Bulgarian Rulers:
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Over the centuries there have been many Bulgarian rulers, so in memory of these great
Bulgarian rulers there is a list of all the Bulgarian rulers until the time of Ottoman rule.
You will notice a break in time between the first Bulgarian Empire and the second Bulgarian
Empire this is because the rulers between these periods were Byzantine and not Bulgarian.
Bulgarian rulers there is a list of all the Bulgarian rulers until the time of Ottoman rule.
You will notice a break in time between the first Bulgarian Empire and the second Bulgarian
Empire this is because the rulers between these periods were Byzantine and not Bulgarian.
Until the present time from the nineteenth century the time of Bulgarian rulers can be broken
down in to three time lines, this is the time of Great Bulgaria from 632 to 681 AD then the first
Bulgarian Empire from 681 to 1018 AD then the second Bulgarian Empire from 1186 to 1422.
Great Bulgaria (632-681)
Kubrat (632 - 665) over Onogunduri
Batbayan (665 - 668) over Onogunduri
First Bulgarian Empire (681-1018)
Asparukh (668 - 701) over Utiguri
Tervel (701 - 721)
Kormesiy (721 - 738)
Sevar (738 - 753)
Kormisosh (753 - 756)
Vinekh (756 - 762)
Telets (762 - 765)
Sabin (765 - 766)
Umor (766)
Toktu (766 - 767)
Pagan (767 - 768)
Telerig (768 - 777)
Kardam (777 - 803)
Krum (803 - 814) of kutriguri
Omurtag (815 - 831), with co-rulers Dukum (814 - 815) and Dizewg (815)
Malamir (831 - 836)
Presian I (836 - 852)
Boris I Michael (852 - 889)
Vladimir (889 - 893)
Simeon I of Bulgaria (Simeon the Great) (893 - 927)
Peter I (927 - 969)
Boris II (969 - 972)
Roman I (972 - 997) (simultaneously with Samuil 976 - 997)
Samuil (997 - 1014) (joint rule with Roman 976 - 997)
Gavril Radomir (October 1014 - 1015)
Ivan Vladislav (1015 - 1018)
Presian II (1018)
Peter (II) Delyan (1040 - 1041)
Constantin Bodin (Peter (III)) (1072)
Second Bulgarian Empire (1186-1395/1422)
joint reign of Teodor (I) Peter (IV) (1186 - 1197) and
Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria (1186 - 1196)
Kaloyan (1197 - 1207)
Boril (1207 - 1218)
Ivan Asen II (1218 - 1241)
Kaliman I (1241 - 1246)
Michael Asen I (1246 - 1256)
Kaliman II (1256)
Mitso Asen (1256 - 1257)
Constantine I Tikh (1257 - 1277)
Michael Asen II (1277 - 1279)
Ivailo the Swineherd (1278 - 1279)
Ivan Asen III (1279 - 1280)
George I (1280 - 1292)
Smilets (1292 - 1298)
Chaka (1298 - 1300)
Teodor II Svetoslav (1300 - 1322)
George II (1322 - 1323)
Michael III Shishman (1323 - 1330)
Ivan Stephen (1330 - 1331)
Ivan Alexander (1331 - 1371)
Ivan Shishman (1371 - 1395) (in Tarnovo)
Ivan Stratsimir (1356 - 1397) (in Vidin)
Constantine II (1397 - 1422) (in Vidin)
down in to three time lines, this is the time of Great Bulgaria from 632 to 681 AD then the first
Bulgarian Empire from 681 to 1018 AD then the second Bulgarian Empire from 1186 to 1422.
Great Bulgaria (632-681)
Kubrat (632 - 665) over Onogunduri
Batbayan (665 - 668) over Onogunduri
First Bulgarian Empire (681-1018)
Asparukh (668 - 701) over Utiguri
Tervel (701 - 721)
Kormesiy (721 - 738)
Sevar (738 - 753)
Kormisosh (753 - 756)
Vinekh (756 - 762)
Telets (762 - 765)
Sabin (765 - 766)
Umor (766)
Toktu (766 - 767)
Pagan (767 - 768)
Telerig (768 - 777)
Kardam (777 - 803)
Krum (803 - 814) of kutriguri
Omurtag (815 - 831), with co-rulers Dukum (814 - 815) and Dizewg (815)
Malamir (831 - 836)
Presian I (836 - 852)
Boris I Michael (852 - 889)
Vladimir (889 - 893)
Simeon I of Bulgaria (Simeon the Great) (893 - 927)
Peter I (927 - 969)
Boris II (969 - 972)
Roman I (972 - 997) (simultaneously with Samuil 976 - 997)
Samuil (997 - 1014) (joint rule with Roman 976 - 997)
Gavril Radomir (October 1014 - 1015)
Ivan Vladislav (1015 - 1018)
Presian II (1018)
Peter (II) Delyan (1040 - 1041)
Constantin Bodin (Peter (III)) (1072)
Second Bulgarian Empire (1186-1395/1422)
joint reign of Teodor (I) Peter (IV) (1186 - 1197) and
Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria (1186 - 1196)
Kaloyan (1197 - 1207)
Boril (1207 - 1218)
Ivan Asen II (1218 - 1241)
Kaliman I (1241 - 1246)
Michael Asen I (1246 - 1256)
Kaliman II (1256)
Mitso Asen (1256 - 1257)
Constantine I Tikh (1257 - 1277)
Michael Asen II (1277 - 1279)
Ivailo the Swineherd (1278 - 1279)
Ivan Asen III (1279 - 1280)
George I (1280 - 1292)
Smilets (1292 - 1298)
Chaka (1298 - 1300)
Teodor II Svetoslav (1300 - 1322)
George II (1322 - 1323)
Michael III Shishman (1323 - 1330)
Ivan Stephen (1330 - 1331)
Ivan Alexander (1331 - 1371)
Ivan Shishman (1371 - 1395) (in Tarnovo)
Ivan Stratsimir (1356 - 1397) (in Vidin)
Constantine II (1397 - 1422) (in Vidin)
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