Georgi Voyteh's Uprising

Following Peter Delyan's uprising of 1040–1041, Georgi Voyteh's uprising of 1072–1073 was the second serious attempt to win the Bulgarian state's independence from Byzantine rule. Georgi Voyteh is thought to have been of noble descent, but to achieve the uprising's aims, the Serbian king was asked to send his son Konstantin Bodin, a grandson of Tsar Samuel, as continuity in succession to the Bulgarian throne was sought. Konstantin Bodin was proclaimed tsar under the name Peter III. The uprising broke out in 1072 and encompassed the south-western Bulgarian territories. Its forces were divided into two detachments: one accompanied Konstantin Bodin towards Niš, while the second headed for Kastoria. Soon after the uprising began, however, it became clear that Konstantin Bodin intended to annex the liberated territories to the Serbian kingdom. This prompted Georgi Voyteh and his close associates to abandon military operations and surrender Skopje and Konstantin Bodin to the Byzantine emperor.

The uprising ended in failure, but without territorial or material losses for the Bulgarian population in the south-western Bulgarian lands.