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Bulgaria-Byzantine Relations
In the 1160s, relations between the Second Bulgarian Empire and the Byzantine Empire were complex: diplomatic contact and marriage negotiations alter…
Timeline
- 1163–1165Constantinople and the Bulgarian court · BulgariaDiplomatic negotiations were conducted between the Byzantine and the Bulgarian tsar, including marriage proposals to ease relations, but disagreements over suzerainty and territorial claims made any settlement hard to sustain.
- 1167–1169Thrace and the Balkan Mountains border · ThraceThe Byzantine and Bulgaria engaged in raids and retaliatory military operations along the Thracian and Balkan Mountains borders; Manuel failed to force Bulgaria back into submission, and both sides maintained a stalemate.
Sources
- A History of the Byzantine State and Society — Warren Treadgold (1997)