{"slug": "tervel-of-bulgaria", "label": "Tervel of Bulgaria", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tervel_of_Bulgaria", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q311506", "qid": "Q311506", "description": "Bulgarian ruler", "entries": 10, "years": 9, "span": [675, 721], "span_label": ["675 CE", "721 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 3}, {"title": "Births", "count": 1}, {"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "first-bulgarian-empire", "label": "First Bulgarian Empire", "shared": 9}, {"slug": "constantinople", "label": "Constantinople", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "byzantine-empire", "label": "Byzantine Empire", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "bulgaria", "label": "Bulgaria", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "thrace", "label": "Thrace", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "justinian-ii", "label": "Justinian II", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "asia-minor", "label": "Asia Minor", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "bulgars", "label": "Bulgars", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "defensive-wall", "label": "Defensive wall", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "decapitation", "label": "Decapitation", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "leo-iii-the-isaurian", "label": "Leo III the Isaurian", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "turkey", "label": "Turkey", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 675, "year_label": "675 CE", "section": "Births", "date": null, "text": "Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire (d. 721)", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340805588#Births", "title": "675", "revid": 1340805588, "section": "Births"}}, {"year": 701, "year_label": "701 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Asparuh, founder of the First Bulgarian Empire, dies after a 20-year reign. He is succeeded by his son Tervel, who becomes ruler (khan) of the Bulgarians.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340806807#Balkans", "title": "701", "revid": 1340806807, "section": "Events › By place › Balkans"}}, {"year": 704, "year_label": "704 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Autumn – Emperor Tiberios III tries to bribe Busir and dispatches two Khazar officials, Papatzys and Balgitzin, to kill Justinian. Warned by his wife, he flees to the Bulgar Khanate, securing the assistance of the Bulgarian ruler Tervel, in exchange for financial considerations.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1364468074#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "704", "revid": 1364468074, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 705, "year_label": "705 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "Justinian II ascends to the throne again and rewards his ally Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, for his assistance with the title of kaisar (Caesar), which makes him second only to Justinian and the first foreign ruler in Byzantine history to receive such a title, and a territorial concession in northeastern Thrace, a region called Zagora in modern-day Bulgaria.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807090#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "705", "revid": 1340807090, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 708, "year_label": "708 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Battle of Anchialus: A Byzantine expeditionary force under Emperor Justinian II is defeated near the seaside city of Anchialus, on the Black Sea Coast. The Byzantines are overwhelmed by a surprise attack of Bulgarian cavalry, led by Tervel. Justinian manages to reach the fortress, and escapes to Constantinople on a ship.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807106#Europe", "title": "708", "revid": 1340807106, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 712, "year_label": "712 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Bulgars under Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, raid Thrace and reach the city walls of Constantinople. Skirmishes continue until 716; Emperor Philippicus transfers a Byzantine army from the Opsikion Theme in Asia Minor, to police the Balkan Peninsula.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1357552155#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "712", "revid": 1357552155, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 716, "year_label": "716 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Emperor Theodosios III concludes a peace treaty with Kormesiy, son of Tervel of Bulgaria, in an effort to secure support against the Arab invasion in Anatolia (modern Turkey). The treaty recognizes the Bulgarian borders, including the newly gained lands of Zagore (see 705). Theodosios agrees to pay annual tribute, and exchange refugees charged with conspiracy against the legal ruler. Goods can only be imported or exported with a state seal. Bulgarian merchants gain official access to the trade market in Constantinople.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808331#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "716", "revid": 1340808331, "section": "Events › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 719, "year_label": "719 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ex-Emperor Anastasios II starts a revolt against Leo III with considerable support, including auxiliaries provided by Tervel, emperor (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire. His attack on Constantinople fails; Anastasios is captured and is put to death (by beheading), on the orders of Leo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367050525#Byzantine_Empire", "title": "719", "revid": 1367050525, "section": "Events › By place › Byzantine Empire"}}, {"year": 721, "year_label": "721 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire, dies after a 21-year reign. He is succeeded by Kormesiy, possibly a son of Tervel, who is co-ruler and a descendant of the royal Dulo clan.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808636#Europe", "title": "721", "revid": 1340808636, "section": "Events › By place › Europe"}}, {"year": 721, "year_label": "721 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": null, "text": "Tervel, ruler (khagan) of the Bulgarian Empire", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340808636#Deaths", "title": "721", "revid": 1340808636, "section": "Deaths"}}]}