Sratsimir
| Sratsimir | |
|---|---|
| Despot | |
 | |
| Spouse | Keratsa Petritsa |
| Issue | Ivan Alexander Helena of Bulgaria John Komnenos Asen Michael, Despot of Vidin Theodora |
| House | Sratsimir |
Sratsimir (Bulgarian: Срацимир, Sracimir; fl. 1324–31[citation needed]) was the father of the Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Alexander (1331–1371).[1]
Sratsimir was a Bulgarian magnate with the highest court title of Despot, holding the territory of either Kran[2] or Karvuna (Balchik or Kranevo).[3] The lack of certainty over the placement of Sratsimir's holdings is due to the nature of the sparse source evidence, which is derived from a letter from Pope Benedict XII to Sratsimir's wife or widow Petritsa from 1337, which titles her duchissa Carnonen[sis][4] or Carbonen[sis].[5] It is unclear when and from whom Sratsimir received his title and governorship, but it has been proposed that they were granted by the Bulgarian Emperor Theodore Svetoslav (1299–1322).[6] or by Sratsimir's brother-in-law, the Bulgarian Emperor Michael Asen III, called Michael Shishman (1323–1330) [7]; at any rate, he held them before the accession of his son on the Bulgarian throne in 1331.[8]
Sratsimir's origins remain unclear, but it has been suggested that he belonged to the House of Terter. His brothers Radoslav and Dimitar are mentioned, as well as a cousin or uncle who bore the monastic name Samuel.[9] A possible additional brother named Vladislav was mentioned in church memorial lists.[10] The name Sratsimir was borne by several other individuals, most of them apparent kinsmen of the Despot Sratsimir.[11]
It has been suggested that Sratsimir bore a two-element name, Ivan Sratsimir, and that he was referred to under the first element, Ivan (Ioan) as ruler of Varna on an Italian map from 1322.[12] Sratsimir had married Petritsa, known by the title Keratsa,[13] a sister of the Bulgarian Emperor Michael Asen III (called Michael Shishman), and a member of the House of Shishman. They had five children. Sratsimir was the eponymous founder of the House of Sratsimir.[14]
Issue
[edit]- Ivan Alexander, Despot of Lovech, who ascended on the throne as emperor of Bulgaria after a coup d'état in 1331.
- Helena, who married the Serbian King, later Emperor Stefan Dušan in 1332.
- John Komnenos Asen, who was made Despot of Valona by his brother-in-law Stefan Dušan of Serbia.
- Michael, Despot of Vidin
- Theodora
References
[edit]- ↑ J. V.A. FINE Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor 1987, 273.
- ↑ А. БУРМОВ, "Към историята на Крънската област." ГББИ 1 (1948) 168–171.
- ↑ Й. АНДРЕЕВ, "Някои бележки около личността на деспотица Кераца, майката на цар Иван Александър." Българските земи през средновековието 3/1 (2005) 87–91; Г. АТАНАСОВ, Добруджанското деспотство. Велико Търново 2009, 78.
- ↑ А. БУРМОВ, "Към историята на Крънската област." ГББИ 1 (1948) 168–171.
- ↑ Й. АНДРЕЕВ, "Някои бележки около личността на деспотица Кераца, майката на цар Иван Александър." Българските земи през средновековието 3/1 (2005) 87–91.
- ↑ Й. АНДРЕЕВ, И. ЛАЗАРОВ, П. ПАВЛОВ, Кой кой е в средновековна България, София 2012: 620–621.
- ↑ И. БОЖИЛОВ, Фамилията на Асеневци (1186–1460). София 1985, I 28 (136-139)
- ↑ Й. АНДРЕЕВ, И. ЛАЗАРОВ, П. ПАВЛОВ, Кой кой е в средновековна България, София 2012: 620–621.
- ↑ Й. АНДРЕЕВ, И. ЛАЗАРОВ, П. ПАВЛОВ, Кой кой е в средновековна България, София 2012: 620–621; I.S.R. MLADJOV, "Monarchs' Names and Numbers in the Second Bulgarian State," Studia Ceranea 5 (2015) 267-310: 293–294 and Table 4 (310).
- ↑ I.S.R. MLADJOV, "Monarchs' Names and Numbers in the Second Bulgarian State," Studia Ceranea 5 (2015) 267–310: 294, m. 132.
- ↑ I.S.R. MLADJOV, "Monarchs' Names and Numbers in the Second Bulgarian State," Studia Ceranea 5 (2015) 267–310: 293–294.
- ↑ Й. АНДРЕЕВ, И. ЛАЗАРОВ, П. ПАВЛОВ, Кой кой е в средновековна България, София 2012: 620–621.
- ↑ On her names see I.S.R. MLADJOV, "Monarchs' Names and Numbers in the Second Bulgarian State," Studia Ceranea 5 (2015) 269.
- ↑ И. БОЖИЛОВ, Фамилията на Асеневци (1186–1460). София 1985, I 28 (136-139); I.S.R. MLADJOV, "Monarchs' Names and Numbers in the Second Bulgarian State," Studia Ceranea 5 (2015) 267–310: 292-293.
Sources
[edit]- Андреев, Йордан; Лазаров, Иван; Павлов, Пламен (1999). Кой кой е в средновековна България [Who is Who in Medieval Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). Петър Берон. pp. 9–10, 351. ISBN 978-954-402-047-7.
- T︠S︡onko Enev (1997). Vladetelskite namestnit︠s︡i na Bŭlgarii︠a︡, VII-XIX vek. p. xv.
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