Hrvatin Stjepanić

Hrvatin Stjepanić (Horvatinus, Huruatin; 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.

Life
Hrvatin Stjepanić was a Bosnian magnate, who ruled in Donji Kraji, in medieval Bosnia with the title of knez (de inferioribus Bosne confinibus). He was a relative and vassal of Paul I Šubić of Bribir, Ban of Bosnia at the time. Medievalist Ferdo Šišić believed that Hrvatin have died around the same time as Paul I (1312). He had three sons. 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, and even more so by his grandson, the Grand Duke of Bosnia, Hrvoje Vukčić.

Issue
Hrvatin had three sons:


 * Vukoslav Hrvatinić (Vlkosslaus; fl. 1315–1326), issued a charter in 1315 in Sanica. In ca. 1326, Ban Stjepan II in a land grant mentioned that Vukoslav "had left the Croatian lord". Served as Knez of Ključ (fl. 1325). Married Jelena, the daughter of Knez Kurjak.
 * Pavao Hrvatinić (fl. 1323–1332)
 * Vukac Hrvatinić (fl. 1357–1366), defended the Sokol Fortress in the Pliva county in ca. 1363 against the Hungarians, for which he was awarded an entire župa Pliva and a title of vojvoda by Ban Tvrtko I.