Šubić

The Šubić were one of the Twelve noble tribes of medieval Croatia, documented from the twelfth century and holding Bribir in inland Dalmatia. In 1251 King Béla IV of Hungary confirmed Bribir as a hereditary fief.

Under Paul I Šubić, Ban of Croatia from 1275 and Lord of Bosnia from 1299, the house dominated Croatian affairs. Paul ruled most Dalmatian coastal cities, minted coin and in 1300 escorted the Angevin claimant Charles Robert from Split to the Hungarian throne. His son Mladen II was overthrown at Bliska in 1322, and the crown curbed Šubić power.

In 1347 King Louis I granted Zrin to Gregory and George Šubić, founding the Zrinski line, which later led Croatian resistance to the Ottomans. Bribir was overrun by the Turks in 1520, scattering the remaining branches into Slavonia and Hungary.