The title refers to the river Rama, a small tributary of the Neretva.
Bosnia was administered by the ban, who was either an appointed or an elected official, and acted for the child-king Ladislaus.
[3] Since the reign of Béla II, all the kings and queens regnant of Hungary continued to claim supremacy over Bosnia.
In 1878, Bosnia and Herzegovina was occupied by Austria-Hungary and in 1908, it was annexed as a condominium, thereby giving the title a more practical significance than it had ever possessed.
[1] An examination into published charters of the Hungarian rulers it is observed that Rama is equivalent to Bosnia exclusively from the 15th century.