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Birth:          ABT  925 
Death:          14 Jun  976 near Dupnitsa, Bulgaria
Cause of Death: killed

Notes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_(wife_of_Ivan_Vladislav)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aron_of_Bulgaria
Aron (Bulgarian: ????) was a Bulgarian noble, brother of Emperor Samuel of Bulgaria 
and third son of komes Nicholas. After the fall of the eastern parts of the country 
under Byzantine occupation in 971, he and his three brothers David, Moses and 
Samuel continued the resistance to the west. They were called Cometopuli and ruled 
the country together, as the rightful heir to the throne, Boris II and Roman were 
imprisoned in Constantinople. The residence of Aron was Sofia situated on the main 
road between Constantinople and Western Europe. He had to defend the area from 
enemy invasions and attack the Byzantine territories in Thrace.
Treason and death[edit]

In 976 in the beginning the major campaign against the Byzantine Empire, the two 
eldest brothers David and Moses perished but the Bulgarians achieved great 
successes including the return of north-eastern Bulgaria. During that time, the 
Byzantine Emperor Basil II had to fight both the Bulgarians and the dangerous 
rebellion under Bardas Skleros and he turned the customary means of the Byzantine 
policy: conspiracy.

His attention concentrated to Aron, who was more dangerous at the time due to the 
proximity of his seat to Thrace; and because of his ambition to rule over Bulgaria 
alone which made an eventual peace profitable for both Aron and Basil. The Bulgarian 
noble asked for the Emperor's sister hand and Basil agreed but he tried to deceive 
Aron and sent him the wife of one of his nobles and the bishop of Sebasteia. However 
the attempted deceit was revealed and the bishop was killed, but the negotiations 
continued nonetheless. In the end Samuel learned of the secret negotiations and on 
14 June 976 Aron together with all of his kin were executed in the vicinity of present-
day Dupnitsa. Only his eldest son Ivan Vladislav, who eventually became the last 
Emperor of the Empire was spared due to the intervention of Samuel's son Gavril 
Radomir. Ivan Vladislav murdered his saviour 39 years later to avenge the death of his 
innocent siblings.
Another theory[edit]

For more details on this topic, see David of Bulgaria § Another theory.

However, there's also another version about Aron's origin.[1] According to this 
version, Simeon I of Bulgaria had several children. One of them was Ivan who married 
to an Armenian in Caesarea. Aron and his brother Moses were Ivan’s sons.

Parents
KUMET Nikola (ABT  880 - )
____ Ripsimija (ABT  900 - )

Siblings
OF BULGARIA Aron Amitopulos (ABT  925 - 14 Jun  976)
____ Samuel (ABT  935 - )

Marriage To ----- ----- ()
    m.  

Notes


Children by ----- ----- 
WLADISLAW {VLADISLAV] Ivan (John) (ABT  950 - 1018)

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