Tsar Constantine Bodin

Constantine Bodin, also called Constantine Bodin-Peter, was the youngest son of Michael of the Vojislavljević dynasty, grand župan of Zeta, Byzantine protospatharios and king. He descended from the Cometopuli and was a grandson of Theodora Kosara and Ivan Vladimir. In 1072, during the second major Bulgarian uprising against Byzantine rule, he proclaimed himself tsar of the Bulgarians.

The uprising was prepared by the leading men of Skopje, headed by George Voyteh, a descendant of the kavhans. Constantine Bodin and his troops were invited by the rebels as heirs of Samuel. Bodin set out together with the voivode Petrila. Although some researchers express doubts about whether his authority was entirely independent, he captured the city of Niš and ruled it "as tsar". According to various sources, Voivode Petrila was defeated before the fortress of Kastoria, prompting Bodin's swift return to defend Skopje. The battle ended with Constantine Bodin's capture by Byzantine forces. He was sent to Constantinople and then to Antioch, where he was imprisoned in the Monastery of Saints Sergius and Bacchus.

After the death of his father, Michael Vojislav, in 1081, Constantine Bodin inherited the throne of Zeta and ruled as its king until at least 1101. Subsequently, he married Jaquinta, daughter of the Norman governor of Bari. After his death he was succeeded by his brother Dobroslav II.