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Battle of Velbazhd, the Glossary

The Battle of Velbazhd (bitka pri Velbazhd; Bitka kod Velbužda) took place between Bulgarian and Serbian armies on 28 July 1330, near the town of Velbazhd (present day Kyustendil).^[1]

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1330 in Europe
14th century in Serbia
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Albania

Albania (Shqipëri or Shqipëria), officially the Republic of Albania (Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeast Europe.

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Ana-Neda (Bulgarian Анна-Неда and Ана-Неда; fl. 1323–1324) was the Empress consort of Bulgaria briefly in 1323–1324 as the spouse of "Despot of Vidin" Michael Asen III "Šišman" who was elected as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1323.

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Andronikos II Palaiologos

Andronikos II Palaiologos (Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.

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Andronikos III Palaiologos

Andronikos III Palaiologos (Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiológos; 25 March 1297 – 15 June 1341), commonly Latinized as Andronicus III Palaeologus, was the Byzantine emperor from 1328 to 1341.

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Basarab I of Wallachia

Basarab I, also known as Basarab the Founder (Basarab Întemeietorul; c. 1270 – 1351/1352), was a voivode and later the first independent ruler of Wallachia who lived in the first half of the.

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Battle of Rusokastro

The Battle of Rusokastro (Битка при Русокастро, Μάχη τοῦ Ῥουσοκάστρου) occurred on July 18, 1332 near the village of Rusokastro, Bulgaria, between the armies of the Bulgarian and Byzantine Empires. Battle of Velbazhd and Battle of Rusokastro are Battles involving the Second Bulgarian Empire.

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Belaur

Belaur (Белаур) (died 1336) was a Bulgarian noble and despot of Vidin and brother of the Bulgarian Emperor Michael Shishman (1323–1330).

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Boyar

A boyar or bolyar was a member of the highest rank of the feudal nobility in many Eastern European states, including Bulgaria, Kievan Rus' (and later Russia), Moldavia and Wallachia (and later Romania), Lithuania and among Baltic Germans.

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Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval)

The Bulgarian-Serbian wars were a series of conflicts between the Bulgarian Empire and medieval Serbian states between the 9th and 14th centuries in the central Balkans. Battle of Velbazhd and Bulgarian–Serbian wars (medieval) are Bulgarian–Serbian Wars.

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Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347

The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, sometimes referred to as the Second Palaiologan Civil War, was a conflict that broke out in the Byzantine Empire after the death of Andronikos III Palaiologos over the guardianship of his nine-year-old son and heir, John V Palaiologos.

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Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.

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Catalan Company

The Catalan Company or the Great Catalan Company (Gran Companyia Catalana; Exercitus francorum, Societas exercitus catalanorum, Societas cathalanorum, or Magna Societas Catalanorum) was a company of mercenaries led by Roger de Flor in the early 14th century and hired by the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos to combat the increasing power of the Anatolian beyliks.

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Catalans

Catalans (Catalan, French and Occitan: catalans; catalanes, Italian: catalani, cadelanos) are a Romance ethnic group native to Catalonia, who speak Catalan.

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Church of St. George, Staro Nagoričane

The Church of St.

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Cumans

The Cumans or Kumans (kumani; Kumanen;; Połowcy; cumani; polovtsy; polovtsi) were a Turkic nomadic people from Central Asia comprising the western branch of the Cuman–Kipchak confederation who spoke the Cuman language.

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Deževa Agreement

The Deževa Agreement (Дежевски споразум) concluded in 1282 in Deževa changed the policy of the medieval Kingdom of Serbia.

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Emperor of the Serbs

Between 1345 and 1371, the Serbian monarch was self-titled emperor (tsar). Battle of Velbazhd and emperor of the Serbs are 14th century in Serbia.

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Epirus

Epirus is a geographical and historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania.

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First Bulgarian Empire

The First Bulgarian Empire (blŭgarĭsko tsěsarǐstvije; Първо българско царство) was a medieval state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD. It was founded in 680–681 after part of the Bulgars, led by Asparuh, moved south to the northeastern Balkans.

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Germans

Germans are the natives or inhabitants of Germany, or sometimes more broadly any people who are of German descent or native speakers of the German language.

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Great Morava

The Great Morava (Velika Morava) is the final section of the Morava (Морава), a major river system in Serbia.

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Gusle

The gusle (гусле) or lahuta (lahutë) is a bowed single-stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans).

