Samuel of Bulgaria

• Preferred Name: Samuel of Bulgaria ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]}
  
• Gender: M
  
• MilitaryService: victorious at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan986 with note: rootsweb > Famille Pinsonnault: Samuel Kometopulida BULGARIE
  
• Reino: BET 997 AND 1014 in dos Búlgaros at LATI: N9 LONG: E70.67 with note: GEDCOM data
  
• MilitaryService: He was forced mainly to defend the Empire against the superior Byzantine armies.1001
  
• MilitaryService: He was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority.BET 977 AND 997 with note: Wikiwand: Samuel of Bulgaria
  
• Religion: Bulgarian Orthodox with note: Wikiwand: Samuel of Bulgaria
  
• Nickname:
  
• Dynasty:+Cometopuli: with note: Wikiwand: Samuel of Bulgaria
  
• MilitaryService: He was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority.BET 977 AND 997
  
• FSID: LZJD-LQR
  
• Birth: 948 in Of Ohrid, Makedonija, Yugoslavia at LATI: N1.0667 LONG: E0.85
  
• Death: 12 OCT 1014 in Prilep, Makedonija, Yugoslavia at LATI: N1.3833 LONG: E1.6333
  
• MilitaryService: He was forced mainly to defend the Empire against the superior Byzantine armies.from 1001 with note: Wikiwand: Samuel of Bulgaria
  
• Burial: in Island Saint Achillios in the Small Prespa Lake, First Bulgarian Empire (modern-day Greece) at LATI: N4.89 LONG: E18.16 with note: Wikiwand: Samuel of Bulgaria
  
• Notes:

  === Life Sketch ===
  Samuil, King of Bulgaria was born circa 955.2 He was the son of Nikola Graf von Serdica and Ripsima von Armenien.1,2 He married Agatha Chryselia, daughter of Johann Chryselios.2 He died on 6 October 1014 at Prilep.3
  He succeeded as the King Samuil of Bulgaria in 997.1
  Child of Samuil, King of Bulgaria
  Gavrail Radomir, King of Bulgaria1 d. 1015
  Child of Samuil, King of Bulgaria and Agatha Chryselia
  Katua of Bulgaria+2 b. c 985
  
  Samuel (also Samuil,) was the Tsar (Emperor)
  Samuel (also Samuil,) was the Tsar (Emperor) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 6 October 1014. From 977 to 997, he was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria, the second surviving son of Emperor
  
  === The youngest son of Komit Nikola , lead ===
  The youngest son of Komit Nikola , leader of the movement against Byzantium in West Bulgaria . After the death of Roman declares himself the Czar . In 1014 loses the battle near Kljuch . 14000 Bulgarian soldiers are captured and blinded , then left to return with one man one eyed to lead one hundred others . At this sight , samuil dies of a heart attack on 6.IX.1014 .
  
  === #Générale# Tsar de Bulgarie. ===
  #Générale# Tsar de Bulgarie.
  
  === ! Europasche Stammtafeln Neue folge vol. ===
  ! Europasche Stammtafeln Neue folge vol. 2 tafel 168;
  
  === Samuel
  died Oct. 6, 1014, Prilep, Macedo ===
  Samuel
  died Oct. 6, 1014, Prilep, Macedonia
  
  tsar of Western Bulgaria, or Macedonia, from 980; his realm was successor to the First Bulgarian empire.
  
  Ruling originally in Macedonia, Samuel then conquered independent Serbia and further extended his power into northern Bulgaria, Albania, and northern Greece. He established his capital at Ochrida (now Ohrid, Macedonia) and revived the Bulgarian patriarchate. In the 980s he defeated the Byzantine emperor Basil II Bulgaroctonus near Sofia, but from 997 the intermittent struggle with the Byzantines went against him. Finally, on July 29, 1014, Basil overwhelmed Samuel in the Battle of Belasitsa. At Basil's order, the Bulgarian prisoners (said to number 15,000) were blinded and returned to Samuel, who fainted from shock and soon died. He was succeeded by his son Gavril (murdered in 1015) and a nephew Ivan (killed in battle in 1018), after which Bulgaria became a Byzantine province. [Encyclopædia Britannica, online ]
  
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  Tsar Samuil (997 - 1014)
  
  THERE IS A BULGARIAN PROVERB THAT SAYS: if you want to know someone, give him power. The son of Tsar Peter I, Tsar Boris II proved to be a poor ruler. Under his watch, the Byzantines conquered Preslav and the whole of northeastern Bulgaria. After a short captivity in Constantinople Boris II was killed in an accident.
  
