Presian II.

Presian is sheared to become a monk. Miniature from the Madrid illuminated manuscript of the Skylitz

Presian II. (Also Presijan , Prusjan , Prusianos , Bulgarian Пресиян , Middle Greek Προυσιάνος ; * around 996/997; † after 1030) was the last ruler of the first Bulgarian empire in 1018 .

Life

Presian came from the Komitopuli family and was probably the eldest son of Tsar Ivan Wladislaw . He had five brothers ( Alusian , Aaron, Traianos, Radomir, Klimen) and six sisters. After the death of Ivan Wladislav and the subjugation of the Bulgarian Empire in February 1018 by the Byzantine Emperor Basil II , Presian and his brothers fled to Mount Tomorr , but finally had to give up their resistance. The brothers were accepted as dignitaries at the court in Constantinople , with Presian receiving the high title of Magistros .

At the time of Emperor Constantine VIII was Presian Strategos of Bukellarion . In 1026 or 1027 there was a power struggle in Asia Minor between him and Basileios Sclerus , whereupon both opponents of Constantine VIII were arrested on the Prince Islands . While Basil was blinded , Presian was released unharmed. In 1029 he was accused, along with other prominent generals, including Constantine Diogenes , with the Porphyrogenneta Theodora III. , daughter of Emperor Romanos III. to conspire against this. Allegedly he wanted to marry Theodora in order to seize the Byzantine throne. The conspiracy was uncovered, however, and Presian shaved off to become a monk and blinded. His further fate is unknown.

swell

• Johannes Skylitzes , Basil 41; Constantine VIII 1; Romanos III 3
• Johannes Zonaras 17, 9-11

literature

• Jean-Claude Cheynet: Pouvoir et contestations à Byzance (963-1210) (= Publications de la Sorbonne. Series Byzantina Sorbonensia. Vol. 9). Reimpression. Publications de la Sorbonne Center de Recherches d'Histoire et de Civilization Byzantines, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-85944-168-5 , pp. 41-42 No. 31.
• Franz Dölger : Regest of the imperial documents of the Eastern Roman Empire from 565-1453. Part 1, half volume 2: Regesten from 867-1025 (= corpus of Greek documents from the Middle Ages and modern times. Row A: Regesten. Dept. 1, Part 1, half volume 2). 2nd edition revised by Andreas E. Müller . CH Beck, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-406-51351-4 , No. 804h.
• Ralph-Johannes Lilie , Claudia Ludwig, Thomas Pratsch, Beate Zielke, Harald Bichlmeier, Bettina Krönung, Daniel Föller, Alexander Beihammer , Günter Prinzing : Prosopography of the Middle Byzantine Period . 2nd department: (867-1025). Volume 5: Niketas (# 25702) - Sinapes (# 27088). Created after preliminary work by F. Winkelmann . Published by the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. De Gruyter, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-11-016670-5 , pp. 542-543 No. 26775.
• Paul Meinhard Strässle: War and Warfare in Byzantium. The wars of Emperor Basil II against the Bulgarians. (976-1019), Böhlau, Cologne 2006, ISBN 978-3-412-17405-7 .

Web links

• Prousianos in the Prosopography of the Byzantine World
• Ruler of the Western Bulgarian Empire 997-1018 and 1040-1041 on Medieval Lands

predecessor	Office	successor
Ivan Vladislav	Tsar of Bulgaria 1018	(vacant; next title holder: Peter II. )