Michael Tih
Michael Tih | |
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Ivajlo | |
Coronation | 1272 |
Predecessor | Constantine Asen I |
Successor | Ivan Asen III |
Born | c. 1270 |
Died | after 1303 |
House | Asen dynasty, nominally |
Father | Constantine Asen I |
Mother | Maria Kantakouzene |
Michael (
Michael was born in c. 1270/1 (or, more broadly, between 1269 and 1272), and was perhaps named in honor of his great-uncle Michael VIII Palaiologos. He was also declared
Despite the co-option and subsequent elimination of the despot, Maria was unable to surmount the next challenge, the revolt of
Invited by Michael VIII's envoys to surrender authority to Ivan Asen III, and with Byzantine armies marching north intent on placing him on the throne, Maria entered into secret negotiations with her husband's murderer Ivailo, offering to surrender the capital to him, if he would agree to marry her and guarantee her and her son's imperial positions. After a show of reluctance, Ivailo agreed to these terms for the sake of peace. He proceeded to marry Maria in the spring of 1278, becoming co-emperor with her son Michael.[7] Ivailo was successful in resisting the Byzantine encroachments until he was blockaded by the forces of the Byzantine ally Nogai Khan of the Golden Horde inside Drăstăr (Silistra) for three months in 1278–1279, while another Byzantine force made its way to the capital Tărnovo. Already chafing under Ivailo's rule, and now presuming or pretending that he had died, the city nobles opened the gates of Tărnovo to the besieging Byzantine army and accepted Ivan Asen III as emperor in February 1279.[8]
Michael was dethroned and, together with his mother Maria (who was pregnant by Ivailo), was surrendered to the Byzantines and sent into captivity in the
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References
- ^ Mladjov 2015: 287-288.
- ^ Andreev et al. 2012: 474-475; Božilov 1985: 118; Mladjov 2015: 286-287; Zlatarski 1940: 524.
- ^ Pachymeres 547; Andreev et al. 2012: 474; Božilov 1985: 118; Mladjov 2015: 286; Zlatarski 1940: 537.
- ^ Andreev et al. 2012: 475; Zlatarski 1940: 542-543.
- ^ Fine 1987: 196; Zlatarski 1940: 540-551.
- ^ Fine 1987: 196; Zlatarski 1940: 551-556.
- ^ Andreev et al. 2012: 475; Fine 1987: 196-197; Zlatarski 1940: 556-558.
- ^ Andreev et al. 2012: 475; Fine 1987: 197; Zlatarski 1940: 558-566.
- ^ Fine 1987: 197
- ^ Andreev et al. 2012: 475; Božilov 1985: 118; Zlatarski 1940: 566.
- ^ Božilov 1985: 118-119; Fine 1987: 229.
- ^ Andreev 1994; Andreev et al. 2012: 476.
- ^ Andreev et al. 2012: 476; Božilov 1985: 119.
Primary Sources
- George Pachymeres, Georgii Pachymeris de Michaele et Andronico Palaeologis libri tredecim, 2 vols., ed. J. Bekker, Bonn, 1835. volume 1 and volume 2 online
Secondary Literature
- Andreev, J., I. Lazarov, P. Pavlov, Koj koj e v srednovekovna Bălgarija, 3rd ed., Sofia, 2012.
- Andreev, J., "Koj e "bagrenorodnijat" car Mihail ot skalnija nadpis pri selo Rojak, Provadijsko," Tărnovska knižovna škola 5 (1994) 441-453. online
- Božilov, I., Familijata na Asenevci (1186–1460), Sofia, 1985.
- Fine, Jr., J.V.A., The Late Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor, 1987.
- Mladjov, I.S.R., "Monarchs' Names and Numbering in the Second Bulgarian State," Studia Ceranea 5 (2015) 267-310. online
- Zlatarski, V., Istorija na bălgarskata dăržava prez srednite vekove, vol. 3, Sofia, 1940.