2) Eastern Rumelia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Eastern Rumelia, see Rumelia....

3) Roumelia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Roumelia, see Rumelia....

4) 1884-85. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...completed. 1 1885, Nov. 13 Serbia declared war on Bulgaria after the union of Eastern Rumelia and Bulgaria. The Serbs were completely defeated at Slivnitza (Nov....

5) 1362-89. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...At this stage of expansion, their hold in these territories (which were known as Rumeli or Rumelia) was based in good part on suzerainty over tributary vassals rather...

6) Alexander, prince of Bulgaria. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...prince of Bulgaria under Turkish suzerainty. In 1885 the revolutionaries in Eastern Rumelia, also known as Southern Bulgaria, proclaimed the union of that province...

7) 1881, July 13. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...4 1885, Sept. 18 Bulgarian nationalists staged a coup against the government of Eastern Rumelia in Plovdiv, seeking union with Bulgaria. Alexander, under nationalist...

8) 1866-68. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...of the powers to Greece, to prevent Greek action in harmony with the revolution in Eastern Rumelia. The Greeks refused to disarm, whereupon the powers blockaded Greece...

9) 1878, June 4. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...Ottoman suzerainty north of the Balkan mountains, a semi-autonomous province of Eastern Rumelia south of the mountains, and Macedonia in the south under direct Ottoman...

10) Plovdiv. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...by the Turks c.1360. The city passed to Russia in 1877 and became the capital of Eastern Rumelia (1878-85); it was united with Bulgaria in 1885. Plovdiv is the seat...