War of Hum
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The War of Hum was fought in 1326–1329 between the Banate of Bosnia under Stjepan II Kotromanić and the Kingdom of Serbia under Stefan Dečanski Nemanjić.
Background
Branivoje who served King Stefan Milutin Nemanjić (r. 1282–1321) was given to rule over the city of Ston and Pelješac peninsula. His family had by 1325 emerged as the strongest in Zahumlje (or Hum). Probably at their highest point they ruled from Cetina river to the town of Kotor. Though nominal vassals of Serbia, the Branivojević family attacked Serbian interests and other local nobles of Hum, who in 1326 turned against Serbia and the Branivojevići. The Hum nobility approached Stjepan Kotromanić II, the ban of Bosnia, who then entered conflict with Serbia.
History
In 1326, Ban Stephen II attacked Serbia in a military alliance with the Republic of Ragusa and conquered Zahumlje, gaining access to the Adriatic Sea. He also expanded into Završje, including the fields of Glamoč, Duvanj and Livanj. The province of Zahumlje was ruled by the local noble family of Branivojevićs who had tricked Stefan Dečanski's vassal Prince, Crep, who was a close friend, so King Stefan had no desire to defend those areas from Ban Stephen's forces.
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