Lodovico of Bulgaria

Lodovico, born before 1324, was a younger son of Tsar Michael Shishman of Bulgaria and his Serbian wife Ana, sister of King Stefan Dečanski. Michael divorced Ana in 1324, and she and her sons were kept from court until he died at Velbazhd in 1330.

The victor, Dečanski, made Lodovico's brother Ivan Stephen emperor, but a coup in 1331 put Ivan Alexander on the throne, and Lodovico apparently fled with his mother and brother to Dubrovnik. By 1338 he was in Naples, where King Robert granted him a pension. About 1342 he married Maria of Taranto, illegitimate daughter of Philip I, titular Latin emperor.

By 1357 he had become a Catholic and was styled titular Bulgarian emperor. He was last attested in 1363, when he was captured by Siena at Guardavalle with the Hat Company.