Kaloyan

Kaloyan. (ok 1170-1207) – Bulgarian king (1197-1207) of the family of Assenians. He won most of the Western and Northwestern Macedonia (1203). He concluded a church union with Rome (1204) and received from Pope Royal Crown. He defeated the Latines in the Battle of Adrianopol (1205). He was killed in a conspiracy at the siege of Thessaloniki. Lit.: I. Bozhov, the family of Asensvci (1186-1460), Sofia, 1985. K. Ag. Risto Kalchevski


Original article in Macedonian language Cyrillic alphabet
Кириличен напис КАЛОЈАН

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