# Index of Bulgarian Empire–related articles

This is a list of people, places, and events related to the medieval Bulgarian Empires — the First Bulgarian Empire (681–1018), and the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396).

## Notes

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* People are listed by first name. Events, monuments and institutions like "Battle/Siege/Council/Church/Duchy/etc. of NNN" are listed by the location/name.

## Index

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I
* J
* K
* L
* M
* N
* O
* P
* Q
* R
* S
* T
* U
* V
* W
* X
* Y
* Z
* Lists
* Categories

## A

* Achelous (917), Battle of
* Adrianople (1205), Battle of
* Adrianople (1254), Battle of
* Adrianople (813), Siege of
* Agatha, wife of Edward the Exile
* Agatha, wife of Samuel of Bulgaria
* Ajjar
* Ajtony
* Albania under the Bulgarian Empire
* Aldimir
* Alexius Slav
* Alexander (son of Ivan Shishman)
* Alogobotur
* Alusian of Bulgaria
* Anchialus (708), Battle of
* Anchialus (763), Battle of
* Andronikos Asen
* Anevo Fortress
* Anna (Anisia)
* Anna (daughter of Boris I)
* Anna Neda of Serbia
* Anna Maria of Hungary
* Anna of Wallachia
* Anna Terter of Bulgaria
* Anna-Theodora Asenina of Bulgaria
* Arcadiopolis (970), Battle of
* Arcadiopolis (1194), Battle of
* Archbishopric of Ohrid
* Aron
* Asen dynasty
* Asen's Fortress
* Asen and Peter, Uprising of
* Asparukh
* Avars

## B

* Baba Vida
* Bachkovo Monastery
* Baldwin's Tower
* Ballshi Inscription
* Ban (title)
* Basil I of Bulgaria
* Basil II of Bulgaria
* Batbayan
* Belaur
* Belogradchik Fortress
* Beloslava of Bulgaria
* Berziti
* Berzitia, Battle of
* Beshevliev, Veselin
* Bitola (1015), Battle of
* Bitola inscription
* Bogomil (priest)
* Bogomilism
* Boila
* Boril
* Boril, book of
* Boris I
* Boris II
* Boruy, Battle of
* Boulgarophygon, Battle of
* Boyana Church
* Boyar
* Bozhenishki Urvich
* Braničevci
* Bulgaria
* Bulgaria (theme)
* Bulgaria, Byzantine conquest of
* Bulgaria, Christianization of
* Bulgaria, Sviatoslav's invasion of
* Bulgarian army, medieval
* Bulgarian coinage, medieval
* Bulgarian Empire
* Bulgarian Empire, First
* Bulgarian Empire, Second
* Bulgarian khans, Nominalia of the
* Bulgarian literature, medieval
* Bulgarian navy, medieval
* Bulgarian royal charters, medieval
* Bulgarians
* Bulgars
* Byalgrad
* Byzantine Empire, Bulgarian wars with
* Byzantine Empire, 894–896 war with
* Byzantine Empire, 913–927 war with
* Byzantine civil war of 1321–28
* Byzantine civil war of 1341–47

## C

* Catherine of Bulgaria
* Chaka
* Chatalar Inscription
* Chernomen, Battle of
* Chernomen, Treaty of
* Chernorizets Hrabar
* Cherven (fortress)
* Christ Pantocrator (Nesebar), Church of
* Clement of Ohrid
* Codex Assemanius
* Codex Marianus
* Codex Suprasliensis
* Codex Zographensis
* Cometopuli dynasty
* Comita Nikola
* Constantine II
* Constantine of Kostenets
* Constantine of Preslav
* Constantine Tikh Asen
* Constantinople (922), Battle of
* Constantinople (717-718), Siege of
* Constantinople (1235), Siege of
* Cosmas the Priest
* Croatian–Bulgarian battle of 927
* Croatia, Bulgarian wars with
* Cuman Tsaritsa of Bulgaria, The
* Cumans
* Cyprian, Metropolitan of Moscow
* Cyrillic script
* Cyrillic alphabet, early

## D

* Darman and Kudelin
* Daskal Philip Psalter
* David
* Dejan (magnate)
* Demetrius of Bulgaria
* St Demetrius (Patalenitsa), Church of
* St Demetrius of Thessaloniki (Veliko Tarnovo), Church of
* Desislava of Bulgaria
* Despot (court title)
* Devina, Battle of
* Devingrad
* Devol (Albania)
* Dionisiy Divniy
* Dobreyshovo Gospels
* Dobromir Chrysos
* Dobrotitsa
* Dorotheus of Bulgaria
* Dobruja, Despotate of
* Dorostolon, Siege of
* Dragana of Serbia
* Drougoubitai
* Dorothea of Bulgaria
* Dulo clan
* Dyrrhachium (1018), Battle of

