Maria Asenina of Bulgaria
Maria | |
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Empress consort of Bulgaria | |
Tenure | 1256–1257 |
Predecessor | |
Successor | Irene Laskarina of Nicaea |
Born | Unknown Tarnovo, Bulgaria |
Died | Unknown Byzantine Empire |
Spouse | Mitso Asen of Bulgaria |
Issue | Ivan Asen III Kira Maria |
House | House of Asen |
Father | Ivan Asen II |
Mother | Irene Komnene of Epirus |
Maria Asenina of Bulgaria was a Bulgarian princess and empress consort. She was the consort of Emperor Mitso Asen of Bulgaria (reigned 1256–1257).
She was the daughter of Emperor Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria and Empress Irene Komnene of Epirus. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of Theodore of Epirus. She is mother of Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Asen III (r. 1279–1280) and of Bulgarian Empress Kira Maria, who married Emperor George I of Bulgaria.
References[]
- Burkes Peerage staff (1914). Ruvigny's Titled Nobility of Europe. Burkes Peerage.
- Fine, John Van Antwerp (1994) [1987]. The Late Medieval Balkans: A Critical Survey from the Late Twelfth Century to the Ottoman Conquest. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-08260-4.
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- Bulgarian consorts
- Bulgarian princesses
- 13th-century Bulgarian women
- 13th-century births
- 13th-century deaths
- Asen dynasty
- Daughters of emperors
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