Simeon I of Bulgaria
- Født: 865-865
- Ægteskab (1): N.N.
- Ægteskab (2): Maria Sursuvul
- Død: 27 Maj 927, Veliki Preslav, , Shumen, Bulgaria i en alder af 62 år
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Simeon (also Symeon) I the Great (Simeon I Veliki) ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe. His reign was also a period of unmatched cultural prosperity and enlightenment later deemed the Golden Age of Bulgarian culture.
During Simeon's rule, Bulgaria spread over a territory between the Aegean, the Adriatic and the Black Sea, and the new Bulgarian capital Preslav was said to rival Constantinople. The newly independent Bulgarian Orthodox Church became the first new patriarchate besides the Pentarchy, and Bulgarian Glagolitic and Cyrillic translations of Christian texts spread all over the Slavic world of the time. It was at the Preslav Literary School in the 890s that the Cyrillic alphabet was developed. Halfway through his reign, Simeon assumed the title of Emperor (Tsar), having prior to that been styled Prince (Knyaz).
Simeon blev gift med N.N.
Simeon blev derefter gift med Maria Sursuvul, datter af N.N. og N. N.
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