Shishman dynasty
| House of Shishman Шишмановци |
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| Country |
Principality of Vidin Principality of Karvuna Tsardom of Tarnovo Principality of Valona Tsardom of Vidin Principality of Serres |
| Parent house |
House of Komnenos House of Assen |
| Titles | Knyaz, Tsar, Despot |
| Founded | 1280 |
| Founder | Prince Shishman of Vidin |
| Final ruler | Prince Rostislav of Tarnovo |
| Current head | Extinct |
| Dissolution | 1686 |
| Ethnicity | Bulgarian, partially Cuman |
| Cadet branches | Shishmanoğlu family |
Shishman (Bulgarian: Шишман), also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi (Bulgarian: Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of partialCuman origin.
The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire for approximately one century, from 1323 to 1422, when it was conquered by the Ottomans. The Shishmanids were related to the earlier Asen dynasty, and according to the Ragusan historian Lukarić, also to the immediately preceding Terter dynasty. In Plamen Pavlov's view, the Shishman dynasty's founder, despot Shishman of Vidin, may have been the brother of George I, the first Bulgarian Terterid ruler, thus also coming to Bulgaria from the Kingdom of Hungary after 1241.
Among its more notable members were:
Main branch:
Sratsimir branch:
^ a: Only Ivan Alexander and Ivan Shishman claimed the title Emperor of all Bulgarians and Greeks.
^ a: The numbers designate which wife each child was born to.
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