Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Ivan_Alexander_of_Bulgaria
GPTKB entity
Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:birthDate c. 1301
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Church_of_the_Holy_Mother_of_God,_Tarnovo
gptkbp:capital gptkb:Tarnovo
gptkbp:child gptkb:Ivan_Sratsimir_of_Bulgaria
gptkb:Despot_Ivan_Dragushin
gptkb:Ivan_Asen_IV
gptkb:Ivan_Shishman_of_Bulgaria
Keratsa-Maria
Michael Asen
gptkbp:coronationDate 1331
gptkbp:country gptkb:Second_Bulgarian_Empire
gptkbp:deathDate 17 February 1371
gptkbp:dynasty gptkb:Sratsimir_dynasty
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:Bulgarian
gptkbp:father gptkb:Despot_Sratsimir
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
gptkbp:language gptkb:Bulgarian
gptkbp:mother gptkb:Keratsa_Petritsa
gptkbp:notableAchievement Divided the empire among his sons
Issued the Tetraevangelia manuscript
Maintained relative stability during early reign
Patron of literature and art
Strengthened Bulgarian Orthodox Church
gptkbp:notableBattle gptkb:Wars_with_the_Byzantine_Empire
Internal dynastic struggles
Conflicts with Serbia
Wars with the Ottoman Turks
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Black_Death_in_Bulgaria
gptkb:Council_of_Tarnovo_(1350s)
Balkan political fragmentation
Division of the Bulgarian Empire after his death
Ottoman incursions into the Balkans
Religious and cultural revival in Bulgaria
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Tetraevangelia_of_Ivan_Alexander
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Ivan_Stephen_of_Bulgaria
gptkbp:reign 1331–1371
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Eastern_Orthodox_Christianity
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Theodora_of_Wallachia
gptkb:Sarah-Theodora
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Ivan_Sratsimir_of_Bulgaria
gptkb:Ivan_Shishman_of_Bulgaria
gptkbp:title Despot of Lovech
Tsar of Bulgarians
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:monarchy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4