The Despotate of Lovech (Bulgarian: Деспотство Ловеч, romanized: Despotstvo Lovech), was a Bulgarian state, covering parts of the territory of what is...

Ottoman conquests, resulting in the beginning of the Despotate of Lovech. The Turkish invasion in the middle of the 14th century did not pass the town, but...

controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central...

the title of despot; most notably the Despotate of Epirus, the Despotate of the Morea, the Despotate of Dobruja and the Serbian Despotate. In modern...

newly established Latin Empire in the Battle of Adrianople. His nephew Ivan Asen II defeated the Despotate of Epiros and made Bulgaria a regional power again...

history (also called the post-classical era) is the period of time that immediately followed the end of ancient history. Depending on the continent, the era...

dynasty that ruled the Tsardom of Tarnovo, the Tsardom of Vidin, the Principality of Valona and Kanina, and the Despotate of Lovech. Paternally, they descended...

city in 1203 during the rule of Kaloyan. During the 13th century, it fell to Michael I Ducas, the ruler of the Despotate of Epirus. Byzantine Emperor Michael...

brackets) Eparchy of Vidin (Видинска епархия) Eparchy of Vratsa (Врачанска епархия) Eparchy of Lovech (Ловешка епархия) Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo (Търновска...

These fragmented rump states—two tsardoms at Vidin and Tarnovo and the Despotate of Dobrudzha—became easy prey for a new threat arriving from the Southeast:...

of others. It also features the remnants of the fortified walls, water-main, baths and residence of Despot Dobrotitsa in the short-lived Despotate of...

mountain tactics, still held the advantage. In the spring of 1187, Isaac attacked the fortress of Lovech, but failed to capture it after a three-month siege...

in a process of ethnogenesis, including Iranic, Finno-Ugric, and Hunnic tribes. The Bulgars spoke a Turkic language, the Bulgar language of the Oghuric...

of Kran emerged as the capital of the Kran Despotate, an appanage of the Second Bulgarian Empire under the rule of despot Aldimir, younger brother of...

of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans. There they secured Byzantine recognition of their right to settle south of the...

group of courtiers in overthrowing Ana and her sons. Ivan Stephen's cousin, the despotes of Lovech Ivan Alexander, was chosen as the new emperor of Bulgaria...

Latin Empire, Bulgarian wars with Leontius of Bulgaria Lovech, Siege of Lyutitsa Lovech, Despotate of Macarius of Bulgaria Macedonia (theme) Macedonia (region)...

(r. 1347–86), after ruling for some time here, moved the capital of the Despotate of Karvuna from Karvuna to Kaliakra.[citation needed] Under the Ottomans...

primary military body of the First and the Second Bulgarian Empires, and some Puppet states of the former, like the Despotate of Dobruja. During the first...

century. Some towns — such as Gabrovo, Tryavna, Karlovo, Koprivshtitsa, Lovech, Skopie — prospered. The Bulgarian peasants actually possessed their land...

monasteries damaged and destroyed by the Mongols in 1242. Varna Tarnovo Cherven Lovech Preslav Silistra Šumen Svištov Anchialos Păcuiul lui Soare Nufăru Isaccea...

is a partial list of fortifications in Bulgaria, including castles, castra, defensive walls, etc.   Sites included in the 100 Tourist Sites of Bulgaria...

Battle of Hyelion and Leimocheir 1185 – Sack of Thessalonica Battle of Demetritzes 1187 – Siege of Lovech 1190 – Battle of Tryavna 1194 – Battle of Arcadiopolis...

Lardea for Bulgaria. The fortress became part of the enlarged Despotate of Kran, which served as the appanage of Aldimir, a Bulgarian noble loyal to his nephew...

Belaur and the governor of Lovech Ivan Alexander were concentrated around the Izvor castle and blocked the way to the interior of the country. Near Izvor...

outer areas were overrun by the enemy. Examples of such citadels can be found in the castles of Shumen, Lovech, Cherven, Ohrid, Devol and others. As an additional...

Bulgarian reserves led by the Emperor's brother and despot of Vidin, Belaur, and the despot of Lovech, Ivan Alexander.[citation needed] Furthermore, he was...