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Dorothea of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Доротея, Serbo-Croatian: Doroteja, Доротеја; died c. 1390), also called Doroslava (Cyrillic: Дорослава), was the first Queen of Bosnia. Daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Sratsimir, Dorothea was held hostage by King Louis I of Hungary, who married her off to Ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia in 1374
The marriage was likely arranged by Louis, who had kept Dorothea and her sister as honored hostages at his court to ensure Ivan Stratsimir's loyalty. [10] [22] The bride was Orthodox, but the marriage was celebrated in the Catholic rite by Tvrtko's old enemy Peter, bishop of Bosnia, to whom Tvrtko then awarded large tracts of land. [23]
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dorothea of Bulgaria has received more than 35,895 page views. Her biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia. Dorothea of Bulgaria is the 611th most popular nobleman (up from 654th in 2019), the 87th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 107th in 2019) and the most popular ...
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Dorothea's sister died soon, while Dorothea herself fell in favour of the King. [2] King Louis I gave her in marriage to his cousin-in-law, ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia. [1] Dorothea married ban Tvrtko I in Saint Ilija [2] (today's Ilinci, near Šid) on 8 December 1374 [3] and became Banness of Bosnia. On 26 October 1377 her husband was crowned King ...
Dorothea of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Доротея, Serbo-Croatian: Doroteja, Доротеја; died c. 1390), also called Doroslava (Cyrillic: Дорослава), was the first Queen of Bosnia. Daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Sratsimir, Dorothea was held hostage by King Louis I of Hungary, who married her off to Ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia in 1374. She became queen in 1377 and may have been the ...
Oct 23, 2023 · Dorothea of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Доротея, Serbo-Croatian: Doroteja /Доротеја; died c. 1390), also called Doroslava (Дорослава), was the first Queen of Bosnia. Daughter of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Sratsimir, Dorothea was held hostage by King Louis I of Hungary, who married her off to Ban Tvrtko I of Bosnia in 1374.
