House of Shishman

House of Shishman
Шишмановци
Coat of arms of the Bulgarian emperor, drawn by Conrad Grünenberg (1483)
Parent houseAsen dynasty (matrilineal)
CountrySecond Bulgarian Empire
Founded1270s/1280s
FounderShishman of Vidin
Final rulerIvan Stephen
TitlesEmperor of Bulgaria
Despot of Vidin
Dissolution14th century?
Deposition1331
Cadet branchesHouse of Sratsimir (matrilineal)

The House of Shishman (Bulgarian: Шишман), also referred to as the Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi (Bulgarian: Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian dynasty of Turkic Cuman[1] origin. The House of Shishman ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire from the proclamation of Michael Asen III as emperor in 1323 to the deposition of his son Ivan Stephen in 1331 whereafter rule fell to the House of Sratsimir, who were matrilineal descendants of the Shishmanids.[2]

The Shishmanids were matrilineally descended from the earlier Asen dynasty[2] and may also have been related to the immediately preceding Terter dynasty.[3]

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References

  1. ^ Vásáry, István (24 March 2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365 (PDF). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-83756-1.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Mladjov, Ian (2015). "Monarchs' Names and Numbering in the Second Bulgarian State". Studia Ceranea. 5: 267–310. doi:10.18778/2084-140X.05.09. hdl:11089/18406.
  3. ^ Павлов, Пламен (2005). "Метежници и претенденти за търновската царска корона през XIV в.". Бунтари и авантюристи в средновековна България (in Bulgarian). Варна: LiterNet.
  4. ^ a b c Biliarsky, Ivan (2011). Word and Power in Mediaeval Bulgaria. BRILL. p. 283. ISBN 978-90-04-19145-7.
  5. ^ Fine, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.