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King Stephen can refer to a number of individuals. Note that medieval rulers in Serbia and Bosnia used Stephen as an honorific as well as a personal name.

Kings named Stephen include:

Rulers of Bosnia

• Stjepan Ostojić (r. 1418–1420)
• Stjepan Tomašević (d. 1463)

Rulers of Croatia

• Stjepan Držislav (r. 969 – c. 997)
• Stjepan I of Croatia (c. 988 – 1058)
• Stjepan II of Croatia (r. 1089 – 1090 or 1091)

Rulers of England

• Stephen of Blois (1092 or 1096 – 1154)

Rulers of Hungary

• Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975 – 1038), Saint Stephen of Hungary
• Stephen II of Hungary (1101–1131)
• Stephen III of Hungary (1147–1172)
• Stephen IV of Hungary (1133–1165)
• Stephen V of Hungary (c. 1239 – 1272)

Rulers of Poland

• Stefan Batory (died 1586), King of Poland, Prince of Transylvania

Rulers of Serbia

• Stefan the First-Crowned
  • other kings of Serbia as an honorific

Musical works

• Musical works with Saint Stephen of Hungary as subject:
  • King Stephen (1811), by Ludwig van Beethoven
  • István király (1885), (King Stephen), opera by Ferenc Erkel
  • István, a király (1984), rock opera

See also

• Stephen King (disambiguation)