House of Shishman
The House of Shishman, also referred to as the Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi, was a medieval Bulgarian dynasty of Turkic Cuman origin. The House of Shishman ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire from the proclamation of Michael Asen III as emperor in 1323 to the deposition of his son Ivan [Stephen of Bulgaria|Ivan Stephen] in 1331 whereafter rule fell to the House of Sratsimir, who were matrilineal descendants of the Shishmanids.
The Shishmanids were matrilineally descended from the earlier Asen dynasty and may also have been related to the immediately preceding Terter dynasty.
Family tree
- Shishman of Vidin, Despot of Vidin
- * Michael [Asen III of Bulgaria|Michael Asen III], Bulgarian emperor
- ** Ivan Stephen, Bulgarian emperor
- ** Michael Shishman)|Shishman], exile in the Byzantine Empire
- ** Louis, exile in Naples
- ** Michael, Despot
- * Belaur, Despot of Vidin
- * Keratsa Petritsa, Empress of Bulgaria, married Sratsimir and was the mother of Ivan Alexander
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