Vojvoda Petrilo
| Petrilo | |
|---|---|
| Title | Vojvoda |
| Religion | Eastern Christianity |
Vojvoda Petrilo (Serbian: Војвода Петрило) was an 11th-century Serbian voivode (military commander[1]) of the Serbian King Constantine Bodin.[1]
Bodin was crowned as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1072 and was set to conquer the Byzantine territories of Bulgarian interest together with Georgi Voiteh (in the so-called Uprising of Georgi Voiteh or Slav Uprising in Pomoravlje in Serbian).[1]
Petrilo led a 300-strong army towards the south, into Macedonia, and took Ohrid where the townspeople greeted him as their liberator and Devol (Kavadarci) which surrendered.[2] He was stopped by Byzantine troops and locals at Kastoria led by a Byzantine general (of Bulgarian origin[1]) that defeated him, making Petrilo return to Duklja.[1][3]
References
- The early medieval Balkans: a critical survey from the sixth to the late twelfth century John Van Antwerp Fine-University of Michigan Press, 1991
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