The battle of Tryavna (Bulgarian: Битка при Трявна) occurred in 1190 in the mountains around the contemporary town of Tryavna, central Bulgaria. The result was a Bulgarian victory over the Byzantine Empire, which secured the successes achieved since the beginning of the Rebellion of Asen and Peter in 1185.
After his second campaign in Moesia and the fruitless siege of Lovech in 1187 the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos was forced to conclude a ...
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The battle of Tryavna (Bulgarian: Битка при Трявна) occurred in 1190 in the mountains around the contemporary town of Tryavna, central Bulgaria. The result was a Bulgarian victory over the Byzantine Empire, which secured the successes achieved since the beginning of the Rebellion of Asen and Peter in 1185.
After his second campaign in Moesia and the fruitless siege of Lovech in 1187 the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos was forced to conclude a truce thus de facto recognizing the independence of Bulgaria. Until 1189, both sides observed the truce. The Bulgarians used this time to further organize their administration and military. When the soldiers of the Third Crusade reached the Bulgarian lands at Niš, Asen and Peter offered to help the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire Frederick I Barbarosa with a force of 40,000 against the Byzantines. However, the relations between the Crusaders and the Byzantines smoothed and the Bulgarian proposal was evaded.
The Byzantines prepared a third...
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