  His younger brother Roman had been rendered impotent as a prisoner in Cosntantinople and in 978, though technically still tsar, he voluntarily surrendered the power to his military commander Samuil. Though not a member of a royal family, Samuil proved born to rule. He came from the free southwestern lands (Macedonia). His father Nikola was head of the Sredets komitat (administrative region]. During the tumultuous reigns of Peter and Boris, when invaders were harassing the Bulgarian outlands, Nikola's four sons zealously fought for Bulgaria's independence. After ten years of ceaseless battles they succeeded in liberating the northeastern territories. However, soon afterwards the sons Moses and David were killed in the battles with the Byzantines. The third son, Aaron, was accused of treason and was killed together with his family on Samuil's order. Only Aaron's son, Ivan Vladislav, was spared owing to the fervent pleads of Samuil's son Gavril Radomir.
  
  Samuil continued to repulse Byzantine attacks. He persevered for almost four decades, though the Byzantine empire was at the height of its power. In the battle for the survival of his people and his state, Samuil gained the reputation of an able commander and politician and earned the love of his subjects. He was a restless, militant man, reads his description in a Byzantine chronicle. Indeed, for many years the Bulgarians took fortress after fortress in Thrace and around Adrianople. Much of the empire's western territories came under Bulgarian control. Samuil's horsemen went south all the way to Peloponnese and Corynth, and they unfurled his flag in Larissa, a key fortress for the control over Thessaly.
  
  The Bulgarians were again victorious in the battle at Troyanovi Vrata. On 17 August 986 Emperor Basil II fled, leaving behind his treasure hoard and a supply train. Byzantine chronist John Geometres lamented over the defeat: "May those ominous trees and mountains vanish from the face of earth! The Istrum (Bulgaria] grabbed the crown from Rome (Byzantium]. The Moesian (Bulgarian] arrows proved stronger than Byzantine spears...
  
  Elated by their victory, the Bulgarians won a series of battles. Strongholds like Vereia and Servia in southern Macedonia fell to their assaults. Samuil reached the Aegean coast when his troops overran the region of Drach. A successful campaign against the Serbs forced their prince to accept the patronage of the Bulgarian tsar That campaign marked the end of a tumultuous decade in Bulgaro-Byzantine relations. Under Samuil, Bulgaria was again established as a great power in the Balkans. "Samuil waged prolonged wars with the Greeks and drove them out of Bulgaria, so that in his time they did not even dare set foot on Bulgarian soil," a Byzantine chronicler wrote.
  
  However, when Basil II recovered from the defeat at Trayanovi Vrata, he set out to put the internal affairs of the empire in order. In a new drive against Bulgaria, Tsar Roman was again taken captive and later died in prison in Constantinople. He was the last of Simeon's dynasty. In 997 Samuil had himself crowned as Tsar. His title was recognized by the Holy See. A brief suspension of hostilities with Byzantium allowed him to turn his efforts to the internal concerns of his state, which some historians call Western Bulgaria.
  
  Samuil's state spread from the northeastern most Bulgarian territories to Southern Macedonia. The boyars and their fortified towns submitted to Samuil's supreme authority. The nobles actively supported their tsar in the fights with Byzantium, for they knew the advantages of unity. Samuil moved his capital from Sredets (Sofia) to Voden, to Prespa and finally to Ohrid, in reaction to the developments in the war with Byzantium.
  
  In the newly erected palace in his last capital, Ohrid, Samuil developed and enforced the state system devised in Simeon's times. The Kav-Khan remained the highest dignitary, the tsar's right-hand man. The Church was headed by a patriarch. In the heart of the state - the lands around Sofia and in Macedonia - fortified castles were erected to repel Byzantine attacks. Numerous churches, stone carvings and paintings in Ohrid, Prespa and Kostur testify to the tsar's concern about the spiritual aspect of Bulgarian life.
  
  Meanwhile, Emperor Basil II once again raised an army and started a new campaign against Bulgaria in 1 001. Samuil fought fiercely but was forced to retreat and give away lands. Many of his nobles, like Krakra of Pernik, heroically defended their strongholds. Others chose to become traitors in order to survive. Disunity gradually depleted Samuil's state.
  
