Background
He was the son of tsar Samuel (r 997–1014). During his father"s reign, his cousin Ivan Vladislav and Ivan"s entire family were all sentenced by Samuel to death for treason.
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Gavril"s intervention saved them. He is said to have saved his father"s life in the disastrous defeat of the Battle of Spercheios, and he was described as a gallant fighter. Around the same time that Emperor Basil II captured the bulk of Samuel"s army, Gavril and his forces defeated the army of Theophylact Botaneiates.
Having inherited Samuel"s war with the Byzantine Empire, Gavril Radomir raided Byzantine territory, reaching as far as Constantinople.
However, the Byzantines secured the assistance of Ivan Vladislav, who owed his life to Radomir. Vladislav murdered Radomir while hunting near Ostrovo, and then took the throne for himself.
Gavril Radomir married twice.
