Maps of Power

Donation of Tavorь

Begin 01.09.1258
End 31.08.1277

Properties

ID 7689
System Class Acquisition
Case Study Historical Region of Macedonia TIB 16
Event Donation

Description

Tsar Constantine I Asen donated the village of Tavorь to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorge.

Relations

Actors (2)
Name Class Begin End Relation Type Description
Constantine I Asen Person Constantine I Tich Asen was between the years 1258 and 1277 Tsar of the Second Bulgarian Empire. He became Tsar after the murder of Koloman and the defeat of Mico in the Bulgarian civil war of 1256-57. He married the Nicean Princess Eirine Laskarina and later Maria Palaiologina. Both wives influenced his foreign affairs. The internal politics were dominated by the disputes among the boyars. He died in a battle against the rebells commanded by Ivajlos.
Monastery of Saint George-Gorg Group The Monastery of Saint George-Gorg was a monastery in or near Skopje in the 14th century, but was deserted and cannot be localised with certainty in modern day Skopje.
Events (5)
Name Class Begin End Description
Donation of Properties by the Bulgarian Tsar Constantine I Asen to the Monastery of St. George-Gorg Acquisition The Bulgarian Tsar Constantine I Asen donated properties to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg, which was located in or near Skopje.
Donation of Tavorь, Fishing Grounds Activity The Bulgarian Tsar Konstantin I Asen (reigned 1257-1277) donated fishing grounds near the village of Tavorь to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg.
Donation of Tavorь, Hunting Grounds Acquisition Tsar Constantine I Asen donated hunting grounds near the village of Tavorь to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorge.
Donation of Tavorь, Ruined Fortress Acquisition Tsar Constantine I Asen donated a ruined fortress near the village of Tavorь to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorge.
Donation of Tavorь, Uncultivated Land Acquisition Tsar Constantine I Asen donated uncultivatedlnad in or near the village of Tavorь to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorge.
Sources (1)
Name Class Description
Skopje Monastery of St. George 1 Source The Bulgarian Tsar Konstantin I Asen (reigned 1257-1277) confirmed previous donations of properties and people to the Monastery of St. George-Gorg near Skopje and added his own. The charter is dated to the years of his reign (1257/58-1277).
Places (1)
Name Class Begin End Description
Tavorь Place Probably identical with the village Taurision. The Byzantine Historian Prokopios of Caesarea relates that the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I. was born in the village Taurision near the fortlet Bederiana in Dardania (Ἐν Δαρδάνοις που τοῖς Εὐρωπαίοις, οἳ δὴ μετὰ τοὺς Ἐπιδαμνίων ὅρους ᾤκηνται, τοῦ φρουρίου ἄγχιστα, ὅπερ Βεδερίανα ἐπικαλεῖται, χωρίον Ταυρίσιον ὄνομα ἦν, ἔνθεν Ἰουστινιανὸς βασιλεὺς ὁ τῆς οἰκουμένης οἰκιστὴς ὥρμηται). The Bulgarian Tsar Constantine I Asen donated the village of Tavorь together with a ruined fortress (apparently ruins of the fortified settlement near Taurision), meadows and hunting grounds to the Monastery of Saint George-Gorg near Skopje (Selo Tavorь, gradište i s polemь sь nivijemь, sь livadami, sь Ezeromь blatnimъ, sь zaběloï, sь lovišti zvěr’noïmi i roïbnimi, i sь vsěmi pravinami ih). The village of Tavorь is attested in the charter of the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin for the Monastery of St George-Gorg (niže Tavora) from 1300. The village of Tavorь is mentioned in the boundary description of the property, which belonged to the chapel (kellion) of Saint Petka and was given by the Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin to the Hilandar Monastery (i na putь kako grede u Tavorь). Tavorь is registered in the Ottoman Defters for the years 1452/1453, 1467/1468 (as Tavore or Tavre), 1544/1545 and 1568/1569.