  The fatal moment came in the summer of 1014 when the Bulgarian army suffered a crushing defeat in a gorge of the Strumitsa river near the village of Klyuch in Macedonia. Upon victory, Emperor Basil IT ordered the 14,000 Bulgarian prisoners blinded. One in every hundred men was left with one eye in order to lead the men home.
  
  At the sight of the blinded soldiers Samuil suffered a heart attack and died. His son, Gavril Radomir, spent only a year on the throne before being killed by Ivan Vladislav, the man whose life he had once saved. When tsar Ivan Vladislav was killed in a battle in 1018, nothing could stop the emperor from taking Ohrid. His cruelty won him the name of Bulgaroctonus: Slayer of the Bulgars; Bulgaria fell under Byzantine domination.
  
  Extract from the book "Rulers of Bulgaria" Text by Profesor Milcho Lalkov, Ph.D. Design by Krassimira Despotova Illustrations by Tekla Alexieva, Buyan Filchev and Hristo Hadjitanev
  Published by Kibea Publishing Company, Sofia, Bulgaria [Bulgaria.com
  === OCCUPATION: Czar of Bulgaria ===
  OCCUPATION: Czar of Bulgaria
  
  === SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 S ===
  SORLEY'S PEDIGREES (GS NUMBER Q929.242 SO68) P.27; THE PLANTAGENETANCESTRY (GS NUMBER Q940 D2T) P.208;
  
  === Царь Самуил (болг. Самуил, ум. 6 октября ===
  Царь Самуил (болг. Самуил, ум. 6 октября 1014) — царь Болгарии (997—1014) из династии Комитопулов (армянские Комсадзаг). Фактически стал управлять Болгарией с 971 года в качестве военачальника. При этом хотя фактическая власть была сосредоточена в руках Самуила (первоначально он делил её с братьями), Самуил признавал в качестве законных царей последних представителей династии Крума. Так до 977 года Самуил признавал царём Бориса II, хотя он с 971 находился в византийском плену. После смерти Бориса II, в 977 Самуил признал царём спасшегося из Византийского плена Романа. При Романе Самуил управляет войсками и страной в качестве военачальника. После того, как в 991 Роман снова попадает в византийский плен, Самуил продолжает признавать его царём. И только после смерти Романа в 997 Самуил провозглашает себя царём Болгарии.
  
  После того как Византия вернула себе северо-восточные земли Болгарии, переносит столицу на территорию современной югославской Македонии. Первоначально определённой столицы не было, но со временем в качестве столицы определился город Охрид. Всё время своего правления Самуил ведет почти непрерывную тяжелую войну с Византией.Первоначально Самуил правил Болгарией совместно со своими старшими братьями: Давидом, Моисеем, Аароном. Давид и Моисей погибли в первые годы правления. Властолюбивый Аарон начал переговоры с Византией (по крайней мере так считал Самуил). Это вызвало конфликт между Самуилом и Аароном, который привёл к обвинению Аарона в государственной измене. В результате 14 июня 976 произошла битва при Дупнице, в которой Аарон погиб (или, возможно, был убит по приказу Самуила). Также была казнена вся семья Аарона, за исключением его сына Ивана Владислава, за которого заступился Гавриил Радомир (сын Самуила). Остальные братья также погибают по странным или нелепым обстоятельствам.
  Памятник царю Самуилу в Самуиловой крепости, недалеко от г. Петрич,Болгария
  
  Моисей осаждает крепость Серес, но погибает в результате несчастного случая, брошенным с крепости камнем.
  
  Давид погибает при странных обстоятельствах около города Преспы. Он был убит наемными убийцами, некоторые историки строят неподтверждённые гипотезы, что это случилось по приказу Самуила.
  
  Другой важный факт биографии Самуила в этот период, то что он принимает первого болгарского патриарха Дамиана (болг. Дамян), который после падения Преслава продолжает таким образом возглавлять Болгарскую Православную Церковь.
  
  После этого Самуил, оставшись последним из братьев, правил самостоятельно. Однако в течение всего этого периода Самуил не принимал царского титула, в продолжал считать законным царём Бориса II, а после его
  
  После того как Византия вернула себе северо-восточные земли Болгарии, переносит столицу на территорию современной югославской Македонии. Первоначально определённой столицы не было, но со временем в качестве столицы определился город Охрид. Всё время своего правления Самуил ведет почти непрерывную тяжелую войну с Византией.
  
