Editing List of Bulgarian monarchs (section)

=== House of Cometopuli (997–1018) ===
{{Main|Cometopuli dynasty}}

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|'''[[Samuel of Bulgaria|Samuel]]'''<br /><small>Самуил</small>
|997–1014<br /><small>(17 years)</small>
|The youngest of the ''[[Cometopuli dynasty|cometopuli]]'', the sons of a noble named [[Nicholas (komes)|Nicholas]]. Samuel and his brothers had some relation to the preceding royal dynasty,<ref name="Pavlov-2009" /> possibly being cousins of Boris II and Roman.<ref name="Vlasto-1970">{{Cite book |last=Vlasto |first=A. P. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fpVOAAAAIAAJ |title=The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs |date=1970 |publisher=CUP Archive |isbn=978-0-521-07459-9 |pages=180 |language=en}}</ref> One of the primary Bulgarian military leaders from 971 onwards and proclaimed emperor after Roman's death.<ref name="Pavlov-2009" /><ref name="Vlasto-1970" /> Relatively successful in staving off the Byzantine conquest of the remaining Bulgarian territories. Died of a [[heart attack]] brought on by the sight of the thousands of Bulgarian soldiers blinded by the Byzantine emperor [[Basil II]] after the [[Battle of Kleidion]].<ref name="Tapkova-Zaimova-2018" />
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|[[File:Radomir.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria|Gavril Radomir]]'''<br /><small>Гаврил Радомир</small>
|1014–1015<br /><small>(less than a year)</small>
|Son of Samuel. Murdered by his cousin [[Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria|Ivan Vladislav]] after a reign of less than a year.<ref name="Miller-1923" />
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|[[File:IvanVladislav.jpg|80px]]
|'''[[Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria|Ivan Vladislav]]'''<br /><small>Иван Владислав</small>
|1015–1018<br /><small>(3 years)</small>
|Son of [[Aron of Bulgaria|Aron]], a brother of Samuel. Led the defense against the Byzantine Empire as Emperor [[Basil II]] once more invaded Bulgaria and killed at the [[Battle of Dyrrhachium (1018)|Battle of Dyrrhachium]] in 1018. After his death, the Bulgarian nobility became divided among two parties, one headed by Ivan Vladislav's widow [[Maria (wife of Ivan Vladislav)|Maria]] and one headed by his son [[Presian (son of Ivan Vladislav)|Presian II]]. Maria formally surrendered Bulgaria to Basil.<ref name="Miller-1923">{{Cite book |last=Miller |first=William |title=The Cambridge Medieval History: Volume IV: The Eastern Roman Empire (717–1453) |publisher=Cambridge University Press |year=1923 |pages=235, 242 |chapter=The Rise and Fall of the First Bulgarian Empire (679–1018)}}</ref>
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| colspan="4" style="background: #93C572; text-align: center;" | ''Bulgaria was conquered by the [[Byzantine Empire]] in the [[Byzantine conquest of Bulgaria]] (968–1018), resulting in the fall of the [[First Bulgarian Empire]]''
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