Simeon I of Bulgaria
Deceased Person
0864 – 0927
Who was Simeon I of Bulgaria?
Simeon I the Great ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe. His reign was also a period of unmatched cultural prosperity and enlightenment later deemed the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture.
During Simeon's rule, Bulgaria spread over a territory between the Aegean, the Adriatic and the Black Sea, and the new Bulgarian capital Preslav was said to rival Constantinople. The newly independent Bulgarian Orthodox Church became the first new patriarchate besides the Pentarchy, and Bulgarian Glagolitic translations of Christian texts spread all over the Slavic world of the time. Halfway through his reign, Simeon assumed the title of Emperor, having prior to that been styled Prince.
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- Born
- 0864
Bulgaria - Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Maria Sursuvul
(0898 - )
- Maria Sursuvul
- Children
- Ethnicity
- South Slavs
- Nationality
- Bulgaria
- Died
- May 27, 0927
Preslav
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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