Samuel (? – Prespa, 6.1014) – Komitopull, the youngest son of the comet Nikola and Rypsy, Macedonian King (OK. 997-1014). He participated in the rebellion of the Communications (969), when the Bulgarian Supreme Authority was rejected in the Western and southwestern Macedonia and the foundations of the Macedonian medieval state were placed, which was appointed as Samuil’s Kingdom. He also participated in the uprising of the Communications against the Byzantine government (976). From the starting plate with Samuil’s inscription (992/3) D. Condovski: Portrait of Tsar Samuel (1989) Kot ruled along with his brothers David, Moses and Aaron, and after the death of David and Moses ruled along with his brother Aaron, but after the liquidation of Aron, he became the only ruler in the state (986). He owned inexhaustible energy, high military and state abilities. In his time, the Macedonian medieval state reached the top in its development. He conducted a long and exhausting war with the Byzantine Emperor Basil ⅱ (976-1025). He participated in all more important battles and campaigns against Byzantium and far expanded the borders of the state. He united them under his power almost all Macedonian territories (except Thessaloniki), won much of the Balkan Peninsula (Thessaly, Epirus, Albania, Dalmatia, Bosnia, Serbia and most of Bulgaria). He accepted the state-legal traditions of the Bulgarian Empire, liquidated by Byzantium (971), and was declared king, with a crown sent by the Roman Pope. As a formal successor to Bulgarian emperors, in the sources, it is most often appointed as a Bulgarian king, and his country as a Bulgarian Empire. He died in Prespa from a heart attack, shaken by the eerial sight when he saw his blinded soldiers sent by Vasily ⅱ. He was married with the Byzantine noble aga from Durres, with whom he had four daughters and son Gavril Radomir. His inscription (992/3) was preserved, in memory of the parents and Brother David. Lit.: S. Antophy, Samuil’s state, Skopje, 1969; S. Pirivatry, Samuil’s state, Belgrade, 1997. K. Ag.
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