What is Boris II of Bulgaria?
[[File:22 Boris II.JPG |thumb|right|200px|{{Center|Boris II, Tzar of Bulgaria}}]] '''Boris II of Bulgaria''' was an [[emperor]] ([[Tsar]]) of [[Bulgaria]]. He was emperor from [[969]] to [[971]].<ref>''The World's History: A Survey of Man's Record'', ed. H. F. Helmolt (London: William Hienemann, 1907), p. 335</ref> His father was [[Peter I of Bulgaria]]. When Peter died in 969, his son Boris was being held in [[Constantinople]] by the [[List of Byzantine Emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Nicephorus II]].<ref name=Fine182>John Van Antwerp Fine, ''The Early Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Sixth to the Late Twelfth Century'' (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2000), p. 182</ref> The Byzantines apparently allowed Boris to return to Bulgaria. When he arrived he was immediately proclaimed Tzar Boris II.<ref name=Fine182/> [[Sviatoslav I of Kiev]], who had earlier subdued parts of Bulgaria, returned in August 969 and subdued the remaining parts of Bulgaria.<ref name=Madgearu30>Alexandru Madgearu, ''Byzantine Military Organization on the Danube, 10th-12th Centuries'' (Leiden; Boston: Brill, 2013), p. 30</ref> He [[Alliance|allied]] himself to Boris II in order to get his Bulgarian soldiers to fight against the Byzantines.<ref name=Madgearu30/> The new Byzantine Emperor, [[John I Tzimisces]] invaded Bulgaria. By the end of 971 all of Bulgaria was in Byzantine hands.<ref name=Vlasto180>A. P. Vlasto, ''The Entry of the Slavs Into Christendom: An Introduction to the Medieval History of the Slavs'' (London; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1970), p. 180</ref> By that time Boris II had [[Abdication|abdicated]].<ref name=Vlasto180/> == References == {{reflist}} {{commons}} {{history-stub}} [[Category:Emperors and empresses]] [[Category:Bulgarian royalty]] [[Category:10th-century births]] [[Category:977 deaths]] [[Category:Year of birth unknown]]