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Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia

Helena of Bulgaria (Елена, Јелена; –7 November 1374) was a Bulgarian princess, and the Queen and Empress consort of Serbia by marriage to Serbian King and later Emperor Stefan Dušan (r. 1331–55).

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Iskar Gorge

The Iskăr Gorge is a gorge passing through the Balkan Mountains (Stara Planina) in Bulgaria.

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Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria

Ivan Alexander (Иван Александър, transliterated Ivan Aleksandǎr,; original spelling: ІѠАНЪ АЛЄѮАНдРЪ), also sometimes anglicized as John Alexander, ruled as Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371,Lalkov, Rulers of Bulgaria, pp.

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Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria

Ivan Stefan (Иван Стефан; in English also John Stephen) (died after 1339 or 1343 and before 1357) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria for eight months from 1330 to 1331.

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Jasz people

The Jász (Jazones) are a Hungarian subgroup of Eastern Iranic descent who have lived in Hungary since the 13th century.

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Jovan Oliver

Jovan Oliver Grčinić (Јован Оливер Грчинић; ca. 1310–1356) was a magnate of the Serbian Emperor Dušan the Mighty (r. 1331–1355), holding the titles of sebastokrator and despotes, and the rank of "great voivode", showing his prominence and status as one of the most important nobles of Dušan.

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Kingdom of Naples

The Kingdom of Naples (Regnum Neapolitanum; Regno di Napoli; Regno 'e Napule), was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816.

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Kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346)

The Kingdom of Serbia (Краљевина Србија / Kraljevina Srbija), or the Serbian Kingdom (Српско краљевство / Srpsko kraljevstvo), was a medieval Serbian kingdom in Southern Europe comprising most of what is today Serbia (excluding Vojvodina), Kosovo, and Montenegro, as well as southeastern Bosnia and Herzegovina, parts of coastal Croatia south of the Neretva river (excluding Dubrovnik), Albania north of the Drin River, North Macedonia, and a small part of western Bulgaria. Battle of Velbazhd and kingdom of Serbia (1217–1346) are 14th century in Serbia.

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Konstantin Tih

Konstantin Tih (Константин ТихАсен) or Constantine I Tikh (Константин I), was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1257 to 1277, he was offered the throne from Mitso Asen.

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Kumanovo

Kumanovo (Куманово;, Kumanova; also known by other alternative names) is a city in North Macedonia and the seat of Kumanovo Municipality, the largest municipality in the country.

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Kyustendil

Kyustendil (Кюстендил) is a town in the far west of Bulgaria, the capital of the Kyustendil Province, a former bishopric and present Latin Catholic titular see.

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Lovech

Lovech (Lovech) is a city in north-central Bulgaria.

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Macedonia (region)

Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeast Europe.

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Medieval Bulgarian army

The medieval Bulgarian army was the primary military body of the First and the Second Bulgarian Empires, and some Puppet states of the former, like the Despotate of Dobruja.

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Medieval Serbian army

The medieval Serbian army was well known for its strength and was among the strongest in the Balkans before the Ottoman Empire's expansion.

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Metohija

Metohija (Метохија) or Dukagjin (Rrafshi i Dukagjinit) is a large basin and the name of the region covering the southwestern part of Kosovo.

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Michael Shishman of Bulgaria

Michael Asen III (Михаил Асен III, Mihail Asen III, commonly called Michael Shishman (Михаил Шишман, Mihail Šišman)), ruled as tsar of Bulgaria from 1323 to 1330.

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Mirmiran

Mirmiran (Mirmiran) the military title of the Ottoman Pasha, similar to the title of Beylerbey, the ruler of Eyalet.

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Niš

Niš (Ниш,; names in other languages), less often spelled in English as Nish, is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District.

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Ohrid

Ohrid (Охрид) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality.

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Ossetians

The Ossetians (or; Ossetic), also known as Ossetes, Ossets, and Alans, are an Eastern Iranian ethnic group who are indigenous to Ossetia, a region situated across the northern and southern sides of the Caucasus Mountains.

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Patriarch of All Bulgaria

The Patriarch of All Bulgaria is the patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church.

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Prilep

Prilep (Прилеп) is the fourth-largest city in North Macedonia.

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Prosek, North Macedonia

Prosek (Macedonian alphabet: Просек), also known as Stenae (in Greek: Στεναί narrow), is an archaeological site of a former city in North Macedonia.

