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    Jacob Svetoslav (Bulgarian: Яков Светослав, Yakov Svetoslav) (ca. 1210s/1220s–1275 or 1276/1277) was a prominent 13th-century Bulgarian noble (bolyarin)...
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    cousin, Theodore Svetoslav, and was referred to in a contemporary Venetian source as a Despot of Bulgaria and Lord of Vidin. Jacob Svetoslav was the ruler...
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    made an alliance with the Byzantines, but another powerful nobleman, Jacob Svetoslav, who had taken control of the southwestern region, was loyal to Konstantine...
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    Transylvania and Lord of the Cumans". A Bulgarian nobleman, Despot Jacob Svetoslav sought assistance from Stephen after his domains, which were situated...
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    the Bulgarian–Hungarian affairs too. A Bulgarian nobleman, Despot Jacob Svetoslav sought assistance from Stephen after his domains, which were situated...
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    to Rostislav. The city was soon controlled by the Bulgarian noble Jacob Svetoslav, but by 1266 he also styled himself emperor. The restoration of the...
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    admiral Bernat de Sarrià. She died in 1309. A Bulgarian boyar, Despot Jacob Svetoslav, married another of Theodore's daughters, according to Pachymeres....
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    as the 1270s, after the death of the previous ruler of that area, Jacob Svetoslav. Danilo, a Serbian archbishop, reported, "At that time in the land...
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    Name Tenure Conferred by Notes Refs Jacob Svetoslav before 1261–1275/1277 possibly Tsar Constantine Tikh Powerful magnate and autonomous lord of Sofia...
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    reinforcements under the command of Ladislaus Kán to Bulgaria to support Despot Jacob Svetoslav against the Byzantine Empire. A diplomatic mission around the same...
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