Trajan, Khan of Western Bulgaria

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Also called Troian of Bulgaria. Wikipedia says his wife, mother to his daughter Maria, was "an unnamed Byzantine noblewoman descended from the families of Kontostephanos and Phokas."

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maria of Bulgaria died after 1081.

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Tsar of Bulgaria from Aug-Sep 1015 to Feb 1018. Killed in the Battle of Dyrrhachium.

"Saved from death by his cousin Gavril Radomir, the Bulgarian Emperor, in 976, Ivan Vladislav murdered him in October 1015 and seized the Bulgarian throne. Due to the desperate situation of the country following the decades-long war with the Byzantine Empire, and in an attempt to consolidate his position, he tried to negotiate truce with the Byzantine emperor Basil II. After the failure of the negotiations he continued the resistance, attempting unsuccessfully to push the Byzantines back. During his period of rule, Ivan Vladislav tried to strengthen the Bulgarian army, reconstructed many Bulgarian fortresses and even carried out a counter-offensive, but died at the Battle of Dyrrhachium in 1018. After his death his widow, Empress Maria, the Patriarch and most of the nobility finally surrendered to Basil II, who soon suppressed the last remnants of resistance and brought about the end of the First Bulgarian Empire." [Wikipedia]

Iwan married Marija. Marija was born about 975; died after 1029. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Last empress-consort of the First Bulgarian Empire.

"After [Ivan Vladislav's] death the widowed empress Maria and much of the Bulgarian nobility and court submitted to the advancing Basil II in exchange of guarantees for the preservation of their lives, status, and property. Maria together with her children were sent to Constantinople, where she was granted the title zost? patrikia (lady-in-waiting of the empress). Her family was integrated into the Byzantine court and provincial aristocracy. In 1029 Maria together with her son Presian entered a conspiracy against emperor Romanos III Argyros. The plot was discovered, Presian was blinded and Maria was exiled to a monastery in Asia Minor." [Wikipedia]

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Of the Cometopuli ("the sons of the count") dynasty.

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Progenitor of the Cometopuli ("the sons of the count") dynasty.

Nicholas married Ripsimija. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Wikipedia article about her husband calls her a daughter of King Ashot II of Armenia, but this thread on SGM calls that assertion into question.