The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja names (in order) "Vladimir, Priaslav, Sergius, Deria, Gabriel, Miroslav and Bodin" as the seven sons of Mihailo[85]. The Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja records that "Bodin who [afterwards] ruled the whole kingdom [and] Vladimir with their brothers marched into Rassa and annexed it" and "captured the whole of Bulgaria which King Michael gave to his son Bodin to rule as a province"[86].
In 1072, his father sent him to lead troops to join the rebellion of George Vojteh against the Byzantines in Macedonia. On his way, he was crowned PETAR Tsar of the Bulgarians at Prizren in late 1072. Skylitzes names "Bulgariæ princeps Michaelem" and "suo filio Constantino, cui Bodino cognomen erat", dated to [1073/75][87].
[85] Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, XL.
[86] Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja, XL.
[87] Migne, J. P. (1889) Georgius Cedrenus, Ioannes Scylitzes, Michael Psellus, Patrologiæ cursus completus, Series Græca Tomus CXXII (Paris) Excerpta ex breviario historico Joannis Scylitzæ curopalatæ ("Skylitzes"), col. 446.
Dal neko zna, je li njegovo krunisanje u Prizrenu bilo u Bogorodici Ljeviškoj?