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Second Bulgarian Empire

The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state that existed between 1185 and 1396.

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Serbia

Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Southeast and Central Europe, located in the Balkans and the Pannonian Plain.

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Serbian epic poetry

Serbian epic poetry (Srpske epske narodne pesme) is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia.

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Serbian Patriarchate of Peć

The Serbian Patriarchate of Peć (Српска патријаршија у Пећи, Srpska patrijaršija u Peći), or simply Peć Patriarchate (Пећка патријаршија, Pećka patrijaršija), was an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Patriarchate that existed from 1346 to 1463, and then again from 1557 to 1766 with its seat in the Patriarchal Monastery of Peć.

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Skopje

Skopje (Скопје; Shkup, Shkupi) is the capital and largest city of North Macedonia.

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Sofia

Sofia (Sofiya) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria.

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Southeast Europe

Southeast Europe or Southeastern Europe (SEE) is a geographical sub-region of Europe, consisting primarily of the region of the Balkans, as well as adjacent regions and archipelagos.

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Staro Nagoričane

Staro Nagoričane (Старо Нагоричане) is a village in North Macedonia and the seat of the Staro Nagoričane municipality.

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Stefan Dečanski

Stefan Uroš III (Стефан Урош III), known as Stefan of Dečani (Stefan Dečanski,; – 11 November 1331), was King of Serbia from 6 January 1322 to 8 September 1331.

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Stefan Dušan

Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (Стефан Урош IV Душан), also known as Dušan the Mighty (– 20 December 1355), was the King of Serbia from 8 September 1331 and Emperor of the Serbs, Greeks, Bulgarians and Albanians from 16 April 1346 until his death in 1355.

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Struma (river)

The Struma or Strymónas (Bulgarian: Струма; Στρυμόνας) is a river in Bulgaria and Greece.

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Tatars

The Tatars, in the Collins English Dictionary formerly also spelt Tartars, is an umbrella term for different Turkic ethnic groups bearing the name "Tatar" across Eastern Europe and Asia. Initially, the ethnonym Tatar possibly referred to the Tatar confederation. That confederation was eventually incorporated into the Mongol Empire when Genghis Khan unified the various steppe tribes.

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Thessaly

Thessaly (translit; ancient Thessalian: Πετθαλία) is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region of Greece, comprising most of the ancient region of the same name.

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Thrace

Thrace (Trakiya; Thráki; Trakya) is a geographical and historical region in Southeast Europe.

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Toplica (river)

The Toplica (Топлица) is a river in southern Serbia.

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Tsar

Tsar (also spelled czar, tzar, or csar; tsar; tsar'; car) is a title historically used by Slavic monarchs.

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Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo (Veliko Tŭrnovo,; "Great Tarnovo") is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province.

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Vidin

Vidin (Видин) is a port city on the southern bank of the Danube in north-western Bulgaria.

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Visoki Dečani

The Visoki Dečani Monastery is a medieval Serbian Orthodox Christian monastery located near Deçan, Kosovo.

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Vlachs

Vlach, also Wallachian (and many other variants), is a term and exonym used from the Middle Ages until the Modern Era to designate speakers of Eastern Romance languages living in Southeast Europe—south of the Danube (the Balkan peninsula) and north of the Danube.

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Wallachia

Wallachia or Walachia (lit,; Old Romanian: Țeara Rumânească, Romanian Cyrillic alphabet: Цѣра Рꙋмѫнѣскъ) is a historical and geographical region of modern-day Romania. It is situated north of the Lower Danube and south of the Southern Carpathians. Wallachia was traditionally divided into two sections, Muntenia (Greater Wallachia) and Oltenia (Lesser Wallachia).

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Zemen

Zemen (Земен) is a town in Pernik Province, western Bulgaria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Velbazhd

Also known as Battle of Velbuzd, Battle of Velbuzhd, Battle of Velbužd, Bulgarian-Serbian War (1330), Bulgaro-Serbian War (1330), Serbian-Bulgarian War (1330), Serbo-Bulgarian War (1330), Velbuzhd.

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1330 in Europe

14th century in Serbia

Battles involving Serbia in the Middle Ages

Battles involving the Second Bulgarian Empire

Bulgarian–Serbian Wars

Conflicts in 1330

History of Kyustendil

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