Momchil
Sign in to saveMomchil (, , ; – 7 July 1345) was a 14th-century Bulgarian brigand and local ruler. Initially a member of a bandit gang in the borderlands of Bulgaria, Byzantium and Serbia, Momchil was recruited by the Byzantines as a mercenary. Through his opportunistic involvement in the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, where he played the various sides against each other, he became ruler of a large area in the Rhodopes and western Thrace.
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Momchil
- Person.image
- Monument to Momchil (3x4 cropped).jpg
- Person.caption
- Monument to Momchil in Momchilgrad, Bulgaria
- Person.death_date
- 7 July
- Person.death_place
- Peritheorion
- Person.known_for
- Quasi-independent lord in the Rhodope area, 1343–1345
- Person.occupation
- Brigand, military leader
- Person.title
- sebastokratōr
- Military person.embed
- yes
- Military person.allegiance
- Serbian Kingdom/Empire
- Military person.serviceyears
- 1341–1344
- Military person.battles
- Byzantine civil war Peritheorion†
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Place of death
- Xanthi
- Occupation
- hero
- Position held
- despot
- Languages spoken
- Bulgarian
- Field of work
- heroism
- Image
- Monument to Momchil.jpg
- Work location
- Thrace
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- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- date of death
- 1345-07-07
- date of birth
- 1305-00-00
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- Momchil
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Brigandage and role in the Byzantine civil war
- Ruler in the Rhodopes and death
- In popular culture
- References
- Sources
- External links
Momchil (, , ; – 7 July 1345) was a 14th-century Bulgarian brigand and local ruler. Initially a member of a bandit gang in the borderlands of Bulgaria, Byzantium and Serbia, Momchil was recruited by the Byzantines as a mercenary. Through his opportunistic involvement in the Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347, where he played the various sides against each other, he became ruler of a large area in the Rhodopes and western Thrace.
Momchil achieved initial successes against Turks and Byzantines alike, setting Turkish ships on fire and almost managing to kill one of his main opponents at the time, John VI Kantakouzenos. Despite this, he was defeated and killed by a joint Byzantine–Turkish army in 1345. Due to his opposition to the Turks, he is remembered in popular South Slavic legend as a fighter against the Turkish invasion of the Balkans.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Momchil” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.