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Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

Type Figure Region Bulgaria Time c. 1300–1371 Also known as Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

Tsar of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1331–1371), an important ruler of the Shishman dynasty.…

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  1. 1331–1341Tarnovo · BulgariaIn 1331 he overthrew and replaced Tsar Ivan Stephen, ending internal strife; in the 1330s he recovered control over parts of Byzantium and strengthened currency and church administration, with the empire still relatively strong in the early 1340s.
  2. 1341–1350Second Bulgarian Empire (southern frontier) · BulgariaIn the 1340s Serbian Tsar Dušan pressed southward, and Bulgaria lost towns in Macedonia and Thrace; Ivan Alexander combined diplomatic marriage alliances (marrying his daughter to Dušan's son) with military defense, maintaining stability in the empire's core between 1341 and 1350 even as its territory contracted.

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