Zvinitsa (, ''Zviniča''; called Zbēnitzēs in the

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sources) was a Bulgarian nobleman who lived in the 9th century. Son of Bulgarian ruler Omurtag and father of Presian I.

Life

Zvinitsa was a son of the Khan Omurtag and an unknown woman, and thus a grandson of

Krum Krum (, ), often referred to as Krum the Fearsome () was the Khan of Bulgaria from sometime between 796 and 803 until his death in 814. During his reign the Bulgarian territory doubled in size, spreading from the middle Danube to the Dnieper a ...

and brother to

Enravota Saint Enravota () or Voin (Воин, "warrior") or Boyan (given name), Boyan (Боян) was the eldest son of Omurtag of Bulgaria and the first Bulgarian Christianity, Christian martyr, as well as the earliest Bulgarian saint to be canonized. Born ...

and Malamir. As the second son of his father, Zvinitsa was not expected to become a ruler of the Bulgarians. Zvinitsa married an unknown woman, who bore him at least one child, the son named Presian.'' Cäğfär Taríxı'' After the death of Omurtag, Malamir became new ruler, because the eldest sibling, Enravota, was considered dangerous, since he was interested in

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, whilst Zvinitsa died before his father. Malamir ordered the execution of Enravota. After Malamir's death, Presian became a ruler as Presian I, and through him, Zvinitsa was a grandfather of the Prince

Boris I Boris I (also ''Bogoris''), venerated as Saint Boris I (Mihail) the Baptizer (, ; died 2 May 907), was the ruler (knyaz) of the First Bulgarian Empire from 852 to 889. Despite a number of military setbacks, the reign of Boris I was marked wit ...

and Lady Anna.

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