Paul I Šubić of Bribir

Paul I Šubić of Bribir (c. 1245–1312), head of the leading Croatian noble house, became Ban of Croatia in 1275. With his brothers he brought most Dalmatian coastal cities under his rule and fought Venice until peace in 1294.

During the succession crisis he was the chief ally of the Angevins against the Árpáds, and escorted Charles Robert to Zagreb in 1300. He conquered the Banate of Bosnia in 1299 and Hum in 1301, and in 1304 quelled a Bosnian rebellion after his brother Mladen was killed and made his son Mladen ban. He took Zadar from Venice in 1311 and died on 1 May 1312, leaving his domains to his son Mladen II.