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Queen Katarina (Vukčić Kosača) Kotromanić was the daughter of Duke Stjepan Vukčić Kosača and Jelena, daughter of the ruler of the State of Zeta, Balša III. She was born in Blagaj in 1424.
Stjepan Tomaš ascended the Bosnian royal throne in 1443 and was proclaimed by Pope Eugene IV. the legitimate king of Bosnia on May 29, 1445. At that time, the king was looking for a wife and the choice fell on Katarina Kosača. The wedding took place according to the Catholic rite on May 26, 1446 in Milodraž near Fojnica and Katarina became the Bosnian queen.
The Franciscans took care of her religious upbringing. She built the Church of the Holy Trinity in Vrila and the Church of St. Catherine in Jajce. In early July 1461, King Stjepan Tomaš died under suspicious circumstances. Queen Katarina became a widow, and two of her children, Šimun and Katarina, were taken into slavery by the Ottomans. In 1463, her Odyssey begins, which ends with her arrival, life and death in Rome in 1478. In her last will, she expressed her wish to be buried in the Roman church of Ara Coeli, and that the Bosnian kingdom be handed over to the legitimate heirs if they return to their faith; should they not, she leaves the kingdom to the Holy See, which can decide on it “according to its discretion". A copy of her last will has been preserved to this day and is kept in the Vatican archives. (Friar Andrija Nikić)
Croatian Post Ltd. Mostar has issued 1 commemorative postage stamp in a sheet of 8 stamps + vignette, a postmark and First Day Cover (FDC). Stamps and accompanying materials can also be purchased online at www.epostshop.ba
