'Alcek' (
Bulgar: '''Altsikurs''') was the leader of the
horde of
Bulgar horsemen who in the
7th century settled with their families in the
Matese mountains of Central Italy in the villages of
Gallo,
Sepino,
Boiano,
Isernia and others.
History
Alcek, fifth of the many sons of
Kubrat, was a leader of a horde of
Bulgars who were part of the
Avar khaganate. In
631, a war for the throne broke out between an
Avar leader and Alcek. Eventually, the
Bulgars were defeated and fled to
Bavaria where they asked the Frankish king
Dagobert I for a piece of land to settle in. The king first let them settle but one night he ordered his army to slaughter the Bulgars. Only 700 out of 9 000 survived the slaughter and fled to Italy, where they gained permission from Gromualt to settle in the area of
Ravenna.
Alcek is thought by many historians to be the fifth son of the founder of
Old Great Bulgaria Kubrat, but this theory is not proven.
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