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This was a main factor in his decision to join a band of brigands hajduks which was active in the scarcely governed border areas between Bulgaria, Byzantium and Serbia.

Persecuted by the Bulgarian authorities, some time before [4] Momchil fled to Byzantium. However, his brigand activities did not cease.

Momchil regularly raided Bulgarian lands, which negatively impacted Byzantine—Bulgarian relations.

Though he considered himself able to "set against any side in the Byzantine war", along with Umur Bey 's Turkish forces he nevertheless assisted Kantakouzenos in his campaigns in At the time, Momchil was approached by agents of Kantakouzenos' opponents, the Constantinopolitan regency, and persuaded to turn against him.

Thinking that Kantakouzenos and his Turkish allies from the Emirate of Aydin were far away in eastern Thrace, he attacked a Turkish fleet of 15 ships near Portolagos and sank three of them.

He then overcame another Turkish force that arrived to exact retribution near the fortress of Peritheorion also known as Burugrad , and plundered several cities in the area that refused to surrender.

The Byzantines were thoroughly routed: Kantakouzenos' horse was killed and he received a powerful hit to the head, which he survived thanks to his helmet.

Momchil captured many of Kantakouzenos' men, but the claimant to the throne himself managed to escape in the turmoil.

Soon, however, Momchil sent messages to Kantakouzenos asking for forgiveness. The latter, loath to alienate Momchil and open another front in his rear, pardoned him in exchange for promises of future good conduct, and even awarded him the title of sebastokrator.

Momchil nevertheless continued to entertain parallel ties with the regency, and even secured the title of despotes from the Empress Anna of Savoy.

Fortifications at Peritheorion near Amaxades , northeast Greece, site of Momchil's last stand and death in Initially a member of a bandit gang in the borderlands of Bulgaria , Byzantium and Serbia , Momchil was recruited by the Byzantines as a mercenary.

Through his opportunistic involvement in the Byzantine civil war of — , where he played the various sides against each other, he became ruler of a large area in the Rhodopes and western Thrace.

Momchil achieved initial successes against Turks and Byzantines alike, setting Turkish ships on fire and almost managing to kill one of his main opponents at the time, John VI Kantakouzenos.

Despite this, he was defeated and killed by a joint Byzantine—Turkish army in Due to his opposition to the Turks, he is remembered in popular South Slavic legend as a fighter against the Turkish invasion of the Balkans.

Contemporary and near-contemporary accounts describe Momchil physically as "imposing in appearance", "as tall as two men" and, in the words of a Turkish poet, "resembling a minaret ".

The claim that Momchil was born in that region may be reinforced by 15th-century Ottoman registers, according to which his name was the most popular male name in that area.

There exist at least a few legends which tie his birth to a particular place, for example the village of Fakia in Strandzha , though evidence is nonexistent.

In any case, Momchil was born of humble origin. This was a main factor in his decision to join a band of brigands hajduks which was active in the scarcely governed border areas between Bulgaria , Byzantium and Serbia.

Persecuted by the Bulgarian authorities, some time before [10] Momchil fled to Byzantium. However, his brigand activities did not cease.

Momchil regularly raided Bulgarian lands, which negatively impacted Byzantine—Bulgarian relations.