House of Shishman

House of Shishman
Шишмановци
House of Shishman; Шишмановци
	Coat of arms of the Bulgarian emperor, drawn byConrad Grünenberg(1483)
Parent house	Asen dynasty(matrilineal)
Country	Second Bulgarian Empire
Founded	1270s/1280s
Founder	Shishman of Vidin
Final ruler	Ivan Stephen
Titles	Emperor of Bulgaria; DespotofVidin
Dissolution	14th century?
Deposition	1331
Cadet branches	House of Sratsimir(matrilineal)

TheHouse of Shishman(Bulgarian:Шишман), also referred to as theShishmanidsorShishmanovtsi(Bulgarian:Шишмановци), was a medievalBulgariandynasty ofTurkic Cuman^[1]origin. The House of Shishman ruled theSecond Bulgarian Empirefrom the proclamation ofMichael Asen IIIas emperor in 1323 to the deposition of his sonIvan Stephenin 1331 whereafter rule fell to theHouse of Sratsimir,who were matrilineal descendants of the Shishmanids.^[2]

The Shishmanids were matrilineally descended from the earlierAsen dynasty^[2]and may also have been related to the immediately precedingTerter dynasty.^[3]

Family tree[edit]

Shishman of Vidin,Despot ofVidin^[2]
- Michael Asen III,Bulgarian emperor (1323–1330; also known asMichael Shishman)^[2]
  - Ivan Stephen,Bulgarian emperor (1330–1331)^[2]
  - Shishman,exile in the Byzantine Empire^[4]
  - Louis,exile in Naples^[4]
  - Michael, Despot^[4]
- Belaur,Despot of Vidin^[5]
- Keratsa Petritsa,Empress of Bulgaria, marriedSratsimirand was the mother ofIvan Alexander^[2]
  - (→Sratsimir dynasty)

References[edit]

^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.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^fMladjov, 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.
^Павлов, Пламен (2005)."Метежници и претенденти за търновската царска корона през XIV в.".Бунтари и авантюристи в средновековна България(in Bulgarian). Варна: LiterNet.
^^a ^b ^cBiliarsky, Ivan (2011).Word and Power in Mediaeval Bulgaria.BRILL. p. 283.ISBN 978-90-04-19145-7.
^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.

[vasary-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.

[:0-2] 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.

[pavlov-3] Павлов, Пламен (2005)."Метежници и претенденти за търновската царска корона през XIV в.".Бунтари и авантюристи в средновековна България(in Bulgarian). Варна: LiterNet.

[:1-4] 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.

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