2io THE REPUBLIC OF RAGUSA
quence of the murder by Ostoja of Paul Radinovic, a powerful Bosnian noble. Hrvoje died in March 1416, and in October a Ragusan despatch declared that “ the whole of Bosnia is laid waste, and the barons are preparing to exterminate each other.” The rebel magnates met in a Diet, and forced Ostoja to fly to Hlum, where he succeeded in establishing a precarious rule, but after the year 1418 nothing more is heard of him. The magnates elected his son, Stephen Ostojic, as King, and Ragusa at once sent an embassy to try to obtain from him the rest of Canali, of which a part had been given by Sandalj and a part by Paul Paulovic. This request Ostojic granted, and in exchange for a yearly tribute of 500 ipperperi promised to protect the city. Sandalj and Paulovic still retained a part of that territory, but on Paulovic’s death in 1419 Sandalj sold all his remaining share to the Republic for 1 8,000 ducats, and included that of Paulovic. The latter’s son, Radosav, protested, and induced the Canalesi to revolt. He too asked for Turkish help, for, as Resti says, “ he had begun after the example of the other Slave princes to nourish in his breast the viper that was to devour them all.” He continued to disturb Ragusa for years to come.
   Between 1417 and 1421 Balsa had been at war with most of his neighbours, including Venice and Ragusa, but in this last year his stormy life came to an end, and with him the house of Balsa died out, for he left no sons. Stephen, the Despot of Servia, Sandalj Hranic, and a native prince named Stephen Maramonte, laid claim to his estates, but Venice obtained the lion’s share, as Drivasto, Dulcigno, and Antivari surrendered