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Ivanko (Bulgarian: Иванко, Greek: Ιβαγκός), also referred to by some scholars as Ivanko-Alexius,[1][2] was a Vlach[3] boyar who killed his cousin Ivan Asen I, the ruler of the renascent Second Bulgarian Empire, in 1196.[4][5] He was a leader of local Vlachs and Bulgarian Slavs.
- ^ Stephenson 2000, p. 307.
- ^ Cheynet 1986, p. 171.
- ^ Simpson 2013, p. 58: "Ivanko-Alexios, the Vlach commander"; Shepard 2017, p. 287: "And indeed Asen was shortly thereafter killed by Ivanko, a Vlach, who was having an affair with Asen's wife's sister"; Stanković 2016, p. 12: "the Vlach commander Ivanko who had murdered Asen"; Treadgold 1997, pp. 661–662: "The Byzantine army refused to fight Ivanko. Resorting to his skills at intrigue, the emperor lured the troublesome Vlach to a meeting and had him murdered in the spring of 1200."; Malatras 2010, p. 3: "The Vlach Ivanko, commander of Philipopolis", "The aforementioned Ivanko is a Vlach,".
- ^ Fine 1994, pp. 28–31, 661.
- ^ Simpson 2013, p. 58.