Просопография на крънския деспот Алдимир, брат на българския цар Георги I Тертер (1279/80–1291/2)
Prosopography of the Despot Aldimir of Kran, Brother of the Bulgarian Emperor George I Terter (1279/80–1291/2)

Summary/Abstract: At the end of the 13th and the beginning of the 14th century, the despot Aldimir stood out on the historical stage in the Bulgarian empire. He played a leading role in Bulgarian-Serbian and Bulgarian-Byzantine relations in the conditions of political separatism. The boyar was the brother of emperor George I Terter and uncle of emperor Theodore Svetoslav (1300–1322). He belongs to the Bulgarian-Cuman family of Terter, which derives its origin from the Cuman family Terter (Terteroba), whose representatives moved to Bulgarian territory from the Kingdom of Hungary after the murder of khan Kotyan in 1241. At the end of 1298 or the very beginning of 1299 Aldimir returned to Bulgaria after a long wandering abroad and an adventurous lifestyle to marry one of the daughters of emperor Smilets (1291/2–1298). From then on, the boyar settled in the Kran fortress and became the closest political figure to the widow of the Bulgarian ruler. He took an active part in the negotiations with the Kingdom of Serbia from 1299, and at a later stage concluded an alliance with the new Bulgarian emperor – Teodor Svetoslav, and supported him in military actions against the Byzantine Empire. Byzantine diplomacy succeeded in disrupting the alliance between uncle and nephew, leading to the destruction of the Kran Despotate and the downfall of Aldimir. The boyar’s wife and son managed to leave the country and found refuge in Serbia, as evidenced by the inscriptions and frescoes from the church “St. George” in the Poloshko monastery near Kavadarci (now North Macedonia).

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