Claim: Krakra of Pernik's was a "man remarkable of equestrian affairs" and his name appears in historical annals in connection to a Byzantine Military campaign in 1003; and hed defended against Basil II in 1004 as well as 1016.
Evidence: Krakra was a "man remarkable in military affairs" and a high-ranking bolyarin, possibly governor of the Sredets comitatus, under the Tsars Samuil, Gavril Radomir and Ivan Vladislav.