Editing Samuel of Bulgaria (section)

===War against Serbs and Croats===
In 998, Samuel launched a major campaign against the [[Duklja]] to prevent an alliance between Prince [[Jovan Vladimir]] and the Byzantines. When the Bulgarian troops reached Duklja, the Serbian prince and his people withdrew to the mountains. Samuel left part of the army at the foot of the mountains and led the remaining soldiers to besiege the coastal fortress of [[Ulcinj]]. In an effort to prevent bloodshed, he asked Jovan Vladimir to surrender. After the prince refused, some Serb nobles offered their services to the Bulgarians and, when it became clear that further resistance was fruitless, the Serbs surrendered. Jovan Vladimir was exiled to Samuel's palaces in [[Prespa]].{{sfn|Шишић|1928|p=331}}

[[File:Wedding of Miroslava and Ashot Taronites.jpg|thumb|left|300px|The wedding of Ashot and Samuel's daughter Miroslava.]]
The Bulgarian troops proceeded to pass through [[Dalmatia]], taking control of [[Kotor]] and journeying to [[Dubrovnik]]. Although they failed to take Dubrovnik, they devastated the surrounding villages. The Bulgarian army then attacked [[Croatia]] in support of the rebel princes [[Krešimir III of Croatia|Krešimir III]] and [[Gojslav of Croatia|Gojslav]] and advanced northwest as far as [[Split (city)|Split]], [[Trogir]] and [[Zadar]], then northeast through [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]] and [[Raška (region)|Raška]] and returned to Bulgaria.{{sfn|Шишић|1928|p=331}} This [[Croato-Bulgarian Wars|Croato-Bulgarian War]] allowed Samuel to install vassal monarchs in Croatia.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Samuel's relative [[Theodora Kosara]] fell in love with the captive Jovan Vladimir. The couple married after gaining Samuel's approval, and Jovan returned to his lands as a Bulgarian official along with his uncle Dragomir, whom Samuel trusted.{{sfn|Шишић|1928|p=334}} Meanwhile, Princess [[Miroslava of Bulgaria|Miroslava]] fell in love with the Byzantine noble captive Ashot, son of [[Gregorios Taronites]], the dead governor of Thessaloniki, and threatened to commit suicide if she was not allowed to marry him. Samuel conceded and appointed Ashot governor of Dyrrhachium.<ref name="Skylitzes, p. 451">Skylitzes, p. 451.</ref> Samuel also sealed an alliance with the [[Magyars]] when his eldest son and heir, Gavril Radomir, married the daughter of the Hungarian [[Grand Prince of the Magyars|Grand Prince]] [[Géza, Grand Prince of the Hungarians|Géza]].<ref name=venedikov>{{cite book |last=Venedikov |first=Iv. |chapter=The first wedlock of Gavril Radomir (Parviyat brak na Gavril Radomir, Първият брак на Гаврил Радомир) |title=Collection in memory of Аl. Burmov |year=1973 |pages=144–149 |language=bg |oclc=23538214 }}</ref>