Smilets ( Bulgarian. Smilets ) (? - 1298 ), Bulgarian king in 1292 - 1298 .
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| Predecessor | George I Terter | ||||||
| Successor | Chaka | ||||||
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| Death | 1298 | ||||||
| Spouse | Smiltsena Paleologinya | ||||||
| Children | Ivan Smilets, Theodora, Marina | ||||||
Smilets and his brothers Radoslav and Voisil were large landowners. They came from a noble family [1] . Their possessions extended from Sliven to Kopsis. In 1292, after the flight of Tsar George I Terter, Smilets, with the support of Nogai, occupied the Bulgarian throne [2] . Already being a king, in 1292 he married the daughter of the Byzantine sevastocrat Konstantin Paleolog .
In 1296 or 1297, Smilec married his daughter Theodora to the future Serbian king Stephen III .
During the reign of Smilz, the Tatars continued to raid Bulgaria.
In 1298, after the start of the Chaki invasion of Bulgaria, Smilec ceased to be mentioned. It is possible that he was killed by order of Chucky or during a battle with Chucky’s troops.
After the death of Smilts, the throne passed to his young son, Ivan Smilts , whose regent became the widow of Smilts. However, in fact, Ivan Smilets did not rule, the throne quickly occupied Chuck, and the widow of Smilets and Ivan Smilets fled from Tarnovo .
Notes
- ↑ Yordan Andreev- “Bulgarian Khanate and Tsar of the 7th-14th Century”. Dr. Peter Baron Publishing House, Sofia, 1988
- ↑ “History in Bulgaria. Volume 3-Second Bulgaria's Darzhava ”, Publishing House at the Bulgarian Academy of Science, Sofia, 1982