  Литература: С. Бобчев, «Старобългарски правни паметници»
  Пламен Павлов. Цар Самуил и "Българската епопея"
  http://www.geni.com/people/%D1%86%D0%B0%D1%80-%D0%A1%D0%90%D0%9C%D0%A3%D0%98%D0%9B-%D0%91%D1%8A%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8/6000000007244376077
  
  NAME: LCT2-R9L BCIE SP SS
  
  === Line in Record @I00095@ (RIN 5470) from ===
  Line in Record @I00095@ (RIN 5470) from GEDCOM file not recognized: OCCU Czar Line in Record @I00095@ (RIN 5470) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _CREAT 19 NOV 1998 Line in Record @I00095@ (RIN 5470) from GEDCOM file not recognized: _MODIF 25 NOV 1998 !GENERAL:Ancestral File (TM), Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998 Repository: Family History Library 35 N West Temple Street Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA
  
  === !Ancestral Roots of 60 N E Col (Weis) p6 ===
  !Ancestral Roots of 60 N E Col (Weis) p60.
  
  === W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P ===
  W H Turton: The Plantagenet Ancestry P 208
  
  === Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 45-27. ===
  Ref: Weis Ancestral Roots 45-27.
  
  === ! ! RELATIONSHIP: Patron, H. Reed Black ===
  ! ! RELATIONSHIP: Patron, H. Reed Black, is 29th GG Son.

• m. ABT 970 in of, Durazzo, Durazzo, Albania

1. Miroslava of Bulgaria, b. ABT 980 in Bulgaria     d. AFT 1016
2. Marija of Bulgaria , b. in Byzantium (Constantinople), Istanbul, Turkey     d. desde 1029 hasta 1031 in Bulgaria

1. Title: Wikiwand: Nicholas (komes)
   Publication: Name: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Nicholas_(komes);
   Note: The komes ("count") Nicholas Bulgarian: Никола was a local ruler in Bulgaria, probably of Armenian origin, and progenitor of the Cometopuli ("the sons of the count") dynasty. Life According to the Armenian chronicler Stephen of Taron, the family originated in the Armenian region of Derdjan. He was married to Ripsime or Hripsime, possibly a daughter of King Ashot II of Armenia. The couple had four sons, David, Moses and Aron, and Samuel, who are collectively known as the Cometopuli (from Greek Kometopouloi, "sons of the komes"; Armenian կոմսաձագ Komsajagk). Sometime in the 970s—the exact date is unclear and disputed—the brothers launched a successful rebellion against the Byzantine Empire, that had recently subdued Bulgaria; after the early death of his brothers, Samuel remained as the undisputed leader of Bulgaria, ruling as Tsar from 996 until his death in 1014. Other than that, nothing is known of Nicholas. He may have ruled Serdica or, according to other sources, was a local count in the region of the modern Republic of Macedonia. In 992/3, Samuel erected at German, near Lake Prespa, an inscription commemorating his parents and his brother David. Family tree Count Nicholas Ripsime of Armenia David Moses Aron Samuel of Bulgaria
   