## E

* Elena Asenina of Bulgaria
* Elena of Bulgaria
* Elemag
* Elisabeth of Courtenay
* Enina Apostle
* Enravota
* Euphrosyne of Bulgaria
* Evtimiy of Tarnovo

## F

* Fruzhin

## G

* Gate of Trajan
* Gates of Trajan, Battle of the
* Gavril Radomir
* George Sursuvul
* George Terter I
* George Terter II
* St George (Kyustendil), Church of
* Georgi Voiteh
* Georgi Voiteh, Uprising of
* Gigen
* Glad
* Glagolitic alphabet
* Gostun
* Grand Župan
* Gregory of Bulgaria
* Gregory the Bulgarian
* Gregory of Sinai
* Gregory Tsamblak
* Gyuzelev, Vasil

## H

* Hagia Sophia Church, Nesebar
* Hagia Sophia Church, Sofia
* Helena of Bulgaria
* Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (Nesebar), Church of the
* Holy Ascension of God, Patriarchal Cathedral of the
* Holy Mother of God (Asen's Fortress), Church of the
* Holy Mother of God (Donja Kamenica), Church of the
* Holy Mother of God Eleusa (Nesebar), Church of the
* Holy Forty Martyrs (Veliko Tarnovo), Church of the
* Holy Trinity, Patriarchal Monastery of the
* Hranislav
* Hrelyo
* Hungary, Bulgarian wars with

## I

* Ichirgu-boil
* Ignatius of Bulgaria
* Ihtiman, Battle of
* Irene Doukaina Laskarina
* Irene Komnene Doukaina
* Irene Lekapene
* Irene of Larissa
* Irene Palaiologina
* Isbul
* Ivan II
* Ivan Alexander
* Ivan Asen I
* Ivan Asen II
* Ivan Asen III
* Ivan Asen IV
* Ivan Asen V
* Ivan Shishman
* Ivan Sratsimir
* Ivan Stephen
* Ivan the Russian
* Ivan Vladislav
* Ivanko (boyar)
* Ivanko (despot)
* Ivanovo, Rock-hewn Churches of
* Ivats
* Ivaylo
* Ivaylo, Uprising of

## J

* Jacob Svetoslav
* Jeremiah (Bulgarian priest)
* Joachim I of Bulgaria
* Joachim II of Bulgaria
* Joachim III of Bulgaria
* John the Exarch
* John Komnenos Asen
* John Kukuzelis
* John of Debar
* John of Rila
* Joseph II of Constantinople
* Jovan Vladimir
* St John Aliturgetos (Nesebar), Church of
* St John (Kaneo), Church of
* St John the Baptist (Asenovgrad), Church of
* St John the Baptist (Nesebar), Church of

## K

* Kaliman I
* Kaliman II
* Kaloyan
* Kaloyan and Desislava
* Kanasubigi
* Kardam
* Katasyrtai, Battle of
* Kavhan
* Kera Tamara
* Keratsa of Bulgaria
* Keratsa Petritsa
* Kira Maria
* Kira Maria Asenina of Bulgaria
* Kleidion, Battle of
* Klokotnitsa, Battle of
* Klonimir
* Knyaz
* Konstantin and Fruzhin, Uprising of
* Kormesiy
* Kormisosh
* Kosara of Bulgaria
* Kozma Zografski
* Krakra of Pernik
* Krasen
* Kreta, Battle of
* Krum
* Krum's dynasty
* Ktenia
* Kuber
* Kubrat
* Kutmichevitsa

## L

* Lardea
* Latin Empire, Bulgarian wars with
* Leontius of Bulgaria
* Lovech, Siege of
* Lyutitsa
* Lovech, Despotate of

## M

* Macarius of Bulgaria
* Macedonia (theme)
* Macedonia (region)
* Macedonia (terminology)
* Madara Rider
* Malamir
* Malamirovo Inscription
* Marcellae (756), Battle of
* Marcellae (792), Battle of
* Maria
* Maria Asenina of Bulgaria
* Maria of Bulgaria, Latin Empress
* Maria-Irene Palaiologina
* Maria of Mangup
* Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene
* Marina Smilets of Bulgaria
* Marko, Prince
* Marmais
* Markeli
* Matochina
* Mauros
* Menumorut
* Messinipolis, Battle of
* Mezek
* Michael II Asen
* Michael IV Asen
* Michael Shishman
* Michael of Bulgaria
* Michael (Bulgarian pretender)
* Miroslava of Bulgaria
* Mitso Asen
* Moesia
* Momchil
* Moses
* Mostich

## N

* Naum of Preslav
* Neboulos
* Nesebar
* Nestoritsa
* St Nicholas (Melnik), Church of
* St Nicholas (Sapareva Banya), Church of
* Nikulitsa

