Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria

Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria

Ivan Vladislav (Church Slavonic: Їѡаннъ Владиславъ; Bulgarian: Иван/Йоан Владислав; died February 1018) served as the emperor (tsar) of the First Bulgarian Empire from approximately August or September 1015 until February 1018. The precise year of his birth remains elusive; he was born at least ten years prior to 987, but likely not much earlier than that. Saved from death by his cousin Gavril Radomir, the Bulgarian Emperor, in 976, Ivan Vladislav murdered him in October 1015 and seized the Bulgarian throne. Due to the desperate situation of the country following the decades-long war with the Byzantine Empire, and in an attempt to consolidate his position, he tried to negotiate truce with the Byzantine emperor Basil II. After the failure of the negotiations he continued the resistance, attempting unsuccessfully to push the Byzantines back. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria is the 5,720th most popular politician (down from 4,966th in 2019). (down from 682nd in 2019)

Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria is most famous for his rise to power in 1887, which was a turning point in Bulgarian history.