Kubrat

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Kubrat was a 7th-century Bulgar ruler who founded Old Great Bulgaria and laid the foundations for the later Bulgarian state.

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Kubrat canonical 14

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Bulgar khan
historical figure
ruler
alsoKnownAs Krovatos
Kurt
Kurtis
approximateDeathCause natural causes
birthCentury 7th century
capitalOfRealm Phanagoria
commemoratedBy monuments in Bulgaria
place names in Bulgaria
conversionContext Byzantine influence
convertedTo Christianity
deathCentury 7th century
educatedAt Constantinople
ethnicity Bulgar
formedAllianceWith Byzantine Empire
founded Old Great Bulgar state
linked to: Old Great Bulgaria

Old Great Bulgaria
hadTitle khan
linked to: Khan

ruler of the Bulgars
historicalSource Nikephoros I of Constantinople
Theophanes the Confessor
knownFor establishing a large Bulgar confederation
uniting Bulgar tribes
laidFoundationsFor First Bulgarian Empire
legacy considered an ancestor of later Bulgarian rulers
symbol of early Bulgarian statehood
nameInBulgarian Кубрат
opposedPower Khazar Khaganate
politicalStructureCreated Bulgar tribal confederation
predecessor Organa
linked to: Bail Organa
regionRuled Pontic–Caspian steppe
lands north of the Black Sea
religion Christianity
roleInHistory founder of Old Great Bulgaria
son Alcek
linked to: Altsek

Asparuh
Batbayan
Kotrag
Kuber
successor Batbayan
timeOfRule early 7th century
mid 7th century
tribeLed Onogundur Bulgars
linked to: Onogur Bulgars

Onogur Bulgars

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Asparuh of Bulgaria father Kubrat
Old Great Bulgaria ruler Kubrat
Asparukh father Kubrat
Asparukh predecessor Kubrat
Isperih father Kubrat
Esperih predecessor Kubrat
Esperih father Kubrat
Bulgar notableLeader Kubrat
Dulo notableMember Kubrat
Khan Kubrat name Kubrat