Boris I of Bulgaria
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Boris I, venerated as Saint Boris I the Baptizer, was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 852 to 889. Despite a number of military setbacks, the reign of Boris I was marked with significant e
Saint-Knyaz Boris I, Equal-to-the-Apostles
Boris I of Bulgaria
Lead seal associated with Knyaz Boris I Mihail, struck after the Christianization of Bulgaria (864–889), depicting Christ Pantokrator and the Virgin Mary
Bulgaria under the rule of Boris I
Simeon I of Bulgaria
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Simeon I the Great was the ruler of the First Bulgarian Empire from 893 until his death in 927. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest ter
Boris I of Bulgaria
…was defeated and Boris had him blinded, his wife shaved and sent to a monastery. Boris gathered the Council of Preslav placing his third son, Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria, on the throne, threatening him with the same fate if he too apostatized. Boris returned to his monastery, emerging once again in c. 895 to help Simeon…
Statue of Simeon I in Vidin
Simeon I's army defeating the Byzantines, led by Procopius Crenites and Curtacius the Armenian in Macedonia. From the Madrid Skylitzes.
The Bulgarians routing the Byzantine forces at Bulgarophygon in 896. From the Madrid Skylitzes.
The Bulgarian victory at Anchialos, Madrid Skylitzes.