George Sursuvul
George Sursuvul (
Maria Lakapenos
(renamed Eirene).
George Sursuvul initiated the peace treaty with Byzantine Empire by sending in utmost secrecy an envoy to Constantinople, suggesting a treaty and a marriage-alliance. George Sursubul, heading a delegation of Simeon I’s brother-in-law Symeon, Calutarkan, courtier Sampses, and numerous nobility, met with Romanos I in 927 and concluded the peace treaty which ended the Byzantine–Bulgarian war of 913–927.[4] Afterwards, he presided at the marriage ceremony as a witness on the bridegroom’s side, with his counterpart on the Byzantine side being the Byzantine Prime Minister.[5]
George Sursuvul was a great-uncle to
Otto I’s Frankish ambassador Bishop Liudprand of Cremona, offended that Bulgarian ambassadors at Constantinople had precedence over all other ambassadors: his head was shaven, he wore a brass belt and trousers.[6]
Honours
Sursuvul Point on Davis Coast, Antarctica is named after George Sursuvul.
References
- ISBN 0-472-08149-7.
His second wife was the sister of a prominent boyar, George Sursuvul. On Symeon's death Peter, the eldest son of the second marriage, succeeded.
- ^ Florin Curta (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1250. Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Runciman, A history of the First Bulgarian Empire, p. 187
- ^ Runciman, A history of the First Bulgarian Empire, p. 178
- ^ Runciman, A history of the First Bulgarian Empire, p. 179
- ^ Runciman, A history of the First Bulgarian Empire, p. 197-198, citing Ibrahim ibn Yakub and Bishop Liudprand of Cremona
Sources
- OCLC 832687.