Властела Павловића на повељама босанских краљева
The Noble Family Pavlović in the Charters of Bosnian Kings

Summary/Abstract: The Pavlović nobility is mentioned as witnesses in seven royal charters. Tvrtko Borovinić is mentioned four times (1417, 1419, 1433, 1436), Radič Mozolić three times (1446, 1451, 1459) and Radoslav Vladimirić once (1419). All of them were relatives of the Pavlović family since they belonged to the same clan. Only in two of these seven charters the witnesses are members of the Pavlović family (1417, 1446). In several charters witnessed by the Pavlovićs their nobility rose as dignitaries (1426, 1446, 1461). In any case, the mutual interests of the Pavlovićs and their nobility as well as those of the Pavlovićs and Bosnian kings are not opposed. As rusaška gospoda, the Pavlovićs were dedicated to the idea of a Bosnian state as an indivisible whole and considered themselves its integral part. Therefore, it was possible for the nobility subordinated to them, the members of their own clan, to dwell at the king’s court, where they performed various services. After all, the Pavlović family could only take advantage of the presence of their relatives in the King’s vicinity. We assume that this further strengthened their position and influence at court. What inevitably arises is the comparison with the Kosača clan. While the relatives of the Pavlović family actively participated in the political life of the Bosnian kingdom, there are no members of the side branches of the Kosača clan neither in the royal charters nor in the royal service. This may lead to the conclusion that the side Kosača branch within the clan was in a more subordinated position than it was the case with relatives of the Pavlovićs within their clan. But it could also be concluded that the power and authority of Sandalj Hranić and Stefan Vukčić within the Kosača clan, as well as towards the Bosnian king, was stronger in comparison with the Pavlović family.The involvement of members of Borovinić, Vladimirić and Mozolić families among the witnesses to the royal charters, and their duties of court officials are linked to their kinship relations with the Pavlović family. Without them it would be difficult for members of these small and local aristocratic families to thrive in the social hierarchy of the medieval Bosnian state.

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