Tihomir (Bulgaria)
Tihomir ( Tichomir , Bulgarian Тихомир , Middle Greek Τειχομηρὁς , Teichomeros ; † 1040 in Skopje ) was a Bulgarian pretender to the throne and rebel against the Byzantine Emperor Michael IV.
Life
In 1040 Peter Deljan rose up against Byzantine rule on the subject of Bulgaria and was proclaimed tsar as Peter II in Belgrade as part of an attempt to restore the Bulgarian Empire, which fell in 1018 . He brought Raszien and Dendra under his control and also took the Byzantine fortresses of Niš and Skopje . The strategos on the subject of Dyrrhachion , Basil's Synadenus , gathered a force and turned north to attack Deljan in his power base, Belgrade and Margum . Due to false accusations with the emperor, he was replaced as commander by his subordinate Michael Dermokaites , who soon lost all support from the troops due to his arbitrary regiment.
The mutinous soldiers made Tihomir their leader. He was also proclaimed emperor of the Bulgarians and in turn sparked an uprising, which - borne by the dissatisfaction of the population with the tax burden imposed by Johannes Orphanotrophos - soon gripped the entire area of Dyrrhachion and later united with Deljan's rebellion. Because Deljan feared a split and weakening of the Bulgarian camp, he invited Tihomir to Skopje for a meeting, ostensibly to offer him an alliance. The two rivals to the throne fought a speech duel in front of their assembled troops, which Deljan, who asserted his legitimacy as a direct descendant of Gawril Radomir and Samuil , won. The Bulgarian troops then recognized him as the sole ruler. Tihomir was deposed and stoned .
swell
- Kedrenos 2, 259
- Johannes Skylitzes , Michael IV 23
- Johannes Zonaras 17, 17
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 , p. 50 No. 47.
- Paul Stephenson: Byzantium's Balkan Frontier: A Political Study of the Northern Balkans 900-1204. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2000, ISBN 0-521-77017-3 , pp. 130-131.
Web links
- Tichomir in the Prosopography of the Byzantine World
- Ruler of the Western Bulgarian Empire 997-1018 and 1040-1041 on Medieval Lands
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tihomir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tichomir; Teichomeros; ихомир (Bulgarian); Τειχομηρóς (Middle Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Bulgarian counter-emperor and Byzantine rebel |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 10th century or 11th century |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1040 |
| Place of death | Skopje |