Petrilo

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Vojvoda Petrilo ({{langx|sr|Војвода Петрило}}) was an 11th-century Serbian voivode (military commander) of the Serbian King Constantine Bodin.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MCRpAAAAMAAJ&hl=en|title=Macedonian Review|date=1 January 1988|publisher=Kulturen Zhivot.|accessdate=5 January 2017|via=Google Books}}

Bodin was crowned as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1072 and was set to conquer the Byzantine territories of Bulgarian interest together with Georgi Voyteh (in the so-called Uprising of Georgi Voyteh or Slav Uprising in Pomoravlje in Serbian).

Petrilo led a 300-strong army towards the south, into Macedonia, and took Ohrid where the townspeople greeted him as their liberator and Devol (Kavadarci{{according to whom|date=November 2013}}) which surrendered.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4mtpAAAAMAAJ&hl=en|title=A History of the Macedonian People|date=1 January 1979|publisher=Macedonian Review Editions|accessdate=5 January 2017|via=Google Books}} He was stopped by Byzantine troops and locals at Kastoria led by a Byzantine general (of Bulgarian origin) that defeated him, making Petrilo return to Duklja.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ki1icLbr_QQC&hl=en|title=The Serbs|first=Sima M.|last=Cirkovic|date=7 June 2004|publisher=Wiley|accessdate=5 January 2017|via=Google Books}}

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  • {{The Early Medieval Balkans}}

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Category:11th-century Serbian nobility

Category:Medieval Serbian military leaders

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