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Българска принцеса в цариградска тъмница
A Bulgarian Princess in the Dungeon of Constantinople

Author(s): Georgi N. Nikolov
Subject(s): Studies of Literature, 15th Century
Published by: Кирило-Методиевски научен център при Българска академия на науките

Summary/Abstract: Kiratsa-Maria, daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexandăr (1331–1371) and a consort of the Byzantine prince, heir apparent Andronik IV became a Byzantine empress and was later imprisoned in the dungeons of Constantinople. At the end of her life she was a nun. Her life is depicted by the Spanish author Ruy González de Clavijo in his itinerary Embajada a Tamorlán from the 15th с.

  • Issue Year: 2005
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 65-84
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bulgarian, Spanish