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Cometopuli dynasty

State Defunct 976 CE – 1018 CE

The Cometopuli dynasty is the last royal dynasty in the First Bulgarian Empire, ruling from ca.

976 until the fall of Bulgaria under Byzantine rule in 1018.

The most notable member of the dynasty, Tsar Samuel, is famous for successfully resisting Byzantine conquest for more than 40 years.

Sometimes the realm of the Cometopuli is called Western Bulgarian Kingdom or Western Bulgarian Empire.