Second Bulgarian Empire

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Bulgarian state historical empire medieval state

The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state (1185–1396) that emerged after a successful uprising against Byzantine rule and became a major political and cultural power in the Balkans before falling to the Ottoman Empire.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bulgarian Empire	1
Bulgarian Tsardom	1
Second Bulgarian Tsardom	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bulgarian state ⓘ historical empire ⓘ medieval state ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ surface form: Second Bulgarian Tsardom Tarnovo ⓘ surface form: Tarnovo Bulgaria
capital	Tarnovo ⓘ Tarnovo ⓘ surface form: Veliko Tarnovo
commonName	Bulgaria ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
conventionalLongName	Second Bulgarian Empire self-link ⓘ
country	Bulgaria ⓘ
culturalAchievement	Tarnovo Literary School ⓘ construction of rock-hewn churches of Ivanovo ⓘ development of Middle Bulgarian literary language ⓘ
currency	hyperpyron ⓘ perpera ⓘ
endDate	1396 ⓘ 1422 ⓘ
establishedAfter	Byzantine rule over Bulgaria ⓘ Uprising of Asen and Peter ⓘ
fellTo	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
firstRuler	Ivan Asen I ⓘ Peter IV of Bulgaria ⓘ
governmentType	monarchy ⓘ tsardom ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Middle Ages ⓘ
importantBattle	Battle of Klokotnitsa ⓘ Battle of Nicopolis ⓘ Battle of Tryavna ⓘ Battle of Velbazhd ⓘ
lastRuler	Ivan Shishman ⓘ Ivan Sratsimir ⓘ
majorCity	Cherven ⓘ Lovech ⓘ Ohrid ⓘ Preslav ⓘ Skopje ⓘ Tarnovo ⓘ Vidin ⓘ
neighbor	Byzantine Empire ⓘ Despotate of Epirus ⓘ Empire of Nicaea ⓘ Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ Latin Empire ⓘ
notableRuler	Ivan Asen II ⓘ Kaloyan of Bulgaria ⓘ Michael Shishman ⓘ Theodore Svetoslav ⓘ
officialLanguage	Middle Bulgarian ⓘ Church Slavonic ⓘ surface form: Old Bulgarian
partOf	medieval history of Bulgaria ⓘ
predecessor	Byzantine Empire ⓘ First Bulgarian Empire ⓘ
region	Balkans ⓘ
religion	Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
religiousCenter	Bulgarian Orthodox Church ⓘ surface form: Tarnovo Patriarchate
rulingDynasty	Asen dynasty ⓘ Shishman dynasty ⓘ Terter dynasty ⓘ
startDate	1185 ⓘ 1186 ⓘ
successor	Despotate of Dobruja ⓘ Ottoman Empire ⓘ Principality of Karvuna ⓘ Rumelia Eyalet ⓘ surface form: Rumelia Serbian Despotate ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Second Bulgarian Empire → alsoKnownAs → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Second Bulgarian Tsardom

Bulgarian Orthodox Church → associatedWith → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Murad I → conflictWith → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Tsardom

Palaiologos dynasty → conflictWith → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bulgarian Empire

Second Bulgarian Empire → conventionalLongName → Second Bulgarian Empire self-link ⓘ

Boyana Church → culturalPeriod → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

First Bulgarian Empire → followedBy → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Bulgaria → historicalPredecessor → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Bulgarians → historicalState → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Slavs → historicalState → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Latin Empire → inConflictWith → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars → mainBelligerent → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ

Varna → wasPartOf → Second Bulgarian Empire ⓘ