Medieval Macedonia

medieval Slavic literary language, without ISO codes, preceding Church Slavonic (Q33251, cu, chu)

medieval Bulgar-Slavic and later Bulgarian state that existed in Southeastern Europe between the 7th and 11th centuries AD.

Medieval Bulgarian state (1185–1396)

1346–1371 empire in the Balkan Peninsula

1217–1346 Medieval kingdom in Eastern Europe

civil war in the Byzantine Empire

King of Serbia and Greece

Macedonian Orthodox church building in Ohrid, North Macedonia

Byzantine successor state under Theodore Komnenos Doukas

1259 battle

Byzantine archbishop and saint

Bulgarian princess

province of the Byzantine Empire established by Emperor Basil II

Medieval lordship in the Balkans

Byzantine district (theme)

The Drougoubitai, also Drogobitai or Dragobitai (), variously anglicized as Drugubites, Drogubites, Druguvites, Draguvites etc., were a South Slavic group (Sclaveni) who settled in the Balkans in the 7th century. Two distinct branches are mentioned in the sources, one living in medieval Macedonia to the north and east of Thessalonica and around Veroia (in modern Greece).

medieval Serbian state

Serbian general

Byzantine district (theme)

Byzantine general and governor

The Baiounitai () or Vayunites (, , ) were a Sclavene (South Slavic) tribe which settled the region of Macedonia at the end of 6th century. The Baiounitai initially settled in the region west of Thessalonica. They belonged to a group of Slavic tribes that unsuccessfully tried to capture the city at the beginning of the 7th century, after which they are believed to have migrated to the northern part of the region of Epirus, between Ioannina in Greece and Himarë in Albania.

1004 battle near the Bulgarian city of Skopje

noble family

ancient town in Albania

The Rhynchines, Richenoi or Rhynchinoi () were a South Slavic (Sklavenoi) tribe in the region of southern Macedonia in the 7th century. According to Traian Stoianovich, they were Slavic or Avaro-Slavic. The Rhynchinoi settled along the river Rhechinos (or Rhechios) between lake Bolbe and the Strymonic Gulf.

1017 battle

Trebište, Trebishte, or Trebišta (, ) (the pronunciation used by the local population is Trebišča) is a village in North Macedonia in Mavrovo and Rostuša Municipality, situated in the Dolna Reka district, on the eastern slopes of Dešat, above the gorge of Radika.

The Vardariotai (, ), sometimes Anglicized as Vardariots, were an ethnic and territorial group (probably originally of Cuman and Pecheneg origin) in the later Byzantine Empire, which provided a palace guard regiment during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries.

Late 12th-century Byzantine governor

Caesaropolis () was a Byzantine city on the coast of eastern Macedonia. It was founded in 836 by the Caesar Alexios Mosele to consolidate Byzantine control over the Slavic tribes of the area.

1041 battle

battle in 1196 in the Balkans

voivode (military commander) in the Serbian Empire

Slavište, also known as the Kriva Palanka Plain, is a historical region around Kriva Palanka, in the northeastern part of North Macedonia, once by the medieval fortified town of Slavište, also known as Gradište, west of the modern town. The name Slavište is first mentioned in 1321, in the Gračanica charter of Serbian king Stefan Milutin (r. 1282–1321), though it is believed to be older. During the Serbian Empire (1345–1371), the Slavište župa (county) consisted of the surrounding of modern-day Kriva Palanka which was the hereditary land of the Paskačić noble family. It was to the east of the Ž

1205 battle

Vojihna Nemanjić of Drama or simply Vojin of Drama ( ; ca 1298–1360), was a Serbian feudal nobleman, member of the collateral branch of Nemanjić dynasty, ruling family of the medieval Serbia, that rose through the ranks and became one of the most acclaimed military commanders (voivode) and princes of Stephen Uroš IV Dušan of Serbia. During the Serbian Kingdom and Empire (1331–71), he was titled Caesar (, sr. ћесар/кесар), hence, he is mostly known as Caesar Vojihna (кесар Војихна). During this period, he was ruling the entire region of Drama (today in Northwestern Greece) as its Lord.

Byzantine tower in northern Greece

historical town in Southeastern Europe

thumb|right|250px|Gold sultani minted at Siderokausia, AH 926 (1519/20 CE) Siderokausia (; ), was a silver and gold mine active in the Byzantine and Ottoman periods, located in the northeastern Chalkidiki peninsula in northern Greece. The settlements of the region are known to this day as Mademochoria (Μαντεμοχώρια, "mine villages"). In the Ottoman period, a coin mint was attached to the mine.