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Petar Delyan (reigned 1040–1041) (Bulgarian Петър Делян) was the leader of the local Bulgarian uprising against the Byzantine rule started in the Theme of Bulgaria during summer of 1040. He was proclaimed Tsar of Bulgaria as Samuel`s grandson in Belgrade. His original name may have been simply Delyan in which case he assumed the name Petar II upon his accession commemorating the sainted Emperor Petar I (Petăr I) who had died in 970.
