Merope (region)
In the 14th-century Balkans, Merope (Greek: Μερόπη, Bulgarian: Меропа, Meropa) was a subregion of Thrace in modern Northern Greece and southern Bulgaria. The region lay in the western and middle part of the Rhodope Mountains.[1]
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In 1343, John VI Kantakouzenos granted Merope to Bulgarian brigand Momchil for his military assistance in the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347.[2][4] After Momchil changed sides in the civil war and was ultimately defeated by Kantakouzenos in 1345, Merope returned to Byzantine sovereignty.[5]
References
- ISBN 954-439-701-9. Archived from the originalon 2012-12-05.
- ^ ISBN 3-7001-1898-8.
- ISBN 0472082604, p. 303-305.
- ^ a b Павлов, Пламен (2005). "Родопският юнак Момчил и цар Иван Александър" [The Rhodopean hero Momchil and Tsar Ivan Alexander]. Бунтари и авантюристи в средновековна България [Rebels and Venturers in Medieval Bulgaria] (in Bulgarian). Varna: LiterNet.
- ISBN 0-88402-137-8
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