The topic of discussion in this paper is the relation between the counts of Bribir and the city of Šibenik. By giving the reader the basic fundamentals about both the origins of counts of Bribir and the city Šibenik, this paper strives to give an overview of the beginning of this relation, its evolution and in the end its termination, using the relevant literature and number of sources and in the same time trying to point out particularities that distinguish it from similar occurrences on the east coast of the Adriatic. Special care is afforded to the identification and the analysis of the potential interests which attracted the members of the Šubić kindred and encourage them to initiate this relationship. By developing the aforementioned considerations, this paper also presents the most important contribution that counts of Bribir gave to the growth of Šibenik – the establishment of bishopric and the attainment of the city status. Closing considerations are dedicated to the end of the relationship between the two factors and to the analysis of the part that Šibenik played in the downfall of the counts of Bribir.