Smilets

dynasty A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,''Oxford English Dictionary'', "dynasty, ''n''." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897. usually in the context of a monarchical system, but sometimes also appearing in republics. A ...

was an imperial house of

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedo ...

. It is one of the smallest royal houses. Smilets Dynasty

It was founded by

Tsar Tsar ( or ), also spelled ''czar'', ''tzar'', or ''csar'', is a title used by East and South Slavic monarchs. The term is derived from the Latin word ''caesar'', which was intended to mean "emperor" in the European medieval sense of the ter ...

Smilets of Bulgaria.

Members

* Smilets of Bulgaria – his parentage is unknown, but he was of noble birth and had two brothers *

Smiltsena Palaiologina Smiltsena ( bg, Смилцена) was the niece of Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos, and empress-consort (tsaritsa) of Tsar Smilets of Bulgaria. Empress consort of Bulgaria Smiltsena was the daughter of sebastocrator Constantine Pala ...

– wife of Smilets *

Marina Smilets of Bulgaria Marina Smilets ( bg, Марина Смилец, before 1292 – 7 April 1355) was the eldest daughter of tsar Smilets of Bulgaria and his Byzantine wife, tentatively called Smiltsena Palaiologina. Family The date and the place of Marina's birth a ...

– daughter of Smilets and Smiltsena *

Teodora of Bulgaria, Queen of Serbia Theodora of Bulgaria ( Bulgarian and sr, Теодора) was a Bulgarian princess and Queen consort of Serbia, the first wife of Stefan Dečanski. Teodora was the second daughter of Tsar Smilets of Bulgaria and Smiltsena Palaiologina. Teodora is ...

– daughter of Smilets and Smiltsena *

Ivan II of Bulgaria Ivan II ( bg, Иван II, or Йоан II, ''Ioan II'', also styled inconsistently ''Ivan IV'' or ''Ioan IV''), reigned as tsar of Bulgaria from 1298 to 1299. The date of his birth is unknown, but probably not much earlier than c. 1290. He died ...

– son of Smilets and SmiltsenaPachymeres Vol. II, ''Andronicus Palæologus'', Liber V, 18, str. 406, and Liber VI, 35, str. 559.

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{{Royal houses of Bulgaria Bulgarian noble families 13th century in Bulgaria 14th century in Bulgaria