Shishman dynasty
Dragushin
Brother of tsar Ivan Alexander, son of despot Sratsimir and Petritsa. Died before 1340 and was buried in Tarnovo.
Biography
Dragušin was a son of Despot Sratsimir and Keratsa Petritsa and a brother of Tsar Ivan Alexander. The sources preserve almost nothing of his short life; it is known that he died before 1340 and was buried in Tarnovo — one of the few notices of the resting place of a member of the family.
Sources
“[Драгушин е] син на Кера[ца] Петра (Петрица) и деспот Срацимир и брат на цар Иван [Александър].”
— The Asen Family (1186–1460): Genealogy and Prosopography, p. 185
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