List of Bulgarian monarchs

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Early Bulgar leaders bore the title of baltavar (balt-avar), which literally means "ruler of Avars". Later they acquired the title Khan and Khagan, still later the title tsar.

Contents

1 List of Bulgarian rulers

1.1 Legendary rulers
1.2 Historical persons

2 See also

List of Bulgarian rulers

Legendary rulers

Avitokhol (Atila)
Irnik

Historical persons

Gostun
Organa, regent (? - 619)

the Dulo clan (? - 740, before 808 - 976)

At times, the reign in the Bulgar lands was split.

Kubrat (late 6th century or early 7th century-mid 7th century)
Batbayan
Shambat
Asparukh (mid 7th century-700 or 701)
Tervel (701-718)
name unknown, Tervel's successor (718-724)
Sevar (725-740)

the Ukil clan (739-761, 764-766)

Kormisosh (739-756)
Vinekh (756-761)
Subin (764-766)
Umar (766)

the Ugain clan (761-764)

Telets (761-764)

Tokt (766-767)

Anarchy (767-770)

Telerig (770-777)
Kardam (777-802)

period of confusion (802 - 808)

Krum (808-814)
joint rule of Omurtag (815-831), Dukum (814-815) and Dizewg (815)
joint rule of Malamir (831-852), Presian (836-852)
Boris I Michael (852-889)
Vladimir of Bulgaria (889-893)
Simeon I of Bulgaria (Simeon the Great) (893-May 27 927)
Peter I of Bulgaria (927-969)
Boris II of Bulgaria (969-972)
Roman or Romanus (972-997) (joint rule with Samuil 976-997)

House of Comitopuli (976-1018)

Samuil (997-1014) (joint rule with Roman 976-997)
Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria (October 1014 - August 1015)
Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria (1015-1018)

Byzantine rule

House of Asen (the Asenites) (1186-1277, 1279-1280)

joint reign of Teodor (I) Peter (II) (1186-1197) and Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria (1186-1196)
Kaloyan (1197-1207)
Boril of Bulgaria (1207-1218)
Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (1218-1241)
Kaliman I of Bulgaria (1241-1246)
Michael II Asen of Bulgaria (1246-1256/1257)
Kaliman II of Bulgaria (1256/1257)
Mico (1256/1257)
Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria (1257-1277)
Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria (1279-1280)
Ivailo the Swineherd (1277-1279)

House of Terter (1280-1292, 1300-1323)

George I of Bulgaria (1280-1292)
Teodor II Svetoslav (1300-1322)
George II of Bulgaria (1322-1323)

Smilets of Bulgaria (1292-1298)

Mongolian monarch in Bulgaria 1298-1300

Chaka (1298-1300)

House of Shishman (1323-1396)

Michael III Shishman (1323-1330)
Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria(1330-1331)
Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (1331-1371)
Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1371-1393)
Ivan Stratsimir of Bulgaria (1393-1396)

Ottoman rule

House of Battenberg (1879-1886)

Alexander I Joseph (April 4 1879 - September 7 1886)

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1887-1946)