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* AltarDiplomacy: As is natural for medieval monarchs. Ivan Assen II was particularly known for this, going through three marriages for diplomatic purposes (with Cuman princess Anna Anisia, Hungarian princess Anna Arpad and finally Epirus Byzantine princess Irene Komnene whose family he had defeated and captured and whom he fell in love with) and then attempted to get divorced again to marry a princess from Nicaea, but the patriarch forbade it, citing his many divorces as ungodly. RealityEnsues when after his death his (ex-)wives started poisoning each other's children to get their own on the throne.
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* AltarDiplomacy: As is natural for medieval monarchs. Ivan Assen II was particularly known for this, going through three marriages for diplomatic purposes (with Cuman princess Anna Anisia, Hungarian princess Anna Arpad and finally Epirus Byzantine princess Irene Komnene whose family he had defeated and captured and whom he fell in love with) and then attempted to get divorced again to marry a princess from Nicaea, but the patriarch forbade it, citing his many divorces as ungodly. RealityEnsues when after his death his (ex-)wives started poisoning each other's children to get their own on the throne. After that, claimants to the throne would seek marriage to Assen daughters and granddaughters for generations to attach the name of Assen to themselves and solidify their claims.
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* AltarDiplomacy: As is natural for medieval monarchs. Ivan Assen II was particularly known for this, going through three marriages for diplomatic purposes (with Cuman princess Anna Anisia, Hungarian princess Anna Arpad and finally Epirus Byzantine princess Irene Komnene whose family he had defeated and captured and whom he fell in love with) and then attempted to get divorced again to marry a princess from Nicaea, but the patriarch forbade it, citing his many divorces as ungodly. RealityEnsues when after his death his (ex-)wives started poisoning each other's children to get their own on the throne.
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** HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Enemy countries (the Eastern Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Serbia etc.) are described in history class as evil, genocidal powers and their rulers as cruel and oppressive (when victorious over Bulgaria) or cowardly and foolish (when defeated) with any other traits or achievements left unmentioned. Byzantine emperors Nikephoros I (who sacked the Bulgarian capital in an attempt to conquer Bulgaria once and for all but got defeated and killed) and Basil II (who succeeded in the same and blinded 15000 captured Bulgarian soldiers) are especially vilified, as are Sultans Bayezid I (who conquered the second empire) and the last Sultans (Abdul Aziz, Abdul Mejid and Abdul Hamid II), during whise reign Bulgaria struggled for independence and raised several uprisings which were brutally quelled.
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** HistoricalVillainDowngrade: HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Enemy countries (the Eastern Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Serbia etc.) are described in history class as evil, genocidal powers and their rulers as cruel and oppressive (when victorious over Bulgaria) or cowardly and foolish (when defeated) with any other traits or achievements left unmentioned. Byzantine emperors Nikephoros I (who sacked the Bulgarian capital in an attempt to conquer Bulgaria once and for all but got defeated and killed) and Basil II (who succeeded in the same and blinded 15000 captured Bulgarian soldiers) are especially vilified, as are Sultans Bayezid I (who conquered the second empire) and the last Sultans (Abdul Aziz, Abdul Mejid and Abdul Hamid II), during whise reign Bulgaria struggled for independence and raised several uprisings which were brutally quelled.quelled.
* {{Irony}}: In 864, Khan Boris saw his country facing a crisis and to elevate Bulgaria's international prestige, converted the populace to Christianity and enforced it as a state religion, slaughtering 52 noble families for opposing the baptism. Some 30 years prior in 831, Khan Malamir, one of his granduncles, had another, Enravota, executed ''for'' converting to Christianity, which he feared would be used as a tool by the Byzantines to destabilise the country.
* {{Irony}}: In 864, Khan Boris saw his country facing a crisis and to elevate Bulgaria's international prestige, converted the populace to Christianity and enforced it as a state religion, slaughtering 52 noble families for opposing the baptism. Some 30 years prior in 831, Khan Malamir, one of his granduncles, had another, Enravota, executed ''for'' converting to Christianity, which he feared would be used as a tool by the Byzantines to destabilise the country.
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** HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Enemy countries (the Eastern Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Serbia etc.) are described in history class as evil, genocidal powers and their rulers as cruel and oppressive (when victorious over Bulgaria) or cowardly and foolish (when defeated) with any other traits or achievements left unmentioned.
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** HistoricalVillainDowngrade: Enemy countries (the Eastern Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire, Serbia etc.) are described in history class as evil, genocidal powers and their rulers as cruel and oppressive (when victorious over Bulgaria) or cowardly and foolish (when defeated) with any other traits or achievements left unmentioned. Byzantine emperors Nikephoros I (who sacked the Bulgarian capital in an attempt to conquer Bulgaria once and for all but got defeated and killed) and Basil II (who succeeded in the same and blinded 15000 captured Bulgarian soldiers) are especially vilified, as are Sultans Bayezid I (who conquered the second empire) and the last Sultans (Abdul Aziz, Abdul Mejid and Abdul Hamid II), during whise reign Bulgaria struggled for independence and raised several uprisings which were brutally quelled.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: The 1762 ''History of Slavic Bulgarians'' by Paisius of Hilandar, written to invoke PatrioticFervor at a time when Bulgarians were just beginning their national revival and struggle for independence, emphasizes the feats of warrior kings such as Krum, Simeon and Kaloyan while downplaying their darker deeds or the negative consequences of their acts (Simeon left a country with an exhausted economy, Kaloyan was brutal and sacked cities for no reason, etc.), while downplaying the achievements of less warlike rulers like Boris I or Peter I. It is worth noting that the latter kind (especially Peter) had enough of a reputation as TheGoodKing for later kings to name themselves after them.
