What is Second Bulgarian Empire?
{{Infobox country |native_name = ц︢рьство блъгарское<br />българско царство |conventional_long_name = Bulgarian Empire |image_flag = Flag of the Second Bulgarian Empire.svg |image_coat = Coat of arms of the Second Bulgarian Empire.svg |era = Middle Ages |status = Empire |government_type = Monarchy |year_start = 1185 |year_end = 1396 |event_start = [[Uprising of Asen and Peter|Reestablishment]] |event_end = [[Bulgarian-Ottoman Wars|Ottoman rule]] |common_languages = [[Middle Bulgarian]], [[Aromanian language]], [[Balkan Romance languages|Balkan Romance]], [[Medieval Greek]], [[Cuman language|Cuman]] | demonym = [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] |image_map = File:Bulgaria-Iván Asen2-es.svg |image_map_caption = Second Bulgarian Empire under [[Ivan Asen II]] |p1 = First Bulgarian Empire |p2 = Byzantine Empire |s1 = Ottoman Empire |religion = [[Bulgarian Orthodox Church|Bulgarian Orthodoxy]] }} The '''Second Bulgarian Empire''' was a [[medieval]] [[Bulgarians|Bulgarian]] state that existed between 1185 and 1396 and succeeded the [[First Bulgarian Empire]].<ref>R. J. Crampton, A Concise History of Bulgaria, Cambridge University Press, 2005, {{ISBN|1139448234}}, p. 24.</ref> The Second Bulgarian Empire reached its [[golden age]] under [[Tsar|Tsars]] [[Kaloyan of Bulgaria|Kaloyan]] and [[Ivan Asen II]] before being slowly conquered by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottomans]] in the late 14th century. == References == <references /> {{europe-stub}} [[Category:Government of Bulgaria]] [[Category:Establishments in Bulgaria]] [[Category:1185 establishments]] [[Category:Former monarchies of Europe]]