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Boris ( Hungarian: Borisz; c. 1114 – c. 1154), also known as Boris Kalamanos ( Greek: Βορίσης Καλαμάνος, Russian & Ukrainian: Борис Коломанович) [A] was a claimant to the Hungarian throne in the middle of the 12th century. He was the son of Euphemia of Kiev, the second wife of Coloman the Learned, King of Hungary.
- Anna Doukaina (uncertain)
- Euphemia of Kiev
- Konstantinos, Stephanos (uncertain)
- Eastern Orthodoxy
Boris, also known as Boris Kalamanos was a claimant to the Hungarian throne in the middle of the 12th century. He was the son of Euphemia of Kiev, the second wife of Coloman the Learned, King of Hungary. After Euphemia was caught in adultery, Coloman expelled her from Hungary and never acknowledged that he was Boris's father. However, Boris, who was born in the Kievan Rus', regarded himself as ...
Boris's first son, sebastos Konstantinos Kalamanos, was the Byzantine governor of Cilicia between 1163 and 1175. Historian Makk identifies one Stephen, who was the cousin of the dethroned Stephen IV of Hungary, according to Kinnamos, as Boris's younger son.
- Male
- Constantine Kalamanos
- Hungarian Pretender
- Coloman
King Coloman's supposed son Boris Kalamanos attempted to dethrone Béla II. According to Byzantine historian John Kinnamos, Emperor John II Komnenos gave Boris a bride from his own family but the emperor refused to help Boris take the Hungarian throne. Following Boris' first failure in 1132, Hungary adopted an expansionist policy.
- 1149–1155
- Status quo ante bellum, peace signed for 5 years, extended for another 5 years in 1161
- Southern Hungary, Balkans
In my paper on Boris kalamanos, I pointed out the arguments which likely allow us to assume that around 1131–1132 he was the Byzantine candidate for the hungarian throne20. the aforementioned marriage ensured Byzantium’s political support for Boris to his claims for the hungarian throne. the chances of kalamanos were further strengthened by ...
- Grzegorz Rostkowski
Boris (Hungarian language: Borisz; c. 1114 – c. 1154), also known as Boris Kalamanos (Greek: Βορίσης Καλαμάνος, Russian: Борис Коломанович) was a claimant to the Hungarian throne in the middle of the 12th century. He was the son of Euphemia of Kiev, the second wife of Coloman the Learned, King of Hungary. After Euphemia was caught in adultery, Coloman expelled ...
Quick Reference. (Καλαμάνος, Καλαμα̑νος), a noble family of Russo-Hungarian origin. The founder, Boris, was a son of the Hungarian king Coloman or Kálmán (1095–1116) of the house of Arpad and Evfimija, the ... From: Kalamanos in The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium ». Subjects: History — Early history (500 CE to 1500)
