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   Samuel of Bulgaria

   Samuel ruled northwestern Bulgaria from the strong fortress of Vidin. ... ↑ Boris II and Roman were sons of Peter I whose dynasty had ruled Bulgaria since the reign of Khan Krum (803-814)
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   Bulgaria

   Second, special charters (royal decrees) of Basil II recognised the autocephaly of the Bulgarian Archbishopric of Ohrid and set up its boundaries, securing the continuation of the dioceses already existing under Samuel, their property and other privileges. ... Until that time, Bulgarian nobles ruled the province in the name of the Byzantine Empire until a rebellion by Ivan Asen I and Peter IV of Bulgaria led to the establishment of the Second Bulgarian Empire.
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   History of the Jews in Bulgaria

   The first waves of Sephardim came from various places (through Thessaloniki, Macedonia, Italy, Ragusa, Bosnia) after 1494, with Jews settling in the already established centres of Jewish population — the major trade centres of Ottoman-ruled Bulgaria. ... In the 17th century, the ideas of Sabbatai Zevi became popular in Bulgaria, with supporters of his movement like Nathan of Gaza and Samuel Primo being active in Sofia.
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   Kaloyan of Bulgaria

   Kaloyan the Romanslayer (Bulgarian: Калоян Ромеоубиец), Ivan I (Иван I, also Йоан I, Ioan I, in English John I), ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria 1197-1207. ... In this political maneuver, he requesed that Pope Innocent III bestow on him the imperial crown and sceptre that had been held by Simeon I, Peter I, and Samuel and in exchange he might consider communication with Rome.
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   Battle of Kleidion

   Opposing him were the Western Bulgarians, now led by Samuel of Bulgaria.
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   Peter IV of Bulgaria

   Peter IV (in Bulgarian Petăr IV, or commonly but less accurately Petăr II) (Bulgarian: Петър IV) ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria 1185-1197. ... In his correspondence with Pope Innocent III, Kaloyan followed up the pope's flattering suggestion and called the earlier Bulgarian emperors Simeon I, Peter I, and Samuel his "ancestors".
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   List of Jewish leaders in the Land of Israel

   Nathan ruled from Bet Shearim. ... Raphael Panigel (b. Bulgaria)
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   Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars

   His son Peter I ruled over a long and peaceful era of the empire, but after his wife died in the mid 960’s. ... Rulers of Bulgaria
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   Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars

   His son Peter I ruled over a long and peaceful era of the empire, but after his wife died in the mid 960’s. ... Rulers of Bulgaria
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    Alusian of Bulgaria

    Alusian ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria for a short time in 1041. ... Samuel, a Byzantine general

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