Matej Ninoslav

Matej Ninoslav (died 1250) was ban of Bosnia from 1232, when he replaced Stjepan Kulinić with the backing of the Bosnian Church. In 1233 he swore to Pope Gregory IX to remain a Catholic, while his cousin Prijezda gave his son as a hostage to seal his conversion.

Gregory nonetheless proclaimed the Bosnian Crusade in 1234, and the Hungarian king granted Ninoslav's title to Coloman. Hungarian armies overran the country for years; after the Mongol invasion of 1241 Ninoslav restored his rule.

He served as prince of Split from 1242 to 1244 and issued trade charters to Ragusa. On his death in 1250 his cousin Prijezda succeeded him.