Mladen III Šubić of Bribir

Mladen III Šubić ( 1315 – Trogir, 1 May 1348) was a member of the Croatian Šubić noble family, who ruled from Klis Fortress. He was in possession of Klis, Omiš and Skradin. He is also known as Shield of the Croats (Clipeus Croatorum), according to the Latin epitaph in verse on his grave in Trogir Cathedral.

Ruler He formally succeeded his father Juraj II Šubić upon his early death, though the territories were initially controlled by his mother Lelka until he reached adulthood in 1332. She continued to have considerable influence on his politics afterwards.

After several diplomatic games and battles between the armies, Klis and other cities by 1355 temporary fell again into hands of king Louis I of Hungary.

Family Mladen III Šubić was probably oldest son of Juraj II Šubić and grandson of Pavao I Šubić Bribirski, who was the most powerful Croatian noble at the end of the thirteenth century and beginning of the fourteenth century.

Mladen III Šubić had a son Mladen IV Šubić.

Grave epitaph Latin (Inscriptio sepulcri comitis Mladini) Croatian translation (Natpis na grobu kneza Mladena) Heu gemma splendida jacet sub hac petra. Cuius valor periit nunc in fossa tetra. Mladinus magnificus qui Clissie fuit Comes, suis sola spes cur tam cito ruit? Georgii comitis memorie bone Natus atque dominus Almesi, Scardone, Probitatis titulus, morum et honoris Ut flos vernans defuit vir tanti valoris. Croatorum clipeus fortis et ipse erat Inter omnes fortior; volens scire querat: Eius mortem impiam cerno pro peccatis Slavonie gentium evenisse gratis. Flete, Slavi, nobilem nepotem banorum, Largam vestram copiam pacis et honorum. Sic preces altissimo date creatori, Quod ipse misericors parcat peccatori. Hic annorum Domini sub cursu milleni Trecenteni insuper atque quadrageni Octavo sub tempore traditus est limo In Calendis Madii mensis die primo. Cum bona sui memoria mors ipsum voravit, Deo reddens animam hic mox expiravit.Jao! Alem sjajni ispod ove ploče crne Leži sad i usred tmine hrabrenost mu trne. Svijetli Mladen, knez i slavni vladar Klisa grada. Zašto mlad preminu, jedina svom puku nada? Sin knez-Jurja, uspomene dobre vlastelina. Bješe on gospodar Omiš-grada i Skradina. Čestitosti i značaja uzora nam nesta, Vrli junak, cvijet proljetni, živjeti nam presta. Štit Hrvata on nam bješe, vrijedan nada svima, Plemenit i silan, prvi branič med prvima. Pitaš li me zašto smrt ga nevina zadesi? Ja sad vidim: Slavskog roda ubiše ga grijesi! Plačite, Slaveni, svijetlog unuka banova, Zalog naših časti, zalog mira, blagoslova! A sad vaše Previšnjemu diž'te molbe vruće, Nek daruje grešnom svjetlost milosti moguće. Tisuć trista četrdeset osmog ljeta Gospodina našeg sa ovoga pođe svijeta, U prvi dan svibnja tijelo ovdje zemlji dade, Grob nam ga proguta i ugrabi naše nade, Ovdje Bogu dušu dade, al' mu spomen draga Među nama ostade, na sve vijeke blaga.