Özet:

The neighborhood of the Bulgarians with Byzantium started with the settlement of some Bulgarians in the Lower Danube region under the leadership of Asparuh at the end of the 7th century. The relationship between the two states, which became neighbors in this way, will continue until the beginning of the 11th century when the Danube Bulgarian State was definitely destroyed. In this process of Danube Bulgarian political life which lasted for more than three centuries, a political relationship was maintained in which the Danube Bulgarian State had intense contacts with the Byzantine State. In some periods, Bulgarians and in other periods Byzantium became politically powerful and superior. Of course, as the political power has changed, the nature of the relations has also changed. Political agreements, alliances, and pledge practices are among the diplomatic methods used from time to time within the framework of this relationship. One of these diplomatic practices is diplomatic marriages. In the diplomatic relations between the two states, diplomatic marriages have been one of the important methods used and it is an important element to be taken into account when examining the Bulgarian-Byzantine relations. The aim of this study is to determine the marriage ties planned to be established between the members of the dynasty within the framework of the political relations of the Danube Bulgarian State and the Byzantine State and to reveal on which political ground they developed.

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