The Most Famous
NOBLEMEN from Bulgaria
Top 2
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bulgarian Noblemen of all time. This list of famous Bulgarian Noblemen is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Dorothea of Bulgaria (1355 - 1390)
With an HPI of 56.52, Dorothea of Bulgaria is the most famous Bulgarian Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages on wikipedia.
Dorothea of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Доротея, Serbo-Croatian: Doroteja, Доротеја; died c. 1390), also called Doroslava (Cyrillic: Дорослава), was the first Queen of Bosnia. Daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Sratsimir, Dorothea was held hostage by King Louis I of Hungary, who married her off to Ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia in 1374. She became queen in 1377 and may have been the mother of King Tvrtko II.
2. Ana Terter (b. 1300)
With an HPI of 52.50, Ana Terter is the 2nd most famous Bulgarian Nobleman. Her biography has been translated into 15 different languages.
Ana Terter (Bulgarian and Serbian Cyrillic: Ана Тертер; died after 1304) was a Bulgarian princess and Queen consort of Serbia (1284–1299). She was the fourth wife of King Stefan Milutin. Her marriage to Stefan Milutin is dynastic, ie foreseen by the Deževa Agreement. According to George Pachymeres, Ana was "the daughter of Terter, borne to him by the sister of Asen. The sister of Asen was Kira Maria- second wife of George I Terter. According to another theory she was the daughter of George Terter and his first wife Maria, making Ana a full sister of Bulgarian tsar Theodore Svetoslav. In 1284 Ana married King Stefan Milutin as his third wife. They had: Anna-Neda, who married Michael Shishman of Bulgaria. In 1299 Stefan Uroš II Milutin divorced Ana in order to marry Simonida, who was only 5 years old.
People
Pantheon has 2 people classified as Bulgarian noblemen born between 1300 and 1355. Of these 2, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased Bulgarian noblemen include Dorothea of Bulgaria, and Ana Terter. As of April 2024, 1 new Bulgarian noblemen have been added to Pantheon including Ana Terter.
