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  • Name Ivan Владислав 
    Suffix Tsar of Bulgaria 
    Nickname Cometopuli 
    Born Bef 987 
    Address:
    Ohrid
    Ohrid, Municipality of Ohrid
    Macedonia (FYROM) 
    Gender Male 
    Occupation Tsar, de Bulgarie 
    Occupation King of Bulgaria Find all individuals with events at this location 
    unknown 
    Occupation цар на България (1015-1018), владетел на България (1015-1018), Tsar, de Bulgarie, ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to February 1018, Bulgaria 
    Died Feb 1018  Durres, Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Durrës
    Durrës, Durrës County
    Albania 
    Notes 
    • {geni:about_me} http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Vladislav_of_Bulgaria


      http://genealogics.org/getperson.php?personID=I00141472&tree=LEO








      Ivan Vladislav (Bulgarian: Иван Владислав) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to February 1018. The year of his birth is unknown, but he was born at least about a decade before 987.

      He was the ancestor of the Aaronios family.[1]

      Contents [hide]
      1 Life
      2 Family
      3 See also
      4 References
      5 Notes
      6 External links



      [edit] Life
      Ivan Vladislav was the son of Aron, the brother of Emperor Samuel (Samuil) of Bulgaria. In 987 Samuel ordered his brother Aron executed for treason together with his entire family. The massacre was survived only by Aron's son Ivan Vladislav, who was saved through the intercession of his cousin, Samuel's son Gabriel Radomir.

      What happened with Ivan Vladislav during the subsequent decades is unknown, but in 1015 he was induced by Byzantine agents to murder his cousin Gabriel Radomir, while the latter was hunting near Ostrovo (Arnissa), and seize the Bulgarian throne. Ivan Vladislav took steps to ensure his positions against potential rivals, and in 1016 lured and murdered Prince Vladimir of Zeta, who was married to Gabriel Radomir's sister Theodora (Kosara).

      Although Ivan Vladislav had entered into negotiations with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, he quickly began to follow the determined policy of his predecessors to resist the ongoing Byzantine conquest. Ivan Vladislav restored the fortifications of Bitola in 1015 and survived an assassination plot undertaken by Byzantine agents. Although the Byzantines sacked Ohrid, they failed to take Pernik, they were defeated in the battle of Bitola and received troubling intelligence that Ivan Vladislav was attempting to induce the Pechenegs to come to his aid, following up the general practice of his predecessors.

      While Byzantine armies had penetrated deep into Bulgaria in 1016, Ivan Vladislav was able to rally his forces. In 1017 the Bulgarians were defeated in the battle of Setina but it did not bring the war to the end and Ivan Vladislav was able to commenced a siege of Durazzo in the winter of 1018. During a battle in front of the city, Ivan Vladislav was killed. After his death much of the Bulgarian nobility and court, including his widow Maria, submitted to the advancing Basil II in exchange of guarantees for the preservation of their lives, status, and property. A faction of the nobles and the army rallied around Ivan Vladislav's eldest sons and continued to resist for several months until it was forced to submit.

      Family
      By his wife Marija, Ivan Vladislav had several children, including:

      Presian II, who briefly succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1018
      Aron, Byzantine general
      Alusian, who was briefly emperor of Bulgaria in 1041
      Troian (Trojan). Father of Maria of Bulgaria, who married Andronikos Doukas.
      Catherine (Ekaterina), who married the future Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos



      Ivan Vladislav (Bulgarian: Иван Владислав) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to February 1018. The year of his birth is unknown, but he was born at least about a decade before 987.
      He was the ancestor of the Aaronios family.[1]

