House of Shishman

Bulgarian aristocratic dynasty of Cuman origin

House of Shishman Шишмановци
Coat of arms of the Bulgarian emperor, drawn by Conrad Grünenberg (1483)
Parent house	Asen dynasty (matrilineal)
Country	Second Bulgarian Empire
Founded	1270s/1280s
Founder	Shishman of Vidin
Final ruler	Ivan Stephen
Titles	Emperor of Bulgaria Despot of Vidin
Dissolution	14th century?
Deposition	1331
Cadet branches	House of Sratsimir (matrilineal)

The House of Shishman (Bulgarian: Шишман), also referred to as the Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi (Bulgarian: Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian dynasty of Turkic Cuman^[1] origin. The House of Shishman ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire from the proclamation of Michael Asen III as emperor in 1323 to the deposition of his son Ivan Stephen in 1331 whereafter rule fell to the House of Sratsimir, who were matrilineal descendants of the Shishmanids.^[2]

The Shishmanids were matrilineally descended from the earlier Asen dynasty^[2] and may also have been related to the immediately preceding Terter dynasty.^[3]

Family tree

Shishman of Vidin, Despot of Vidin^[2]
- Michael Asen III, Bulgarian emperor (1323–1330; also known as Michael Shishman)^[2]
  - Ivan Stephen, Bulgarian emperor (1330–1331)^[2]
  - Shishman, exile in the Byzantine Empire^[4]
  - Louis, exile in Naples^[4]
  - Michael, Despot^[4]
- Belaur, Despot of Vidin^[5]
- Keratsa Petritsa, Empress of Bulgaria, married Sratsimir and was the mother of Ivan Alexander^[2]
  - (→ Sratsimir dynasty)

References

^ Vásáry, István (24 March 2005). Cumans and Tatars: Oriental Military in the Pre-Ottoman Balkans, 1185-1365 (PDF). Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-83756-1.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Mladjov, Ian (2015). "Monarchs' Names and Numbering in the Second Bulgarian State". Studia Ceranea. 5: 267–310. doi:10.18778/2084-140X.05.09. hdl:11089/18406.
^ Павлов, Пламен (2005). "Метежници и претенденти за търновската царска корона през XIV в.". Бунтари и авантюристи в средновековна България (in Bulgarian). Варна: LiterNet.
^ ^a ^b ^c Biliarsky, Ivan (2011). Word and Power in Mediaeval Bulgaria. BRILL. p. 283. ISBN 978-90-04-19145-7.
^ Fine, John V. A. (1994). The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 978-0-472-08260-5.