Shishman was a Bulgarian nobleman (boyar) who ruled a semi-independent realm based out of the Danubian fortress of Vidin in the late 13th and early 14th century. Shishman, who was bestowed the title of "despot" by Bulgarian emperor George Terter I, was a Cuman, and may have been established as lord of Vidin as early as the 1270s.
- Occupation
- voivode
- Position held
- despot, King of Bulgaria
- Citizenship
- Second Bulgarian Empire, Tsardom of Vidin
- Born
- 1300
- Died
- 1301
