House Terter

Coat of arms of the Terter

The House of Terter ( Bulgarian Тертер ) was a Bulgarian ruling family, a branch of the House of Assen . Their relatives were also called Terterowzi (Bulgarian Тертеровци), or Terteriden . Some historians such as Konstantin Jireček suspect a Cuman origin of the family.

Family relationships

1. unknown
   1. Aldimir ( Eltimir ) - Despot of Kran ⚭ daughter of Tsar Smilez
      1. Ivan Dragushin
   2. Georgi I. Terter († after 1304), Tsar of Bulgaria (1280–1292) ⚭ Maria, daughter of the Russian prince Jakow Swetoslaw
      1. Theodore II. Svetoslav (1300-1322) ⚭ Evrosina
         1. Georgi II Terter Tsar of Bulgaria (1322-1323)
      2. Theodor II. Swetoslaw ⚭ 1320 Theodora Palaiologos , sister of the Byzantine emperor Andronikos III. Palaiologos
   3. Georgi I. Terter ⚭ Kira-Marija Assenina , daughter of Boljar Mizo Assen and sister of Tsar Ivan Assen III.
      1. Anna Terter ⚭ 1284 Stefan Uroš II Milutin , King of Raska
         1. Stefan Uroš III. Dečanski , King of Raska
         2. Anna Neda ⚭ Michael III. Shishman Assen Tsar of Bulgaria (1323-1330)
      2. Anna Terter ⚭ 1301 Demetrios Dukas Kutrules Angelos
      3. unknown daughter ⚭ Chaka Nogai , Tsar of Bulgaria (1299-1300)

literature

• Hans-Joachim Härtel, Roland Schönfeld: The dynasty of the Terterides (1280-1292) . In: Bulgaria. From the Middle Ages to the present. Friedrich Pustet Verlag, Regensburg 1998, ISBN 3-7917-1540-2 , pp. 60-61.

Web links

• The Terter manor house
• House of Terter in the Bulgarian language Wikipedia

Individual evidence

1. ^ Konstantin Jireček: History of the Bulgarians .