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 Cumans, Cuman (or partial Cuman) origin.
The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulga ...
, 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 List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, 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 f ...
, 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, Gr ...
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 o ...
*Theodora
References
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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