Karvuna

Karvuna was a Bulgarian principality on the Black Sea coast of Dobruja, named after its first capital, Karvuna. It emerged under Balik.

In the 1340s Karvuna separated from Bulgaria under Balik. Under Dobrotitsa the principality reached its greatest extent; he moved the capital to Kaliakra and built a fleet at Varna to challenge Genoese power. His successor Ivanko made a commercial treaty with Genoa in 1387. The Ottomans occupied Varna in 1389 and incorporated Dobruja in 1411.