Jacob Svetoslav was a prominent 13th-century Bulgarian noble of Rus' origin. Bestowed the title of despot, Jacob Svetoslav was the ruler of a widely autonomous domain of the Second Bulgarian Empire mo
A coin minted by Jacob Svetoslav as an autonomous ruler, bearing his own image in military clothing
The Baba Vida castle in Vidin is widely regarded to have been Jacob Svetoslav's capital
The Second Bulgarian Empire was a medieval Bulgarian state that existed between 1185 and 1422. A successor to the First Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan
The Church of St Demetrius in Tarnovo, built by Asen and Peter in the beginning of the uprising
The Church of the Holy Forty Martyrs where Kaloyan was buried
Emperor Constantine Tikh and his first wife Irene, fresco from the Boyana Church