Peter (II) Delyan of Bulgaria was the leader of the Bulgarian resistance against the Byzantine Empire around 1040. He was the son of Gavril Radomir, a former Bulgarian ruler. The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... Events March War of Independence of Western Xia occurred. ... Gavril Radomir was the ruler of Bulgaria from October 1014 to August or September 1015. ...

Peter's mother was expelled from the Bulgarian court before his birth, either due to Radomir becoming infatuated with a slave girl named Irene following his conquest of Larissa, or because of a deteriorating relationship between Radomir's father Samuil and her sister, King Stephen I of Hungary. In either case, Peter was born in a Hungarian monastery and received the title of ban from the Hungarian court following his coming of age. Larissa (Greek: Λάρισα, Lárisa) is the capital city of the Thessaly periphery of Greece, and capital of the Larissa Prefecture. ... Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria (c. ... Stephen the Great raising the double cross: equestrian sculpture by Alajos Stróbl, 1906, crowns the Fishermens Bastion, Budapest. ... Ban was a title used in some states in central and south-eastern Europe between the 9th century and the 20th century. ...

Meanwhile in Bulgaria, the state of affairs was taking a turn for the worse. The Bulgarians had not forgotten their former independence, and Byzantine rule proved to be harsh. When the Byzantines imposed a system of currency to replace the traditional payment in kind, the Bulgarians revolted. Peter was proclaimed czar by the army in Belgrade, where he met with leaders of the resistance. King Stephen probably had a hand in this turn of events. Tsar, (Bulgarian цар�, Russian царь; often spelled Czar or Tzar in English), was the title used for the autocratic rulers of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires since 913, in Serbia in the middle of the 14th century, and in Russia from 1547 to 1917. ... Belgrade (Serbian, Београд, Beograd   listen?), is the capital of Serbia since 1404, Serbia and Montenegro (2003–Present) and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). ...

Peter took Nish and Skopje, and then marched to Thessaloniki, where the Byzantine Emperor Michael IV was staying. Michael fled, leaving his treasury to a Michael Ivec. The latter, who was probably a son of Ivec, a general of Samuil's, promptly turned over the bulk of the treasury to Peter outside the city. Thessaloniki remained in Byzantine hands, but Macedonia and parts of Greece were taken by Peter's forces. This inspired revolts in Epirus and Albania against Byzantine rule as well. Niš (Ниш, the Roman Naissus; see below) is a city in Serbia and Montenegro (formerly Yugoslavia), 43. ... Skopje (Macedonian: Скопје; Albanian: Shkup; Bulgarian: Скопие; Greek: Σκόπια, Skópia; Latin: Scupi; Serbian: Скопље, Skoplje; Turkish: Ãœsküb) is the capital city of the Republic of Macedonia. ... Thessaloníki (Greek: Θεσσαλονίκη; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is the second-largest city of Greece and is the principal, the largest city and the capital of the Greek region of Macedonia. ... Michael IV, the Paphlagonian, (1010 - December 10, 1041) (in Greek Μιχαήλ Παφλαγών, meaning from the province of Paphlagonia) was Byzantine emperor (April 11, 1034 to December 10, 1041). ... Epirus (Greek Ήπειρος, Ípeiros; see also List of traditional Greek place names), is a province or periphery in northwestern Greece, bounded by West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, by the Ambracian Gulf and the province of West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and the Ionian Islands to the...

Peter's successes, however, came to an end with the interference of Alusian. Alusian, whose father Ivan Vladislav had murdered Peter's father, was sent by the Byzantines to upset the Bulgarian resistance. Alusian was welcomed by Peter, who gave him an army to attack Thessaloniki with. The siege, however, was raised by the Byzantines, and the army was defeated. Alusian barely escaped and returned to Ostrovo. During dinner one night, he took a kitchen knife and cut of Peter's nose and blinded him. Since Alusian was of the blood of Samuil's family, he was quickly proclaimed czar in Peter's place by the army, an event which he exposed to the Byzantines. At the proper time, he deserted the army and headed for Constantinople, where he was hailed as a hero, while the Bulgarian army, leaderless, was defeated. Peter was captured by the Byzantines and sent to Thessaloniki without giving any resistance. Ivan Vladislav was the ruler of Bulgaria from August or September 1015 to August or September 1018. ... Map of Constantinople. ...

Related Articles

• History of Bulgaria
• Bulgars