The Despotate of Lovech (Bulgarian: Деспотство Ловеч, romanized: Despotstvo Lovech), was a Bulgarian state, covering parts of the territory of what is now Lovech Province, formed in 1330 after Ivan Alexander was appointed to govern Lovech, the capital of the despotate, and the nearby area around the town. It was dissolved after the fall of the Lovech Fortress in 1446 to the Ottomans.
The state was the last independent Bulgarian state after 1396, before its conquest by the Ottoman Empire. It was ruled by the Sratsimir dynasty.
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The DespotateofLovech (Bulgarian: Деспотство Ловеч, romanized: Despotstvo Lovech), was a Bulgarian state, covering parts of the territory of what is...
Ottoman conquests, resulting in the beginning of the DespotateofLovech. The Turkish invasion in the middle of the 14th century did not pass the town, but...
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dynasty that ruled the Tsardom of Tarnovo, the Tsardom of Vidin, the Principality of Valona and Kanina, and the DespotateofLovech. Paternally, they descended...
city in 1203 during the rule of Kaloyan. During the 13th century, it fell to Michael I Ducas, the ruler of the Despotateof Epirus. Byzantine Emperor Michael...
brackets) Eparchy of Vidin (Видинска епархия) Eparchy of Vratsa (Врачанска епархия) Eparchy ofLovech (Ловешка епархия) Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo (Търновска...
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of others. It also features the remnants of the fortified walls, water-main, baths and residence of Despot Dobrotitsa in the short-lived Despotateof...
mountain tactics, still held the advantage. In the spring of 1187, Isaac attacked the fortress ofLovech, but failed to capture it after a three-month siege...
of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans. There they secured Byzantine recognition of their right to settle south of the...
in a process of ethnogenesis, including Iranic, Finno-Ugric, and Hunnic tribes. The Bulgars spoke a Turkic language, the Bulgar language of the Oghuric...
group of courtiers in overthrowing Ana and her sons. Ivan Stephen's cousin, the despotes ofLovech Ivan Alexander, was chosen as the new emperor of Bulgaria...
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century. Some towns — such as Gabrovo, Tryavna, Karlovo, Koprivshtitsa, Lovech, Skopie — prospered. The Bulgarian peasants actually possessed their land...
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Lardea for Bulgaria. The fortress became part of the enlarged Despotateof Kran, which served as the appanage of Aldimir, a Bulgarian noble loyal to his nephew...
Belaur and the governor ofLovech Ivan Alexander were concentrated around the Izvor castle and blocked the way to the interior of the country. Near Izvor...
outer areas were overrun by the enemy. Examples of such citadels can be found in the castles of Shumen, Lovech, Cherven, Ohrid, Devol and others. As an additional...