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Simeon I.

died 927

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Wikipedia Summary

Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern and Southeast Europe. His reign was also a period of unmatched cultural prosperity and enlightenment later deemed the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
November 30, 862
Pliska
Date of death
May 27, 927
Veliki Preslav
Citizenship

First Bulgarian Empire

Occupations & fields
sovereign
Field and occupation
bulharský car
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