| Banate of Bulgaria Bolgár bánság Banatus Bulgariae | |||||||||
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| Banate of the Kingdom of Hungary | |||||||||
| 1365–1369 | |||||||||
| Capital | Bodony | ||||||||
| History | |||||||||
• Established | 1365 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1369 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Bulgaria | ||||||||
The Hungarian occupation of Vidin was a period in the history of the city and region of Vidin (Hungarian: Bodony), today in northwestern Bulgaria, when it was called Banate of Bulgaria under the rule of King Louis I of Hungary from 1365 to 1369.[1]
- ^ Tringli, István (1997). "Knight kings: the Anjou and Sigismund age in Hungary: Neighbouring countries and provinces". Encyclopaedia Humana Hungarica 03. Retrieved 2008-11-14.
The part which was closer to Hungary belonged to the Bulgarian tsar of Vidin (Bodony). Louis the Great occupied this state in 1365, and till 1369 it was directed by a Hungarian governor, under the title of the ban of Bulgaria.