David of Bulgaria

David of Bulgaria

David ( _bg. Давид), d.976 was a Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuil and eldest son of Comita Nikola. After the disastrous invasion of Rus' armies and the fall of North-eastern Bulgaria under Byzantine occupation in 971, he and his three younger brothers took the lead of the defence of the country. The executed their power together and each of them governed and defended a separate region. He ruled the southern-most parts of the realm from Prespa and Kostur and was responsible for the defence the dangerous borders with Solun and Thessaly. In 976 he participated in the major assault against the Byzantine Empire but was killed by vagrant Vlachs between Prespa and Kostur.

Family tree

familytree | | | | | | | | CmN |~|y|~| RoA
CmN=Comita
Nikola

RoA=Ripsimia
of Armenia
familytree | Dav | | Mos | | Aar | | Sam
Dav=David
Mos=Moses
Aar=Aron
Sam=Samuil
of Bulgaria

However, there's also another version about David’s origin. David gains the title "comes" during his service in the Byzantine army which recruited many Armenians from the Eastern region of the empire. The 11th century historian Stepanos Asoghik wrote that Samuel had one brother, and they were Armenians from the district Derjan [Asoghik (Stepanos de Taron). L'histoire universelle, Paris, 1859. Translation in German, Leipzig, 1907.] .This version is supported by the historians Nicholas Adontz [ Nicholas Adontz. Samuel l'Armenien, Roi des Bulgares. Bruxelles, Palais des academies, 1938. Published also in: Etudes Armeno-Byzantines. Livraria Bertrand. Lisbonne, 1965, Pp. 347 – 407.] , Jordan Ivanov [ Иванов, Йордан (Jordan Ivanov). Произход на цар Самуиловия род (The origin of the family of the king Samuil). In: Сборник в чест на В. Н. Златарски, София, 1925.] , and Samuil's Inscription where it’s said that Samuel’s brother is David. Also, the historians Yahya [ Extracts of the Chronicle of Yahia of Antioch see in: Patrologia Orientalis, vol. XVIII, XXIII.] and Al Makin [Al Makin ( El Macine). Historia Saracenica (Latin translation by Thomas Erpenius), Leyde, 1625.] clearly distinguish the race of Samuel and David (the Comitopouli) from the one of Moses and Aaron (the royal race). Check out:

• Simeon I of Bulgaria had several daughters and four sons:

1. Michael.

2. Peter I of Bulgaria (married to an Armenian Irina (Maria)/ Boris, Roman.

3. Ivan (married to an Armenian in Caesarea)/ Moses, Aaron/ John (Ivan) Vladislav.

4. Benjamin (Bajan).

• Comes Nikolas had two sons:

1.David.

2.Samuel/ Gabriel (Gavril Radomir) and several other children.

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