Bobovac is a fortified city of
medieval Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located near today's Vareš and the
village of Borovica.
The city was built during the reign of
Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia, and was first mentioned in a document dating from
1349. It shared the role of seat of the rulers of Bosnia with Kraljeva
Sutjeska, however Bobovac was much better fortified than the other.
Bosnian King Stephen Tomašević moved
the royal seat to Jajce during his war with the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans
invaded the city in 1463. Its fall hastened the Ottoman conquest of Bosnia.
Bobovac is now a protected cultural
site.
Bobovac contained the crown jewels of Bosnia as
well as being the burial site for some of the kings of Bosnia. Nine skeletons
have been found in the five tombs located in the mausoleum. The identified
skeletons belong to kings Dabiša, Ostoja, Ostojić, Tvrtko II and Thomas. It is
assumed that one of the remaining skeletons belongs to the last king,
Tomašević, decapitated in Jajce on the order of Mehmed the Conqueror. Only one
of the skeletons, found next to that of King Tvrtko II, is female and assumed
to belong to Tvrtko II's wife, Queen Dorothy.
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