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to the Hungarian throne, and received from him 

 the title of Duke of Sava. From this period dates 

 the name of Herzegovina. Thomas naturally was 

 little likely to sanction the proceedings, hut died 

 during the ensuing war, and was succeeded by 

 his son Stephen, the last king of Bosnia, who 

 was crowned at Jaice by the Papal Legate. 



Stephen's reign opened with better auspices 

 for the monarchy, but Bogumilism seemed to be 

 destined to be the rock on which Bosnia was to 

 founder. Although peace was made with the 

 Duke of Sava, King Matthew of Hungary, him- 

 self threatened from within by the Hussites, who 

 certainly were in communication with the Bogu- 

 milites, and from without by the Hussite George 

 Podiebrad, like himself a pretender to the Bohemian 

 crown, stirred up Stephen to energetic measures 

 against the heretics. 



The end was now near. Many of the Bosnian 

 magnates were already with the Sultan, and those, 

 who had outwardly conformed to the Church, were 

 in secret communication with him. Mahomet II. 

 marched into Bosnia, and appeared before Bobo- 

 vatz on May 19, 1462. The commander of this 

 impregnable fortress, Knez Kadak, a Bogumilite in 

 secret, surrendered it almost without any attempt 

 at defence. Shortly afterwards the last Bosnian 

 king was captured and beheaded. Nearly all the 

 nobility embraced Islam, and no doubt the bulk 



