Family
Kaloyan's consort Anna of Cumania was a member of the Cuman aristocracy. After Kaloyan's death, she married his successor Boril of Bulgaria.
He had a daughter, Maria of Bulgaria, by an early marriage. She married the Latin Emperor of Constantinople Henry of Flanders to strengthen the new alliance between Tsar Boril of Bulgaria and Henry. Maria is suspected to have taken part in the assassination of Henry, who died of poison on 11 June 1216.
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