Pavle Radinović

Pavle Radinović, sometimes Radenović, (; fl. 1371–d. 1415), was one of the most powerful Bosnian nobleman under Tvrtko I (r. 1377–1391), Dabiša (r. 1391–1395), Jelena Gruba (r. 1395–98), Ostoja (r. 1398–1404), Tvrtko II (r. 1404–1409) and Ostoja again (r. 1409–1418). He was a knez. The head of Radinović-Pavlović noble family, a powerful magnate clan whose initially possessions spread from central to eastern Bosnia, gravitating around the Prača - Miljacka river axis, between the Krivaja Drina and the Upper Bosna rivers, with the seat in Borač and Pavlovac between Prača and Rogatica, and also held mines in Olovo and Fojnica.

Pavle was assassinated near the Royal court in Sutjeska on 24 August 1415, by his compatriots and fellow noblemen, Duke Sandalj Hranić, Duke Vukmir of Zlatonosović's, Župan Dragiša of Dinjčić's, and Knez Vuk Hranić, Sandalj's brother. The circumstances surrounding the assassination were recorded by Ivan Gundulić, Ragusan diplomat at the Bosnian court in Sutjeska, who was present on the scene to witness the entire affair.

Early life His father was Radin Jablanić (fl. 1380–d. 1387), who had possessions in Krivaja and around the Prača river. The second consort of Stephen Ostoja, Kujava Radinović, could be his close cousin, maybe even sister. He was brought up at the King Tvrtko I's royal court in Sutjeska.

Dabiša's reign

After Tvrtko's death, Pavle greatly expanded his realm, and held besides the hereditary territory around the rivers of Krivaja and Prača, the town of Borač near Vlasenica, the market of Prača, the mine of Olovo.

In 1392, Radič Sanković and his brother Beljak tried to sell Konavle to the Republic of Ragusa. The same year on May 15, Radič issued a charter to Ragusan merchants enabling them to trade in his territories. However, a council meeting was convoked by the king or nobility that objected the sale; Vlatko Vuković and Pavle Radenović were sent against Radič in December 1391 after receiving the council's blessings. The two captured Radič and occupied Konavle, dividing it between themselves, despite protests from Ragusa.

Jelena Gruba's reign In 1397, his charter secured free trade and protection of Ragusans in his lands, for which he became an honorary citizen of Ragusa. In foreign politics, he, as the other magnates of the Kingdom of Bosnia, supported Ladislaus of Naples in his struggle to wrestle the crown of Hungary from Sigismund of Luxemburg.

He and other magnates such as Hrvoje Vukčić (?-1416) and Sandalj Hranić nominally served Queen Jelena Gruba. They were de facto rulers of the kingdom, especially Pavle, who was the queen's personal advisor. Hranić captured and blinded Radič, and held him in prison until he died in 1404.

Pavle appointed knez Brailo Tezalović his protovestijar sometime in 1411. He was ready to sell his part of Konavle to the Ragusans in 1414, but this was never done.

Pavle's assassination Political map delineating zemlje of Bosnian Kingdom, ca. 1412. A plot to assassinate Pavle played out during the King Ostoja's 2nd reign, and the best source for the circumstances surrounding the event is a letter written by Ivan Đivo Gundulić, Ragusan ambasador who was in Sutjeska in August 1415, where he attended a meeting of Bosnian noblemen at the stanak.

A conspiracy against Pavle must have been hatched in the background of the stanak, held in Sutjeska in August 1415 and attended by all the major noblemen except for Hrvoje Vukčić. At the end of the month, in the morning of August 24, 1415, King Ostoja and his son left Sutjeska on horseback. With them on their departure were Knez Pavle and his son Petar, Duke Sandalj Hranić, Duke Pavle Klešić, Duke Vukmir of Zlatonosović's, Župan Dragiša of Dinjčić's and Sandalj's brother, Knez Vuk Hranić. They departed together in the procession that moved from the royal court in Sutjeska towards Bobovac Fortress along the Bukovica river. but whose power seems to be started to diminish already around the time of the assassination. This means that Tvrtko II, who was pro-Ottoman, had the support of Pavlović. However, there were other reasons to account for, such as Pavle's politics toward Konavle which differed from Sandalj's significantly.

Family Petar I Pavlović (d. March 1420), duke (vojvoda), fell at battle with Sandalj's Ottoman troops Radislav Pavlović (fl. 1420–d. 1441), Grand Duke of Bosnia (since 1441), knyaz (knez) and duke (vojvoda), succeeded by his son Ivaniš (r. 1441–1450)

Pavle's family land As the head of a powerful magnate clan, the Pavlović's, Pavle commanded possessions which spread from central to eastern Bosnia, gravitating around the Prača - Miljacka river axis, between the Krivaja, Drina and the Upper Bosna rivers. The seat was in Borač, and later Pavlovac fortress, between Prača and Rogatica.

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