2. Title: Wikiwand: Samuel of Bulgaria
   Publication: Name: http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Samuel_of_Bulgaria;
   Note: Samuel (also Samuil, representing Bulgarian Самуил, pronounced [samuˈil], Old Church Slavonic: Самоилъ) was the Tsar (Emperor) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 997 to 6 October 1014. From 977 to 997, he was a general under Roman I of Bulgaria, the second surviving son of Emperor Peter I of Bulgaria, and co-ruled with him, as Roman bestowed upon him the command of the army and the effective royal authority. As Samuel struggled to preserve his country's independence from the Byzantine Empire, his rule was characterized by constant warfare against the Byzantines and their equally ambitious ruler Basil II. In his early years Samuel managed to inflict several major defeats on the Byzantines and to launch offensive campaigns into their territory. In the late 10th century, the Bulgarian armies conquered the Serb principality of Duklja and led campaigns against the Kingdoms of Croatia and Hungary. But from 1001, he was forced mainly to defend the Empire against the superior Byzantine armies. Samuel died of a heart attack on 6 October 1014, two months after the catastrophic battle of Kleidion. His successors failed to organize a resistance, and in 1018, four years after Samuel's death, the country capitulated, ending the five decades-long Byzantine–Bulgarian conflict. Samuel was considered "invincible in power and unsurpassable in strength." Similar comments were made even in Constantinople, where John Kyriotes penned a poem offering a punning comparison between the Bulgarian Emperor and Halley's comet, which appeared in 989. During Samuel's reign, Bulgaria gained control of most of the Balkans (with the notable exception of Thrace) as far as southern Greece. He moved the capital from Skopje to Ohrid, which had been the cultural and military centre of southwestern Bulgaria since Boris I's rule, and made the city the seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate. Because of this, his realm is sometimes called the Western Bulgarian Empire. Samuel's energetic reign restored Bulgarian might on the Balkans, and although the Empire was disestablished after his death, he is regarded as a heroic ruler in Bulgaria, Samuel is considered also a heroic ruler in North Macedonia; (see the section Nomenclature). The rise of the Cometopuli The Cometopuli See also: Cometopuli dynasty Samuel was the fourth and youngest son of count Nicholas (Bulgarian: комит Никола), a Bulgarian noble, who might have been the count of Sredets district (modern-day Sofia), although other sources suggest that he was a regional count of Prespa district in the region of Macedonia. His mother was Ripsimia of Armenia, the daughter of King Ashot II of Armenia. The actual name of the dynasty is not known. Cometopuli is the nickname used by Byzantine historians which is translated as "sons of the count." The Cometopuli rose to power out of the disorder that occurred in the Bulgarian Empire from 966 to 971. Rus' invasion and the deposition of Boris II Main article: Sviatoslav's invasion of Bulgaria During the reign of Emperor Peter I, Bulgaria prospered in a long-lasting peace with Byzantium. This was secured by the marriage of Peter with the Byzantine princess Maria Lakapina, granddaughter of Byzantine Emperor Romanos I Lekapenos. However, after Maria's death in 963, the truce had been shaken and it was at this time or later that Peter I sent his sons Boris and Roman to Constantinople as honorary hostages, to honor the new terms of the peace treaty. During these years the Byzantines and Bulgarians had entangled themselves in a war with Kievan Rus' Prince Sviatoslav, who invaded Bulgaria several times. After a defeat from Sviatoslav, Peter I suffered a stroke and abdicated his throne in 969 (he died the next year). Boris was allowed back to Bulgaria to take his father's throne, restore order and oppose Sviatoslav, but had little success. This was allegedly used by Nicholas and his sons, who were contemplating a revolt in 969. The Rus' invaded Byzantine Thrace in 970, but suffered a defeat in the Battle of Arcadiopolis. The new Byzantine Emperor John Tzimiskes used this to his advantage. He quickly invaded Bulgaria the following year, defeated the Rus, and conquered the Bulgarian capital Preslav. Boris II of Bulgaria was ritually divested of his imperial insignia in a public ceremony in Constantinople and he and his brother Roman of Bulgaria remained in captivity. Although the ceremony in 971 had been intended as a symbolic termination of the Bulgarian Empire, the Byzantines were unable to assert their control over the western provinces of Bulgaria. Count Nicholas, Samuel's father, who had close ties to the royal court in Preslav, died in 970. In the same year "the sons of the count" (the Cometopuli) David, Moses, Aaron and Samuel rebelled. The series of events are not clear due to contradicting sources, but it is sure that after 971 Samuel and his brothers were the de facto rulers of the western Bulgarian lands. In 973, the Cometopuli (described by Thietmar of Merseburg simply as the Bulgarians) sent envoys to the Holy Roman Emperor Otto I in Quedlinburg in an attempt to secure the protection of their lands. The brothers ruled together in a tetrarchy. David ruled the southernmost regions and led the defense of one of the most dangerous border areas, around Thessaloniki and Thessaly. The centres of his possessions were Prespa and Kastoria. Moses ruled from Strumitsa, which would be an outpost for attacks on the Aegean coast and Serres. Aaron ruled from Sredets, and was to defend the main road from Adrianople to Belgrade, and to attack Thrace. Samuel ruled northwestern Bulgaria from the strong fortress of Vidin. He was also to organize the liberation of the conquered areas to the east, including the old capital Preslav. Some records suggest that David played a major role in this tumultuous period of Bulgarian history. War with Byzantium After John I Tzimiskes died on 11 January 976, the Cometopuli launched an assault along the whole border. Within a few weeks, however, David was killed by Vlach vagrants and Moses was fatally injured by a stone during the siege of Serres. The brothers' actions to the south detained many Byzantine troops and eased Samuel's liberation of northeastern Bulgaria; the Byzantine commander was defeated and retreated to Crimea. Any Bulgarian nobles and officials who had not opposed the Byzantine conquest of the region were executed, and the war continued north of the Danube until the enemy was scattered and Bulgarian rule was restored. After suffering these defeats in the Balkans, the Byzantine Empire descended into civil war. The commander of the Asian army, Bardas Scleros, rebelled in Asia Minor and sent troops under his son Romanus in Thrace to besiege Constantinople. The new Emperor Basil II did not have enough manpower to fight both the Bulgarians and the rebels and resorted to treason, conspiracy and complicated diplomatic plots. Basil II made many promises to the Bulgarians and Scleros to divert them from allying against him. Aaron, the eldest living Cometopulus, was tempted by an alliance with the Byzantines and the opportunity to seize power in Bulgaria for himself. He held land in Thrace, a region potentially subject to the Byzantines threat. Basil reached an agreement with Aaron, who asked to marry Basil's sister to seal it. Basil instead sent the wife of one of his officials with the bishop of Sebaste. However, the deceit was uncovered and the bishop was killed. Nonetheless, negotiations proceeded and concluded in a peace agreement. The historian Scylitzes wrote that Aaron wanted sole power and "sympathized with the Romans." Samuel learned of the conspiracy and the clash between the two brothers was inevitable. The quarrel broke out in the vicinity of Dupnitsa on 14 June 976 and ended with the annihilation of Aaron's family. Only his son, Ivan Vladislav, survived because Samuel's son Gavril Radomir pleaded on his behalf. From that moment on, practically all power and authority in the state were held by Samuel and the danger of an internal conflict was eliminated. However, another theory suggests that Aaron participated in the battle of the Gates of Trajan which took place ten years later. According to that theory Aaron was killed on 14 June 987 or 988. Co-rule with Roman Main article: Battle of the Gates of Trajan After the Byzantine plan to use Aaron to cause instability in Bulgaria failed, they tried to encourage the rightful heirs to the throne, Boris II and Roman, to oppose Samuel. Basil II hoped that they would win the support of the nobles and isolate Samuel or perhaps even start a Bulgarian civil war.[46] Boris and Roman were sent back in 977 but while they were passing through a forest near the border, Boris was killed by Bulgarian guards who were misled by his Byzantine clothing. Roman, who was walking some distance behind, managed to identify himself to the guards. Roman was taken to Vidin, where he was proclaimed Emperor of Bulgaria. Samuel became his first lieutenant and general and together they gathered an army and fought the Byzantines. During his captivity, Roman had been castrated on the orders of John I Tzimiskes so that he would not have heirs. Thus Samuel was certain to eventually succeed Roman. The new emperor entrusted Samuel with the state administration and became occupied with church and religious affairs. As the main effort of Basil II were concentrated against the rebel Skleros, Samuel's armies attacked the European possessions of the Byzantine Empire. Samuel invaded not only Thrace and the area of Thessaloniki, but also Thessaly, Hellas and Peloponnese. Many Byzantine fortresses fell under Bulgarian rule. Samuel wanted to seize the important fortress of Larissa, which controlled the key routes in Thessaly, and from 977 to 983 the town was blockaded. After starvation forced the Byzantines to surrender, the population was deported to the interior of Bulgaria and the males were forced to enlist ..
   
