681-700 ![]() Third son of Kubrat , the last ruler of the Old State of Bulgaria . He is victorious against the emperor Konstantin IV. Establishes the State of bulgaria as a union with the seven Slavonic tribes ;.Byzantine admits the state in 681. Khan Asparuch builds fortresses Pliska and Druster . he died in 700 AD fighting the Chazars near the Danube . |
700-721 Son of Asparukh . Helps Byzantine Emperor Justinian to restore his throne , thus obtaining the Zagore district and the title ''First Counsellor to the King '' . Wins a battle against the Arabs in 717 . |
721-738 Successor of the Dulo dynasty , he made peace with Byzantium . |
738-753 The last ruler of the Dulo dynasty . |
753-756 Of the Vokhiil kin . Lives at the time of the first dynasty take over , and a crisis of the centralized power . Leads continuous wars with Byzantium . He loses the throne again after a take over . |
756-762 Of the Oulhiil kin . Succeeds to the throne after the last take over . He loses the battle in 756 by the Markeli fortress (Karnobat) . He is though victorious against Byzantine in 759 . Killed during a rising of the people with his whole family . |
762-765 Of the Ugain kin . Loses a battle against Byzantium near Anhialo and because of this loses the throne and is killed . |
765-766 Establishes a disadvantageous peace pact with Byzantium
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766 His reign continues 40 days. |
766-767 Rebel against the political influence of Byzantium . Expelled by his opposition . Killed near the Danube . |
767-768 Makes peace with Byzantium . Killed during a rebel near Varna . |
768-777 Establishes a peace pact with Byzantium . Then tricks and captures the Byzantine agents and kills them . Later runs away in Constantinople . |
777-802 After his victory against Constantine VI Byzantium pays annual taxes to Bulgaria . Sets the beginning of the rise of the state . |
802-814 ![]() Wins a victory against emperor Nikolai I Gennik , drinks from his dead enemy's skull . His reign matches a great territorial expansion of the state . The centralized power is strong and his laws against the thieves , robbers and beggars are categoric to cruelty . |
814-831 ![]() Son of Krum. lives in a time of peace with Byzantium . Development of building and architecture . Chases the christians . |
831-836 The youngest son of Omurtag . Joins Philippoupolis (Plovdiv) . The Christians by his time are out of law again . |
836-852 ![]() Nephew of Malamir . Joins territories of Macedonia and Albania . |
852-889 ![]() Son of Presiyan . During his reign , Bulgaria accepts Christianity in 864 . Extinguishes a pagan rising . Establishes the autonomous Bulgarian Church and accepts the students of Cyril and Methodius . He proclaims Simeon a Czar . Dies in a monastery in 906 . |
889-893 The firstborn son of Boris I . The throne was denied to him because of his attempt to revive pagan worshipping . |
893-927 ã. ![]() His reign is known as the Golden age for the Bulgarian literature . He turns Bulgaria into a Christian type of state . Develops building . Holds a bright victory against Byzantium near Aheloy on 20.VIII.917 . Dies of a heart attack in 927 . |
927-970 ![]() Son of Simeon .Establishes the 40 - year peace with Byzantium , broken in 967 . By that time , the bogomil sect appears and the chases against the followers begin . Byzantium conquers the eastern part of Bulgaria in 968 . |
970-971 Son of Czar Peter . From 968 to 970 is kept prisoner in Constantinople , and again captured and stayed prisoner between 971 and 977. Escapes with his brother to the free bulgarian lands . Killed by mistake by the Bulgarian soldiers near the border . |
977-991 The second son of Czar Peter . Practically does never rule . dies in prison in 997. |
991-1014 ![]() The youngest son of Komit Nikola , leader of the movement against Byzantium in West Bulgaria . After the death of Roman declares himself the Czar . In 1014 loses the battle near Kljuch . 14000 Bulgarian soldiers are captured and blinded , then left to return with one man one eyed to lead one hundred others . At this sight , samuil dies of a heart attack on 6.IX.1014 . |
1014-1015 First son of Samuil . Victorious against the army of the Byzantine Duke Theophilactis . Killed by his cousin Ivan Vladislav , whose life he had once saved when Ivan was to be punished by death by Samuil . |
1015-1018 ![]() Son of Aron . Tries unsuccessfully for peace with Byzantium . Dies in the siege of Drach , Albania . His sons continue the resistance against Byzantium , but they loose the war . Bulgaria is joined with the boundaries of Byzantium and the state of Bulgaria ceases to exist as an autonomic country . |
