• Kaloyan or Kalojan, also known as Ivan I, Ioannitsa or Johannitsa (Bulgarian: Калоян, Йоаница; c. 1170 – October 1207), the Romanslayer, was emperor or...
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    The Battle of Adrianople occurred around Adrianople on April 14, 1205 between Bulgarians and Cumans under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under...
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  • The name of the Cuman noblewoman who subsequently married two Tsars Emperors of Bulgaria, Kaloyan of Bulgaria and Boril of Bulgaria, is unknown. There...
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    under Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before gradually being conquered by the Ottomans in the early 15th century. Until 1256, the Second Bulgarian Empire was...
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    terms Bulgaria, Bulgarians and Bulgarian, the Slavic names like Ivanko (relative and murderer of Ivan Asen I), Boril and Slav, that tsar Kaloyan claimed...
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  • Kaloyan Kostov (Bulgarian: Калоян Костов; born 4 May 2004) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a centre-back for Lokomotiv Plovdiv. Born in Sofia,...
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    in Bulgarian documents and imperator Bulgarorum in Latin. The second empire's third ruler, Kaloyan (1196–1207), adopted the grander title "Emperor of Bulgarians...
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    the progress of the Bulgarians eventually was interrupted by the assassination of their emperor Kaloyan. On January 31, 1206 the Bulgarians defeated the...
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    Plovdiv (redirect from Plovdiv, Bulgaria)
    destroyed by Kaloyan of Bulgaria (r. 1196–1207) in 1206 and rebuilt thereafter. In 1219, the city became the capital of the Crusader Duchy of Philippopolis...
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    Bulgaria Constantin Bodin (Peter (III)) Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria Peter IV of Bulgaria Kaloyan of Bulgaria Boril of Bulgaria Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria Kaliman...
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    Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria. Theodore also defeated an army from Trebizond, as well as other minor rivals, leaving him in charge of the most powerful of the...
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    successor state, the Empire of Trebizond, in northern Asia Minor. Theodore's position consolidated only after Tzar Kaloyan of Bulgaria inflicted a crushing defeat...
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    of the First and Second Bulgarian Empires. A gift of regalia to Kaloyan of Bulgaria from Pope Innocent III is documented. It was brought to Bulgaria by...
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    the Bulgarian state. Ivan Asen and Peter laid the foundations of the Second Bulgarian Empire with its capital at Tarnovo. Kaloyan, the third of the Asen...
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    troubles of its own, was unable to quash the revolt. After the army of the Fourth Crusade conquered Constantinople in 1204, Kaloyan, the Bulgarian emperor...
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    may be returned to Bulgaria and buried in the SS. Forty Martyrs Church in Veliko Tarnovo, to rest with the remains of Emperors Kaloyan and Michael Shishman...
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  • 250 Tsar Kaloyan (Bulgarian: Цар Калоян [ˈt͡sar kɐɫoˈjan]) is a town in northeastern Bulgaria, situated in Razgrad Province near the town of Razgrad....
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  • Kaloyan may refer to: Kaloyan of Bulgaria - emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1197 to 1207 Tsar Kaloyan, Razgrad Province - a town and municipality of the...
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    Holy Forty Martyrs Church, Veliko Tarnovo (category Articles containing Bulgarian-language text)
    of Bulgarian emperors and nobility, among whom Kaloyan of Bulgaria. The Forty Martyrs Church was also the location of then-Prime Minister of Bulgaria...
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    Asen's wife and a certain John (future Kaloyan of Bulgaria), brother of the two new leaders of the Bulgarian state. John V. A. Fine; John Van Antwerp...
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    version retold by Dimitry of Rostov (1651-1709), Demetrius appeared in the camp of tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria during his 1207 siege of Thessaloniki, piercing...
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  • Maria of Bulgaria was the second empress consort of Henry of Flanders, Latin Emperor of Constantinople. She was a daughter of Kaloyan of Bulgaria. Her...
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    This is a complete list of all cities and towns in Bulgaria sorted by population. Province capitals are shown in bold. Primary sources are the National...
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    (Bulgarian: Борил) was the emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1207 to 1218. He was the son of an unnamed sister of his predecessor, Kaloyan and Kaloyan's...
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    Cumans (category Articles containing Bulgarian-language text)
    : xii  The Cumans were allies in the Bulgarian–Latin Wars with emperor Kaloyan of Bulgaria. In 1205, at the Battle of Adrianople (1205), 14,000 Cuman light...
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    Boniface's rule lasted less than two years before he was ambushed by Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria and killed on September 4, 1207. The kingdom passed to Boniface's...
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    type of meatball Street near the Rákóczi Museum Tekira shopping mall Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tekirdağ. Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, destroyer...
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    between Bulgarians under Tsar Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and Crusaders under Baldwin I, (July 1172 – 1205), the first emperor of the Latin Empire of Constantinople...
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    Battle of Adrianople, where he was slain by a force of Cumans led by Kaloyan of Bulgaria ("Johanitza"). Louis chased the enemy too far, exhausting his men...
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  • Kaloyan Tsvetkov (Bulgarian: Калоян Цветков; born 21 October 1988) is a Bulgarian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bdin Vidin. Masleva, Maria...
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