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Michael Shishman

Type Figure Region Balkan Peninsula Time c. 1280–1330 Also known as 米海尔·希什曼、Michael III Shishman、Михаил Шишман

Michael Shishman (c. 1280–1330) was tsar of the Second Bulgarian Empire, reigning 1323–1330;…

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  1. c. 1280–1323Vidin · BulgariaThe Shishman family held great power around Vidin in northwestern Bulgaria; Michael gradually built political capital through military ability and alliances with the nobility, laying the foundation for his later seizure of the throne.
  2. 1323–1330Tarnovo · BulgariaAfter acceding in 1323, Shishman tried to preserve Bulgarian independence between Byzantine decline and Serbian expansion, repeatedly campaigning in Thrace and Macedonia and clashing with Byzantium over territory, before falling in the Battle of Velbazhd in 1330.

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