Elemag

Elemag (Greek: Ἐλεμάγος) or Elinag Phrantzes (Ἐλίναγος ὁ Φραντζὴς) was, according to the history of John Skylitzes, a general and governor of Belegrada (modern Berat in Albania) for the First Bulgarian Empire under Tsar Samuel. In 1018, he was among the Bulgarian leaders who surrendered their strongholds to the Byzantine emperor Basil II, thereby ending the independence of Bulgaria. He was granted the title of patrikios and sent to live at Thessalonica.

Elemag Point on Livingston Island, Antarctica, has been named after him.

Sources

• Curta, Florin (2006). Southeastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500–1250. Cambridge University Press. p. 246. ISBN 978-0521815390.