      Life

      Ivan Vladislav was the son of Aron, the brother of Emperor Samuel (Samuil) of Bulgaria. In 987 Samuel ordered his brother Aron executed for treason together with his entire family. The massacre was survived only by Aron's son Ivan Vladislav, who was saved through the intercession of his cousin, Samuel's son Gabriel Radomir.
      What happened with Ivan Vladislav during the subsequent decades is unknown, but in 1015 he was induced by Byzantine agents to murder his cousin Gabriel Radomir, while the latter was hunting near Ostrovo (Arnissa), and seize the Bulgarian throne. Ivan Vladislav took steps to ensure his positions against potential rivals, and in 1016 lured and murdered Prince Vladimir of Zeta, who was married to Gabriel Radomir's sister Theodora (Kosara).
      Although Ivan Vladislav had entered into negotiations with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II, he quickly began to follow the determined policy of his predecessors to resist the ongoing Byzantine conquest. Ivan Vladislav restored the fortifications of Bitola in 1015 and survived an assassination plot undertaken by Byzantine agents. Although the Byzantines sacked Ohrid, they failed to take Pernik, they were defeated in the battle of Bitola and received troubling intelligence that Ivan Vladislav was attempting to induce the Pechenegs to come to his aid, following up the general practice of his predecessors.
      While Byzantine armies had penetrated deep into Bulgaria in 1016, Ivan Vladislav was able to rally his forces and commenced a siege of Durazzo in the winter of 1018. During a battle in front of the city, Ivan Vladislav was killed. After his death much of the Bulgarian nobility and court, including his widow Marija, submitted to the advancing Basil II in exchange of guarantees for the preservation of their lives, status, and property. A faction of the nobles and the army rallied around Ivan Vladislav's eldest sons and continued to resist for several months until it was forced to submit.

      Family

      By his wife Marija, Ivan Vladislav had several children, including:
      Presian II, who briefly succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1018
      Aron, Byzantine general
      Alusian, who was briefly emperor of Bulgaria in 1041
      Troian (Trojan). Father of Maria of Bulgaria, who married Andronikos Doukas.

      References

      John V.A. Fine Jr., The Early Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor, 1983.
      [edit]Notes

      ^ The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, p. 1
      Catherine (Ekaterina), who married the future Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos

      http://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Иван_Владислав


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      Ivan Vladislav (Bulgarian: Иван Владислав) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to February 1018. The year of his birth is unknown, but he was born at least about a decade before 987.

      Ivan Vladislav was the son of Aron, the brother of Emperor Samuel (r. 997–1014) of the Cometopuli dynasty. In 987 Samuel ordered his brother Aron executed for treason together with his entire family. Ivan Vladislav was the only survivor, being spared through the intercession of his cousin, Samuel's son Gabriel Radomir.[1]

      What happened with Ivan Vladislav during the subsequent decades is unknown. By 1015 however, Bulgaria had been embroiled in a prolonged war with the Byzantine Empire and Gabriel Radomir had succeeded Samuel, who had died on 6 October 1014 after the disastrous Battle of Kleidion. In late summer of 1015, while Gabriel Radomir was hunting near Ostrovo (Arnissa), he was murdered by Ivan Vladislav, perhaps at the suggestion of Byzantine agents.[1] Ivan Vladislav then seized the Bulgarian throne and took steps to ensure his positions against potential rivals; in 1016 lured and murdered Prince Jovan Vladimir of Dioclea, who was married to Gabriel Radomir's sister Theodora (Kosara).[1]

      Although Ivan Vladislav had entered into negotiations with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II which led to the conclusion of a truce, he quickly began to follow the determined policy of his predecessors to resist the ongoing Byzantine conquest. Ivan Vladislav restored the fortifications of Bitola in 1015 (as testified in the Bitola inscription) and survived an assassination plot undertaken by Byzantine agents. Although the Byzantines sacked Ohrid, they failed to take Pernik, they were defeated in the battle of Bitola and received troubling intelligence that Ivan Vladislav was attempting to induce the Pechenegs to come to his aid, following up the general practice of his predecessors.

      While Byzantine armies had penetrated deep into Bulgaria in 1016, Ivan Vladislav was able to rally his forces. In 1017 the Bulgarians were defeated in the battle of Setina but the war ended only when Vladislav was killed before the walls of Dyrrhachium in the winter of 1018.[1] After his death much of the Bulgarian nobility and court, including his widow Maria, submitted to the advancing Basil II in exchange of guarantees for the preservation of their lives, status, and property. A faction of the nobles and the army rallied around Ivan Vladislav's eldest sons and continued to resist for several months until it was forced to submit.

