Bulgaria remembers the revolt of 1185 on St Demetrius’ Day
In 1018, after half a century of warfare, the First Bulgarian Empire was conquered by Byzantium. Despite repeated Bulgarian uprisings, Byzantine rule lasted more than a century and a half. In the autumn of 1185 or early 1186, the local nobles Peter and Asen launched a new uprising in Tarnovgrad. After three years of fighting, Bulgarian independence was restored. In 1185, the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos sought a marriage alliance with his strongest European neighbour, marrying the ten-year-old daughter of King Béla III of Hungary. Her dowry included the regions of Braničevo, Belgrade…
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