1018-1185 - Bulgaria exists as a part of Byzantium |
1185-1197 Leader of the movement against Byzantium together with
his brother Ivan Asen . After one year he gives him the throne ,
as the young Ivan Asen is so ambitious . After the murder of Czar Asen
he becomes the ruler again . Bolyars arrange his death in a conspiracy
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Victorious against the Byzantine army at Lardeya , Beroe and Philippoupolis . Liberates Beograad and Branichevo . Killed in 1196 by Bolyar Ivanko . |
1197-1207 ![]() Continues and completes the deed of his brothers . Receives the title King from pope Innocentius III . Defeats the Latins near Odrin and captures their emperor Baldwin . Victim of a Bolyar conspiracy . |
1207-1218 ã. Marries his uncle's widow to legalize his power . Loses territories around Beograd and Branichevo . Organizes a church council against the bogomil sect . Dethroned and blinded by Ivan Asen and Alexander . |
1218-1241 ![]() Son of Ivan Asen I . Marries Magyar princess and receives as a ransom Beofrad and Branichevo . He rules with significant diplomacy . In 1230 defeats Epyr king Theodor Komnin at Klokotniza . During his reign the territories of Bulgaria expand to three seas . Revives the Turnovo Patriarchy . |
1241-1246 Son of Ivan Asen II . Succeeds to the throne at the age of 7. His reign matches the Tartar invasion in Bulgaria and the attacks of the Nikea Empire . Stops the spreading of Catholicism in the bulgarian lands . Dies in 1246 , probably poisoned . |
1246-1256 Son of Ivan Asen II from the marriage with Irina Komnina . Receives the crown with the help of his mother and she is a leading figure in his reign .The state again loses territories . Killed in 1256 by his cousin Koloman II Asen . |
1256 Reigns for one year . Abandoned by his Bolyars and killed . |
1256-1257 Son - in - law of Ivan Asen . Defeated by Constantine Tih . Emigrates to Byzantium . |
1257-1277 ![]() Bolyar from Skopje , declared Czar by those displeased with the reign of the Asens . Leads continuous wars with the Magyars and against Czar Mizo . In 1277 is killed by Ivailo's rebels . |
1277-1280 Organizes the rebel of the villagers in 1277 . Takes the power after defeating the army of Czar Constantine Tih , and kills him . In 1280 seeks the help of the Tartar Khan Nogay and is killed by him . |
1279-1280 Grandson of Ivan Asen II . He is given the power by Byzantine emperor Michail VIII Paleolog , married his daughter Irina . Expelled by Ivailo . |
1280-1292 Of kuman origin . Leader of strategy of the Cherwen stronghold . Chosen by all Bolyars to be the Czar of the Bulgarians after the escape of Ivan Asen III . |
1292-1298 Declared Czar by Nogay . |
1299 Son of Nogay and son - in - law of Georgi Terter I . |
1300-1321 Son of Georgi Terter I . Supports the problem - free relations with Byzantium . |
1323-1330 Conquers Plovdiv . Reaches Odrin . |
1323-1371 Ruler in Vidin , defeated by Serbian king Stephan Dechanski near Velbuzhd |
1330-1331 Takes the power with the help of Serbia . |
1331-1371 Ruler of the Lovech district , son of Despot Srazimir . Divides Bulgaria between his two sons Ivan Shishman and Ivan Srazimir . |
1371-1395 ![]() Ruler of the Tarnovo country . On the 3rd July 1395 when Sultan Bayazid conquers Nikopol , the Czar is captured together with his family . |
1356-1396 Ruler of the Vidin kingdom . In the autumn of 1396 is captured , with which Bulgaria is finally defeated to accept the Ottoman presence . He is killed by strangling in prison in Bursa . |
1396-1878. - Ottoman presence |
1879-1886 ![]() Chose for Prince of Bulgaria by the Great National Council . |
1887-1918 ![]() Due to the weak political parties at the time , he needs to change the government very often . Contributes to the development of Bulgaria and to turn the state into an European type of country . |
1918-1943 ![]() Highly educated and pragmatic as a monarch. Boris III definitely has merits for the fact that Bulgaria stays neutral during the World War II , and the refusal to send soldiers to the Russian front , saves the Jews in Bulgaria . Dies under unknown circumstances (probably poisoned) on 28.VIII.1943 |
1943 ![]() Rules after the death of czar Botis III.
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1944-1989 - Comunistic yoke |
Contemporary rulers - Presidents
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