      Family

      By his wife Maria, Ivan Vladislav had several children. Maria was named zoste patrikia by Basil II, and the descendants of Ivan Vladislav entered Byzantine service, becoming part of the Byzantine nobility and forming close ties with the Komnenos clan in particular.[2] THe children of Maria and Ivan Vladislav were:[2]

      Presian II, who briefly succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1018
      Aaron, Byzantine general of Iberia, founder of the Aaronios family.
      Alusian, who was briefly emperor of Bulgaria in 1041. Founder of the Alousianos family.
      Troian. Father of Maria of Bulgaria, who married Andronikos Doukas.
      Radomir.
      Unnamed son (possibly named Clement).
      Catherine (Ekaterina), who married the future Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos (r. 1057–1059).
      There were further five daughters of unknown names, one of whom married a certain Romanos Kourkouas.
      See also

      History of Bulgaria
      References

      Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994), The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest, University of Michigan Press, ISBN 978-0472082605
      Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
      Notes

      ^ a b c d Kazhdan (1991), p. 1071
      ^ a b Kazhdan (1991), p. 1
      External links
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      Ivan Vladislav (Bulgarian: Иван Владислав) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to February 1018. The year of his birth is unknown, but he was born at least about a decade before 987.

      Life
      Ivan Vladislav was the son of Aron, the brother of Emperor Samuel (r. 997–1014) of the Cometopuli dynasty. In 987 Samuel ordered his brother Aron executed for treason together with his entire family. Ivan Vladislav was the only survivor, being spared through the intercession of his cousin, Samuel's son Gabriel Radomir.

      What happened with Ivan Vladislav during the subsequent decades is unknown. By 1015 however, Bulgaria had been embroiled in a prolonged war with the Byzantine Empire and Gabriel Radomir had succeeded Samuel, who had died on 6 October 1014 after the disastrous Battle of Kleidion. In late summer of 1015, while Gabriel Radomir was hunting near Ostrovo (Arnissa), he was murdered by Ivan Vladislav, perhaps at the suggestion of Byzantine agents.[1] Ivan Vladislav then seized the Bulgarian throne and took steps to ensure his positions against potential rivals; in 1016 lured and murdered Prince Jovan Vladimir of Dioclea, who was married to Gabriel Radomir's sister Theodora (Kosara).

      Although Ivan Vladislav had entered into negotiations with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II which led to the conclusion of a truce, he quickly began to follow the determined policy of his predecessors to resist the ongoing Byzantine conquest. Ivan Vladislav restored the fortifications of Bitola in 1015 (as testified in the Bitola inscription) and survived an assassination plot undertaken by Byzantine agents. Although the Byzantines sacked Ohrid, they failed to take Pernik, they were defeated in the battle of Bitola and received troubling intelligence that Ivan Vladislav was attempting to induce the Pechenegs to come to his aid, following up the general practice of his predecessors.

      While Byzantine armies had penetrated deep into Bulgaria in 1016, Ivan Vladislav was able to rally his forces. In 1017 the Bulgarians were defeated in the battle of Setina but the war ended only when Vladislav was killed before the walls of Dyrrhachium in the winter of 1018. After his death much of the Bulgarian nobility and court, including his widow Maria, submitted to the advancing Basil II in exchange of guarantees for the preservation of their lives, status, and property. A faction of the nobles and the army rallied around Ivan Vladislav's eldest sons and continued to resist for several months until it was forced to submit.

      Family
      By his wife Maria, Ivan Vladislav had several children. Maria was named zoste patrikia by Basil II, and the descendants of Ivan Vladislav entered Byzantine service, becoming part of the Byzantine nobility and forming close ties with the Komnenos clan in particular. THe children of Maria and Ivan Vladislav were:

      Presian II, who briefly succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1018
      Aaron, Byzantine general of Iberia, founder of the Aaronios family.
      Alusian, who was briefly emperor of Bulgaria in 1041. Founder of the Alousianos family.
      Troian. Father of Maria of Bulgaria, who married Andronikos Doukas.
      Radomir.
      Unnamed son (possibly named Clement).
      Catherine (Ekaterina), who married the future Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos (r. 1057–1059).
      There were further five daughters of unknown names, one of whom married a certain Romanos Kourkouas
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      Ivan Vladislav (Bulgarian: Иван Владислав) ruled as emperor (tsar ) of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to February 1018. The year of his birth is unknown, but he was born at least about a decade before 987.

      He was the ancestor of the Aaronios family.

      Life

      Ivan Vladislav was the son of Aron , the brother of Emperor Samuel (Samuil) of Bulgaria. In 987 Samuel ordered his brother Aron executed for treason together with his entire family. The massacre was survived only by Aron's son Ivan Vladislav, who was saved through the intercession of his cousin, Samuel's son Gabriel Radomir .

      What happened with Ivan Vladislav during the subsequent decades is unknown, but in 1015 he was induced by Byzantine agents to murder his cousin Gabriel Radomir, while the latter was hunting near Ostrovo (Arnissa), and seize the Bulgarian throne. Ivan Vladislav took steps to ensure his positions against potential rivals, and in 1016 lured and murdered Prince Vladimir of Zeta, who was married to Gabriel Radomir's sister Theodora (Kosara).

