvrtko reinstated himself within a year. In the fall of 1374, Jelena organized and attended the wedding of her son and Dorothea of Bulgaria.


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