The Despotate of Lovech (Bulgarian: Деспотство Ловеч, romanized: Despotstvo Lovech), was a Bulgarian state, covering parts of the territory of what is...

Ottoman conquests, resulting in the beginning of the Despotate of Lovech. The Turkish invasion in the middle of the 14th century did not pass the town, but...

that spanned much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Central...

the title of despot; most notably the Despotate of Epirus, the Despotate of the Morea, the Despotate of Dobruja and the Serbian Despotate. In modern...

newly established Latin Empire in the Battle of Adrianople. His nephew Ivan Asen II defeated the Despotate of Epiros and made Bulgaria a regional power again...

history (also called the post-classical era) is the period of time that immediately followed the end of ancient history. Depending on the continent, the era...

dynasty that ruled the Tsardom of Tarnovo, the Tsardom of Vidin, the Principality of Valona and Kanina, and the Despotate of Lovech. Paternally, they descended...

city in 1203 during the rule of Kaloyan. During the 13th century, it fell to Michael I Ducas, the ruler of the Despotate of Epirus. Byzantine Emperor Michael...

brackets) Eparchy of Vidin (Видинска епархия) Eparchy of Vratsa (Врачанска епархия) Eparchy of Lovech (Ловешка епархия) Eparchy of Veliko Tarnovo (Търновска...

These fragmented rump states—two tsardoms at Vidin and Tarnovo and the Despotate of Dobrudzha—became easy prey for a new threat arriving from the Southeast:...