      Although Ivan Vladislav had entered into negotiations with the Byzantine Emperor Basil II , he quickly began to follow the determined policy of his predecessors to resist the ongoing Byzantine conquest. Ivan Vladislav restored the fortifications of Bitola in 1015 and survived an assassination plot undertaken by Byzantine agents. Although the Byzantines sacked Ohrid , they failed to take Pernik , they were defeated in the battle of Bitola and received troubling intelligence that Ivan Vladislav was attempting to induce the Pechenegs to come to his aid, following up the general practice of his predecessors.

      While Byzantine armies had penetrated deep into Bulgaria in 1016, Ivan Vladislav was able to rally his forces. In 1017 the Bulgarians were defeated in the battle of Setina but the war ended only when Vladislav was killed before the walls of Dyrrhachium in the winter of 1018. After his death much of the Bulgarian nobility and court, including his widow Maria, submitted to the advancing Basil II in exchange of guarantees for the preservation of their lives, status, and property. A faction of the nobles and the army rallied around Ivan Vladislav's eldest sons and continued to resist for several months until it was forced to submit.

      Family

      By his wife Maria, Ivan Vladislav had several children, including:

      Presian II , who briefly succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1018

      Aron, Byzantine general

      Alusian , who was briefly emperor of Bulgaria in 1041

      Trayan. Father of Maria of Bulgaria, who married Andronikos Doukas.

      Catherine (Ekaterina) , who married the future Byzantine Emperor Isaac I Komnenos
    • John Vladislav of Bulgaria, murdered his cousin Gabriel Radomir, and ursurped the throne of the First Kingdom of Bulgaria. He ruled until 1018. His wife, Maria, succeeded him.
    • Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria
      From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

      Ivan Vladislav was the ruler of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to August or September 1018. He was the son of Aron, the brother of Samuil. His reign oversaw the annexation of Bulgaria by the Byzantine Empire.

      When Samuil ordered Aron and his family to be killed on suspicion of treason, Ivan ended up surviving only due to the insistance of his cousin Gavril Radomir. The Byzantines, who were having trouble dealing with Gavril Radomir upon his rise to power, persuaded Ivan to kill the Bulgarian ruler, promising him the throne. He murdered Radomir near Ostrovo, and took his place as ruler of Bulgaria. However, despite swearing an oath of loyalty to Byzantine Emperor Basil II, the conflict with the Greeks continued. The Byzantines devastated Bulgaria, and finally took the capital Ohrid in 1018. Ivan himself was killed during the siege of Duras that same year.

      Ivan had a son, Alusian, that would play an influential role in Bulgaria's struggle for independence several decades later.

      [edit]
      See also
      History of Bulgaria
      Comitopuli dynasty
      Bitola inscription

      Preceded by:
      Gavril Radomir List of Bulgarian monarchs Succeeded by:
      None
    • He murdered his cousin Tsar Gavriil Radomir, succeeding him in 1015 as IVAN VLADISLAV Tsar of the Bulgarians. He reconquered Duklja in 1016 after murdering Knez Ivan Vladimir[66]. He was killed by the Byzantines during an unsuccessful attempt to recapture Durazzo, after which Emperor Basileios II made his solemn entry to Ochrida where he received homage from the remaining members of the family of the Tsar and annexed Bulgaria, which was divided into three themes
    Person ID I6000000000683579442  Ancestors of Donald Ross
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2020 

    Father Aron Komitopulos,   b. Abt 934, Macedonia, Bulgaria Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 987, the vicinity of Dupnitsa (presently in Western Bulgaria) Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 53 years) 
    Family ID F6000000004534088789  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Maria,   b. 972,   d. 21 Nov 1081  (Age 109 years) 
    Married 991  Macedonia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Ohrid
    Ohrid, Municipality of Ohrid
    Macedonia (FYROM) 
    Children 
     1. Tzar Trayan / Troianus van Bulgaria, of Bulgaria,   b. Abt 990,   d. 19 May 1038, Constantinople, Byzantium Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 48 years)
     2. Alusian of Bulgaria,   b. 1006,   d. 1068, Yugoslavia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 62 years)
    Last Modified 14 Mar 2021 
    Family ID F6000000000683579450  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart