Despotate of Dobruja
The Despotate of Dobruja or Principality of Karvuna (Bulgarian: Добруджанско деспотство or Карвунско княжество; Romanian: Despotatul Dobrogei or Țara Cărvunei) was a 14th-century quasi-independent Bulgarian polity in the region of modern Dobruja, that split off from the Second Bulgarian Empire under the influence of the Byzantine Empire. The Despotate of Dobruja existed from 1356 to 1411.
Despotate of Dobruja | |||||||||
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| 1356–1411 | |||||||||
Flag around 1350 mentioned by Spanish Franciscan friar probably belongs to Dobruja
Coat of arms of Terter dynasty
(ruling despots) | |||||||||
The successors of the Second Bulgarian Empire after the death of Ivan Alexander | |||||||||
| Status | Principality Despotate | ||||||||
| Capital | Karvuna (Balchik) | ||||||||
| Common languages | Bulgarian, Romanian | ||||||||
| Religion | Eastern Orthodox | ||||||||
| Government | Hereditary monarchy | ||||||||
| Despot / Prince | |||||||||
• 1340s-1347 | Balik | ||||||||
• 1356-1386 | Dobrotitsa | ||||||||
• 1385-1389, 1393-1399 | Ivanko | ||||||||
| Historical era | Late Middle Ages | ||||||||
• Established | 1340s | ||||||||
• Conquest and incorporation into the Ottoman Empire | 1411 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Bulgaria Romania Ukraine | ||||||||
The principality's name is derived from the fortress of Karvuna (present-day Balchik, not to be confused with Karnava/Kavarna), mentioned in Bulgarian and Byzantine documents and Italian portolans of the 14th century as its first capital, and located between Varna and Cape Kaliakra.
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