House of Shishman

Family tree for the Shishman dynasty

Shishman (}

}}: Шишман), also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi (}

}}: Шишмановци), was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of partial^[1] Cuman origin.^[2]

The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Kingdom of Hungary after 1241.^[1]

Members 1
List of monarchs 2
- Principality/Tsardom of Vidin 2.1
- Principality of Karvuna 2.2
- Tsardom of Tarnovo 2.3
- Principality of Valona 2.4
- Principality of Serres 2.5
Notes 3
- Citations 3.1
Sources 4
- References 4.1
External links 5

Members

Among its more notable members were:

Main branch:

despot Shishman of Vidin

Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (Michael Asen III) (b. after 1280, ruled 1323–1330)

Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria (ruled 1330–1331)

despot Belaur of Vidin (d. 1336)

Sratsimir branch:

Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria (nephew of Michael Shishman) (ruled 1331–1371)

co-emperor Michael Asen IV of Bulgaria (b. c. 1322, co-emperor 1332–1355)
Ivan Sratsimir of Bulgaria (b. 1324/1325, ruled 1356–1397 in Vidin)

Queen Dorothea of Bosnia
Constantine II of Bulgaria (b. early 1370s, ruled 1397–1422 in Vidin and in exile)

Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (b. 1350/1351, ruled 1371–1395 in Tarnovo)

Patriarch Joseph II of Constantinople? (possible illegitimate son)^[3] (Patriarch of Constantinople 1416–1439)
Fruzhin (d. c. 1460)

List of monarchs

Principality/Tsardom of Vidin

Name	From	Until	Short description
Shishman	1280	1308	The founder of the dynasty.
Michael I	1308	1323	Son of prince Shishman, elected to tsar of Bulgaria and uses the name Michael III.
Belaur	1323	1337	Brother of prince Michael I.
Mishael II	1337	1356	Son of prince Michael I.
Sratsimir	1356	1397	Third son of Ivan Alexander. Ruled in Vidin. Captured by the Ottomans in 1396 and imprisoned in Bursa where he was strangled.^[4]
Constantine	1397	1418	Spent most of his life in exile. Most historians do not include him in the list of the Bulgarian monarchs.

Principality of Karvuna

Portrait	Name	From	Until	Short description
	Sratsimir	1300	1330	Father of tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.
	Keratsa	1330	1340	Wife of Sratsimir and mother of tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.

Tsardom of Tarnovo

Name	From	Until	Short description
Michael III Shishman	1330	1308	Bolyar of Vidin. Mortally wounded in the battle of Velbazhd on 28 July 1330 against the Serbs.^[5]
Ivan Stephen	1330	1331	Son of Michael III Shishman. Deposed in March 1331 and fled to Serbia.^[6] Might have died in 1373.
Ivan Alexander	1331	1371	Bolyar of Lovech. Descended of the Asen, Terter and Shishman dynasties. Second Golden Age of Bulgarian culture. Died of natural death on 17 February 1371, leaving Bulgaria divided among his sons.^[5]
Ivan Shishman	1371	1393	Fourth son of Ivan Alexander. Beheaded by the Ottomans on 3 June 1395.^[7]

Principality of Valona

Name	From	Until	Short description
Komnenos	1346	1363	Brother of tsar Ivan Alexander.
Alexander	1363	1368	Son of prince Komnenos.
Komnena	1368	1396	Daughter of prince Komnenos. Married with Balša II Balšić (1372–1385), Lord of Kanina and Valona, and eventually Duke of Albania.

Principality of Serres

Portrait	Name	From	Until	Short description
	Helena	1355	1367	Daughter of Sratsimir of Kran and Keratsa Petritsa and the sister of Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria.

Notes

Michael Shishman
(r. 1323–1330) married to 1. Anna Neda 2. Theodora Palaiologina

Belaur

Keratsa Petritsa, married to despot Sratsimir

1. Ivan Stephen
(r. 1330–1331)

1. Shishman

1. Michael,
married to unknown

1. Ludovik

2. Unknown

Ivan Alexander
(r. 1331–1371) married to 1. Theodora Besarab 2. Sarah-Theodora

John Komnenos Asen married to 1. Unknown 2. Anna Palaiologina

Michael
married to unknown

Helena
married to Stefan Dushan (r. 1331–1355)

Theodora

Alexander Komnenus Asen, Xenia Ivanina Komnena

Shishman

1. Michael IV Asen married to Irina Palaiologina

1. Ivan Sratsimir
(r. 1356–1396) married to Anna

1. Ivan Asen IV

1. Kera Tamara married to Constantine Murad I (r. 1362–1389)

2. Keratsa-Maria married to Andronikos IV Palaiologos (r. 1376–1379)

2. Ivan Shishman
(r. 1371–1395) married to 1. Kira Maria 2. Dragana

2. Ivan Asen V

2. Desislava

2. Vasilisa

Constantine II
(r. 1397–1422)

Dorothea married to Tvrtko I (r. 1353-1391)

Unknown daughter

John VII Palaiologos (r. 1390)

2 unknown daughters

Alexander

Fruzhin married to unknown

Keratsa

4 unknown; Patriarch Joseph II possible illegitimate son

Shishman

2 unknown

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^ a: The numbers designate which wife each child was born to.

Citations

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