## O

* Ohrid
* Ohrid Literary School
* Old Church Slavonic
* Old Great Bulgaria
* Omurtag
* Omurtag's Tarnovo Inscription
* Ongal, Battle of
* Organa
* Ostrovo, Battle of
* Ottoman Empire, Bulgarian wars with

## P

* Pagan
* St Panteleimon (Ohrid), Church of
* Palace of Omurtag
* St Paraskevi (Nesebar), Church of
* Pechenegs
* Pegae, Battle of
* Peter I
* Peter II
* Peter III
* Peter IV
* Peter Delyan, Uprising of
* Peter (diplomat)
* St Peter (Berende), Church of
* Saints Peter and Paul (Nikopol), Church of
* Saints Peter and Paul (Veliko Tarnovo), Church of
* Philippopolis (1208), Battle of
* Pirdop Apostle
* Plenimir
* Pliska
* Pliska, Battle of
* Pliska, Great Basilica of
* Pliska, Rosette from
* Preslav
* Preslav, Council of
* Preslav Literary School
* Preslav, Round Church of
* Preslav Treasure
* Presian I
* Presian (son of Ivan Vladislav)
* Presian Inscription
* Prespa (medieval town)

## R

* Rahovets
* Ratimir, Duke of Lower Pannonia
* Rila Monastery
* Rishki Pass, Battle of the
* Rodosto, Battle of
* Roman
* Romylos of Vidin
* Rostislav Mikhailovich
* Rostislav Stratimirovic
* Rusion, Battle of
* Rusokastro, Battle of

## S

* Sabin
* Sagudates
* Saint Naum, Monastery of
* Saints Cyril and Methodius
* Salan
* Salonica (995), Battle of
* Salonica (1004), Battle of
* Salonica (1014), Battle of
* Salonica (1040), Battle of
* Salonica (2nd 1040), Battle of
* Samuel
* Samuil's Inscription
* Sandilch
* Sarah-Theodora
* Sava's book
* Sebastokrator
* Serbia, Bulgarian wars with
* Serbia, 839–842 war with
* Serbia, 853 war with
* Serbia, 917–924 war with
* Serdica (809), Siege of
* Sergius of Bulgaria
* Sermon (ruler)
* Serres (1196), Battle of
* Serres (1205), Battle of
* Setina, Battle of
* Sevar
* Seven Slavic tribes
* Severians
* Shishman
* Shishman dynasty
* Shishman of Vidin
* Shumen fortress
* Silistra, Battle of
* Simeon I
* Sirmium, Theme of
* Sırp Sındığı, Battle of
* Slavs
* Slavs, South
* Skafida, Battle of
* Skopje
* Skopje, Battle of
* Smilets
* Smilets dynasty
* Smiltsena Palaiologina
* Smolyani
* Sofia Psalter
* St Sophia (Ohrid), Church of
* Southern Buh, Battle of
* Sratsimir
* Sratsimir dynasty
* St Stephen (Nesebar), Church of
* Strez
* Strumitsa, Battle of
* Strymon (theme)

## T

* Tarnovo
* Tarnovo Artistic School, architecture
* Tarnovo Artistic School, painting
* Tarnovo Literary School
* Tarnovo Patriarchate
* Tarnovo, Siege of
* Telerig
* Telets
* Terter dynasty
* Tervel
* Tetraevangelia of Ivan Alexander
* Theodora Angelina (daughter of Isaac Komnenos)
* Theodora of Wallachia
* Theodora Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria
* Theodora Smilets of Bulgaria
* Theodore Sigritsa
* Theodore Svetoslav
* St Theodore (Boboshevo), Church of
* St Theodore (Nesebar), Church of
* Theodosius of Tarnovo
* Thessalonica (theme)
* Thrace
* Thrace (theme)
* Tihomir (Bulgarian noble)
* Timočani
* Tomić Psalter
* Toktu
* Treaty of 716, Byzantine–Bulgarian
* Treaty of 815, Byzantine–Bulgarian
* Tryavna, Battle of
* Tsar
* Tsarevets (fortress)
* Tsarina
* Tsepina

## U

* Umor
* Urvich
* Ustra

## V

* Václav Dobruský
* Varna (1201), Siege of
* Velbazhd, Battle of
* Venedikov, Ivan
* Versinikia, Battle of
* Vidin
* Vidin, Hungarian occupation of
* Vinekh
* Viola, Duchess of Opole
* Vissarion of Bulgaria
* Vladimir-Rasate
* Vladislav the Grammarian
* Vonko

## W

* Wallachia
* W.l.n.d.r, Battle of

## Y

* Yanuka

## Z

* Zabergan
* Zadar (998), Siege of
* Zemen Monastery
* Zlatarski, Vasil
* Zograf Monastery
* Zvinitsa

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