Sratsimir ( bg, Срацимир; 1324–31) was a Bulgarian magnate with the title of
Despot, holding the territory of
Kran. It is unclear when he received the governorship of Kran; he held it before and during the reign of his son,
Ivan Alexander (r. 1331–71). He married
Keratsa Petritsa
Keratsa Petritsa ( bg, Кераца Петрица; ) was a Bulgarian noblewoman ('' bolyarka''), sister of tsar Michael Shishman of Bulgaria. Her eldest son Ivan Alexander rose to the Bulgarian throne after vicissitudes of politics.
Keratsa de ...
, a member of the
Shishman dynasty
The House of Shishman ( bg, Шишман), also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi ( bg, Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of Cuman (or partial Cuman) origin.
The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Emp ...
, with whom he had five children. He was the eponymous founder of the
Sratsimir dynasty.
Issue
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Ivan Alexander, Despot of
Lovech
Lovech ( bg, Ловеч, Lovech, ) is a city in north-central Bulgaria. It is the administrative centre of the Lovech Province and of the subordinate Lovech Municipality. The city is located about northeast from the capital city of Sofia. Near ...
, who ascended on the throne as emperor of Bulgaria after a coup d'état in 1331.
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Helena, married Serbian King
Stefan Dušan
Stefan Uroš IV Dušan ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош IV Душан, ), known as Dušan the Mighty ( sr, / ; circa 1308 – 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Tsar (or Emperor) and autocrat of the Serbs, Gre ...
in 1332.
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John Komnenos Asen
John Komnenos Asen ( bg, Йоан Комнин Асен, Yoan Komnin Asen; gr, Ίωάννης Κομνηνός Ἀσάνης, Iōannēs Komnēnos Asanēs; sr, Јован Комнин Асен, Jovan Komnin Asen) was the ruler of the Principal ...
, who was made Despot of
Valona by his brother-in-law
Stefan Dušan of Serbia.
*Michael, Despot of
Vidin
Vidin ( bg, Видин, ; Old Romanian: Diiu) is a port city on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria. It is close to the borders with Romania and Serbia, and is also the administrative centre of Vidin Province, as well as ...
*Theodora
References
Sources
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*{{cite book, author=T︠S︡onko Enev, title=Vladetelskite namestnit︠s︡i na Bŭlgarii︠a︡, VII-XIX vek, url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gjQXAQAAIAAJ, year=1997, page=xv
14th-century Bulgarian people
Medieval Bulgarian nobility
Sratsimir dynasty
Despots of the Second Bulgarian Empire
