Maria Asenina of Bulgaria
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Maria Asenina of Bulgaria was a Bulgaria
n princess
and empress consort. She was the consort of Emperor Mitso Asen of Bulgaria
.
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
and of Bulgarian Empress Kira Maria
, who married Emperor George I of Bulgaria
.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n princess
Princess
Princess is the feminine form of prince . Most often, the term has been used for the consort of a prince, or his daughters....
and empress consort. She was the consort of Emperor Mitso Asen of Bulgaria
Mitso Asen of Bulgaria
-Reign:Mitso Asen ascended the throne by virtue of his marriage to Maria, a daughter of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria by Irene Komnene of Epirus. The dates of his birth and death are unknown...
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She was the daughter of Emperor Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
-Early rule:He was a son of Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria and Elena . Elena, who survived until after 1235, is sometimes alleged to be a daughter of Stefan Nemanja of Serbia, but this relationship is questionable and would have caused various canonical impediments to marriages between various descendants...
and Empress Irene Komnene of Epirus
Irene Komnene of Epirus
Irene Komnene Doukaina or Eirene Komnene Doukaina was a Greek princess and the third wife of tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. She was the mother of tsar Michael Asen I of Bulgaria....
. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of Theodore of Epirus
Theodore Komnenos Doukas
Theodore Komnenos Doukas was ruler of Epirus from 1215 to 1230 and of Thessalonica from 1224 to 1230.-Life:...
. She is mother of Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Asen III
Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria
Ivan Asen III , ruled as emperor of Bulgaria 1279–1280. Ivan Asen III was the son of Mitso Asen of Bulgaria and Maria of Bulgaria, a daughter of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria and Irene of Thessalonica...
and of Bulgarian Empress Kira Maria
Kira Maria Asenina of Bulgaria
Kira Maria Asenina was a Bulgarian princess and empress consort , second wife of George I of Bulgaria.Kira Maria was the daughter of tsar Mitso Asen of Bulgaria and his wife Maria. The dates and the places of her birth and death are unknown....
, who married Emperor George I of Bulgaria
George I of Bulgaria
George Terter I ruled as emperor of Bulgaria 1280-1292. The date of his birth is unknown, and he died in 1308/1309.The reign of George Terter I represents a continuation of Bulgaria's precipitous decline during the second half of the 13th century...
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Sources
- Ruvigny's Titled Nobility of Europe, by Burkes Peerage Ltd., 1914
- John V.A. Fine, Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor, 1987.