Sratsimir dynasty


The House of Sratsimir or Sracimir, also referred to as the Sratsimirovtsi, was a medieval Bulgarian dynasty which became the last ruling house of the Second Bulgarian Empire. The Stratsimir dynasty was matrilineally descended from the previous Bulgarian royal houses of Asen and Shishman. After its deposition following the Ottoman conquest of Bulgaria, princes of the Sratsimir dynasty survived in exile in the neighbouring Kingdom of Hungary until at least the second half of the 16th century.

Family tree

Later claims

Two later Bulgarian rebels during the Ottoman period, Ivan Shishman II and Rostislav Stratimirovic claimed descent from the Sratsimir dynasty, though their genealogies are unverified.