Boril (Bulgaria)
Boril Assen Stres ( Bulgarian Борил Асен Стрез , scientific transliteration Boril Asen Strez; † after 1218) was Tsar of the Bulgarians from 1207 to 1218 . He belonged to the Assen dynasty .
Boril Assen was the son of a daughter of the Boljar Ivan Assen I , the founder of the dynasty of the same name. Boril was thus the nephew of Tsar Kalojan Assen . His father Stres was a powerful Boljare in what is now south-western Bulgaria and Macedonia. When Tsar Kaloyan was preparing for a siege of Thessaloniki in the autumn of 1207 , Boril joined a Boljar conspiracy with the wife of Kalojan, a Cuman princess. Tsar Kaloyan was murdered in the camp. Then Boril was in the capital Tarnovo for Tsar crowned.
literature
- Constantin Jos. Jireček : History of the Bulgarians. F. Tempsky publisher, Prague 1876, p. 243 ff. ( Digitized version )
- Detlef Kulman: Boril . In: Biographical Lexicon on the History of Southeast Europe . Volume 1. Munich 1974, p. 237
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Kaloyan Assen |
Tsar of Bulgaria 1207 - 1218 |
Ivan Assen II. |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boril |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boril Assen Stres (full name); Борил Асен Стрез |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Tsar of the Bulgarians (1207–1218) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 12th Century |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1218 |