3. Title: Foundation for Medieval Geneaology: SAMUIL (-Prilep 6 Oct 1014)
   Publication: Name: http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BULGARIA.htm#_ftnref126;
   Note: SAMUIL (-Prilep 6 Oct 1014). Zonaras records that "Bulgaricis quatuor filii, David, Moses, Aaron et Samuel" encouraged the Bulgarians to revolt against Byzantine control. Cedrenus records that "Davidus, Moses, Aaron et Samuelis, filii cuiusdam in Bulgaria largiter potentis comitis" rebelled against Byzantium after the death of Tsar Peter[128]. Samuil, later Tsar of Bulgaria, names "my father, my mother, my brother…Nicolas…--- and David" in a monument erected in [992/93]. Adontz highlights two spurious charters, fabricated in the 16th and late 18th/early 19th centuries respectively, from which it was wrongly deduced by some historians that Samuil was the son of Sišman. Zonaras records that "quatuor fratribus Davidi, Mosi, Aaroni et Samueli…qui Comitopoli appellabantur" defeated the Byzantine forces. He conquered Thessaly in 986, defeated a Byzantine army at Sardika [Sofija] and reconquered the territory of the original Bulgarian state as well as the region of Thessaloniki, after which he conquered Durazzo in [996]. In 997, he conquered Duklja, Trebinje and Zahumlje, and reduced Bosnia and Raška [Serbia] to vassals of Bulgaria. He was crowned SAMUIL Tsar of the Bulgarians in 997, with his capital at Prespa. He moved his capital to Ochrida, where he restored the Bulgarian Patriarch Damian. In [1000/1001], Byzantium under Emperor Basileios II launched a counter-offensive against Bulgaria, and recaptured Sardika (1001), Macedonia, Thessaly, Vidin and Skoplje (1004), and Durazzo (1005), the last following the betrayal by Samuil's son-in-law. Samuil's army was crushed in Jul 1014 at Clidion, near Strymon, although Tsar Samuil escaped to Prilep where he died soon afterwards. Cedrenus records this defeat 20 Jul "indictione 12" and Samuil’s escape to "castellum Prilapum" where he died two days later. Lupus Protospatarius records that "Samuel rex" died in 1015 and was succeeded by his son. m ([970]) AGATHA Chryselie, daughter of IOANNES Chryselios Lord of Durazzo & his wife ---. The primary source which confirms her parentage and marriage has not been identified. Her marriage date is estimated by Adontz on the assumption that her son Gavriil Radomir was adult in 986. Samuil & his wife had [six] children:
   
