The Comitopuli dynasty (Bulgarian: Династия на комитопулите) was the last royal dynasty in the First Bulgarian Empire, ruling from ca.
The actual name of the dynasty is not known, “Comitopuli” is merely the nickname which is used by Byzantine historians to address rulers from the dynasty as its founder, boyar Nikola, was a “comita” (governor) or "comes" (count) of the region of Sredetz (the present-day capital of Bulgaria, Sofia).
In view of his position and status, comita Nikola is most likely to have been a member of the Slavonized Bulgar aristocracy and at least distantly related to the royal family of Tsar Peter I.
The theory is centred around a short note by Byzantine historian John Skilitsa saying that after the death of Tsar Peter I, his sons, Boris II and Roman (held until then as hostages in Constantinople), were sent back to Bulgaria in order to hinder the Comitopulis from stirring the people to revolt.
The riot of the Comitopulis is consequently viewed as a revolt of the Macedonian Slavs against the Bulgarians.
The other argument quoted by the supporters of the theory is that a part of the core of the state of Samuil was the present-day region of Macedonia.
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