Second Bulgarian Empire

The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state. It existed between 1185 and 1396 and succeeded the First Bulgarian Empire. The Second Bulgarian Empire was most successful under Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before being slowly conquered by the Ottomans in the late 14th century.

Bulgarian Empire ц︢рьство блъгарское българско царство
1185–1396
Second Bulgarian Empire under Ivan Asen II
Common languages	Middle Bulgarian, Aromanian language, Balkan Romance, Medieval Greek, Cuman
Religion	Bulgarian Orthodoxy
Demonym(s)	Bulgarian
Government	Monarchy
Historical era	Middle Ages
•	1185
•	1396
Preceded by Succeeded by First Bulgarian Empire Byzantine Empire Ottoman Empire

Second Bulgarian Empire Media

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  The Church of St Demetrius in Tarnovo, built by Asen and Peter in the beginning of the uprising

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  A map of the Bulgarian Empire, showing territorial extent and the campaigns between 1185 and 1197

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  The Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs where Kaloyan was buried

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  A map showing the greatest territorial extension of the Second Bulgarian Empire during the reign of Ivan Asen II (1218–1241)

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  Emperor Constantine Tikh and his first wife Irene, fresco from the Boyana Church

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  Bulgarian Empire (in dark green) and Southeastern Europe in 1265

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  Bulgaria under Theodore Svetoslav (1300-1322)

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  The fortress of Baba Vida in Vidin

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  Second Bulgarian Empire, 1331-71

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  The defeat of the anti-Ottoman coalition in the battle of Nicopolis in 1396 was the final blow leading to the fall of the Bulgarian Empire.