4. Title: rootsweb > Famille Pinsonnault: Samuel Kometopulida BULGARIE
   Publication: Name: https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=pinsonnault&id=I31516&style=TEXT;
   Note: ID: I31516 Name: Samuel Kometopulida BULGARIE Surname: Bulgarie Given Name: Samuel Kometopulida Prefix: Tsar Sex: M Birth: ABT 0945 in Macedonia Death: c. 1014 _UID: BC006F73AA010C4EBE8CB099E25EF761CEB4 Note: http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=lorenfamily&id=I03833 Event: Event 986 Victorious at the Battle of the Gates of Trajan Event: Event 986 Ruled the entire central Balkans Event: Event BET 990 AND 991 Invaded Red Croatia and took Duke Vladimir prisoner Event: Event ABT 992 Had Duke Vladimir marry his daughter Change Date: 28 Mar 2008 at 11:17:31 Father: Nikola Kumet de BULGARIE DE L'OUEST b: c. 915 in Bulgarie Mother: Ripsimija b: c. 920 in Arménie Marriage 1 Spouse Unknown Children Has Children Gabriel Radomir KOMETOPULIDA b: ABT 0970 in Macedonia Marriage 2 Agatha CHRYSELIA b: c. 950 Children Has Children Marija de BULGARIE b: c. 972 in Ohrid, Macédoine, Bulgarie
   
5. Title: Peerage, The
   Author: Darryl Lundy, The Peerage, a genealogical survey of teh Peerage of Britian as well as the royal families of Europe(http://thepeerage.com : accessed 24 Jul 2019), Samuil, King of bulgaria. Cit. Date: 31 Jan 2019;
   Note: Samuil, King of Bulgaria was born circa 955.2 He was the son of Nikola Graf von Serdica and Ripsima von Armenien.1,2 He married Agatha Chryselia, daughter of Johann Chryselios.2 He died on 6 October 1014 at Prilep.3 He succeeded as the King Samuil of Bulgaria in 997.1Child of Samuil, King of Bulgaria Gavrail Radomir, King of Bulgaria1 d. 1015Child of Samuil, King of Bulgaria and Agatha Chryselia Katua of Bulgaria+2 b. c 985Citations [S1334] Valentin Kostadinov, \"re: Bulgarian Kings,\" e-mail message to Darryl Lundy, 7 April 2005. Hereinafter cited as \"re: Bulgarian Knigs.\" [S7803] Christof Steineg von Steinig, online unknown url, Christof Steineg von Steinig (unknown location). [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia.