House of Shishman
| House of Shishman Шишмановци | |
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| Parent house | House of Komnenos House of Assen |
| Country | Principality of Vidin Principality of Karvuna Tsardom of Tarnovo Principality of Valona Tsardom of Vidin Principality of Serres |
| Ethnicity | Bulgarian, partially Cuman |
| Founded | 1280 |
| Founder | Prince Shishman of Vidin |
| Current head | Extinct |
| Final ruler | Prince Rostislav of Tarnovo |
| Titles | Knyaz, Tsar, Despot |
| Dissolution | 1686 |
| Cadet branches | Shishmanoğlu family |
Family tree for the Shishman dynasty
Shishman (Bulgarian: Шишман), also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi (Bulgarian: Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of Cuman[1] (or partial Cuman)[2] origin.
The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire for approximately one century, from 1323 to 1422, when it was conquered by the Ottomans. The Shishmanids were related to the earlier Asen dynasty, and according to the Ragusan historian Lukarić, also to the immediately preceding Terter dynasty.[2] In Plamen Pavlov's view, the Shishman dynasty's founder, despot Shishman of Vidin, may have been the brother of George I, the first Bulgarian Terterid ruler, thus also coming to Bulgaria from the Kingdom of Hungary after 1241.[2]
Contents
1 Members
2 List of monarchs
2.1 Principality/Tsardom of Vidin
2.2 Principality of Karvuna
2.3 Tsardom of Tarnovo
2.4 Principality of Valona
2.5 Principality of Serres
3 Notes
3.1 Citations
4 Sources
4.1 References
5 External links
Members
Among its more notable members were:
Main branch:
- despot Shishman of Vidin
Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (Michael Asen III) (b. after 1280, ruled 1323–1330)
Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria (ruled 1330–1331)
- despot Belaur of Vidin (d. 1336)
Sratsimir branch:
Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (nephew of Michael Shishman) (ruled 1331–1371)
- co-emperor Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria (b. c. 1322, co-emperor 1332–1355)
Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (b. 1324/1325, ruled 1356–1397 in Vidin)
- Queen Dorothea of Bosnia
Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. early 1370s, ruled 1397–1422 in Vidin and in exile)
Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1350/1351, ruled 1371–1395 in Tarnovo)
Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople? (possible illegitimate son)[3] (Patriarch of Constantinople 1416–1439)
Fruzhin (d. c. 1460)
List of monarchs
Principality/Tsardom of Vidin
| Portrait | Name | From | Until | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Shishman | 1280 | 1308 | The founder of the dynasty. |
 | Michael I | 1308 | 1323 | Son of prince Shishman, elected to tsar of Bulgaria and uses the name Michael III. |
| Belaur | 1323 | 1337 | Brother of prince Michael I. |
 | Michael II | 1337 | 1356 | Son of prince Michael I. |
 | Sratsimir | 1356 | 1397 | Third son of Ivan Alexander. Ruled in Vidin. Captured by the Ottomans in 1396 and imprisoned in Bursa where he was strangled.[4] |
| Constantine | 1397 | 1418 | Spent most of his life in exile. Most historians do not include him in the list of the Bulgarian monarchs. |
Principality of Karvuna
| Portrait | Name | From | Until | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sratsimir | 1300 | 1330 | Father of tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. |
| Keratsa | 1330 | 1340 | Wife of Sratsimir and mother of tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. |
Tsardom of Tarnovo
| Portrait | Name | From | Until | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael III Shishman | 1323 | 1330 | Bolyar of Vidin. Mortally wounded in the battle of Velbazhd on 28 July 1330 against the Serbs.[5] |
| Ivan Stephen | 1330 | 1331 | Son of Michael III Shishman. Deposed in March 1331 and fled to Serbia.[6] Might have died in 1373. |
 | Ivan Alexander | 1331 | 1371 | Bolyar of Lovech. Descended of the Asen, Terter and Shishman dynasties. Second Golden Age of Bulgarian culture. Died of natural death on 17 February 1371, leaving Bulgaria divided among his sons.[5] |
 | Ivan Shishman | 1371 | 1393 | Fourth son of Ivan Alexander. Beheaded by the Ottomans on 3 June 1395.[7] |
Principality of Valona
| Portrait | Name | From | Until | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Komnenos | 1346 | 1363 | Brother of tsar Ivan Alexander. |
| Alexander | 1363 | 1368 | Son of prince Komnenos. |
| Komnena | 1368 | 1396 | Daughter of prince Komnenos. Married with Balša II Balšić (1372–1385), Lord of Kanina and Valona, and eventually Duke of Albania. |
Principality of Serres
| Portrait | Name | From | Until | Short description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Helena | 1355 | 1367 | Daughter of Sratsimir of Kran and Keratsa Petritsa and the sister of Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria. |
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Notes
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^ a: Only Ivan Alexander and Ivan Shishman claimed the title Emperor of all Bulgarians and Greeks.
^ a: The numbers designate which wife each child was born to.
Citations
^ Vásáry, István. Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365 (PDF). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-83756-1..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ abc Павлов, Пламен (2005). "Метежници и претенденти за търновската царска корона през XIV в.". Бунтари и авантюристи в средновековна България (in Bulgarian). Варна: LiterNet.
^ Павлов, Пламен (2007-06-15). "Щрихи към портрета на Вселенския патриарх Йосиф ІІ" (in Bulgarian). Nobility BG. Archived from the original on 2008-07-27. Retrieved 2008-08-25.
^ Andreev, p. 298
^ ab Andreev, p. 263
^ Andreev, p. 267
^ Andreev, p. 286
Sources
Nikolov-Zikov, Petar (2012), Dinastiyata na Sracimirovci, New Bulgarian University, ISBN 978-954-535-702-2
References
Андреев (Andreev), Йордан (Jordan); Милчо Лалков (Milcho Lalkov) (1996). Българските ханове и царе [The Bulgarian Khans and Tsars] (in Bulgarian). Велико Търново (Veliko Tarnovo): Абагар (Abagar). ISBN 954-427-216-X.
Ivanov, Yordan (1970). Bulgarian Antiquities from Macednia (in Bulgarian). Sofia: BAN.
External links
Mladjov, Ian. "Detailed List of Bulgarian Rulers" (PDF). Retrieved 14 April 2011.
