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    Ivan Asen II, also known as John Asen II (Bulgarian: Иван Асен II, [iˈvan ɐˈsɛn ˈftɔri]; 1190s – May/June 1241), was Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1218...
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    Ivan Asen I, also known as Asen I or John Asen I (Bulgarian: Иван Асен I; died in 1196), was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1187/1188 to 1196 as co-ruler...
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    emperor Robert of Courtenay in 1228, Ivan Asen II was considered the most probable choice for regent of Baldwin II. Theodore thought that Bulgaria was...
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  • 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...
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    especially the ethnic background of the three Asen brothers (Teodor I Peter IV (Romanian: Teodor I Petru IV), Ivan Asen I (Romanian: Ioan Asan I) and Kaloyan...
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    Bulgarian Empire, it reached the peak of its power under Tsars Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II before gradually being conquered by the Ottomans in the early 15th century...
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    emperor than the Holy Roman emperor. The fifth ruler of the second empire, Ivan Asen II (1218–1241) after 1230 extended his original title "Emperor of the Bulgarians"...
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    1256 or 1257. He was the son of Ivan Asen II and Irene Komnene Doukaina. He succeeded his half-brother, Kaliman I Asen. His mother or other relative must...
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    princess. She was the third wife of tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. She was the mother of tsar Michael Asen I of Bulgaria. Irene was daughter of Theodore...
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  • John or Ivan Asen may refer to: Ivan Asen I (1186–1196), ruler of Bulgaria Ivan Asen II (1218–1241), ruler of Bulgaria Ivan Asen III (1279–1280), ruler...
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    was besieged by the Nicaean emperor John III Doukas Vatatzes and Tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. After Robert of Courtenay died in 1228, a new regency under...
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    Bulgaria from 1256 until 1257. Mitso Asen ascended the throne by virtue of his marriage to a daughter of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria by Irene Komnene of Epirus...
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  • was Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1241 to 1246. He was the son of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria and Anna Maria of Hungary. He was only seven when he succeeded...
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    Greek: Στενήμαχος), it was renamed in 1934 after the 13th-century tsar Ivan Asen II. Asenovgrad also includes the districts of Gorni Voden and Dolni Voden...
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    (1197–1207) Ivan Asen II, Bulgarian emperor (1218–1241) Ivan II, Bulgarian emperor (1298-1299) Ivan Stephen, Bulgarian emperor (1330–1331) Ivan Alexander...
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    to marry Elena Asenina in 1235, to forge an alliance with her father, Ivan Asen II, Emperor of Bulgaria, against the Latin Empire of Constantinople. According...
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  • important source for the history of the Second Bulgarian Empire. Tsar Ivan Asen II (1218–1241) is the first Bulgarian ruler from whose reign coins are preserved...
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    Ivan Asen Point (Bulgarian: Нос Иван Асен, ‘Nos Ivan Asen’ \'nos i-'van a-'sen\) is a narrow rocky point projecting 680 m into Osmar Strait from the southeast...
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  • Despotate of the Morea Northern Greece under the Second Bulgarian Empire (Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria) Ottoman Greece (Late Middle Ages) Medieval Greek This set...
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    his family in the Battle of Klokotnitsa by Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. When his sister Irene married Ivan Asen II in 1237, John was released from captivity...
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    II conquered and dismantled it. A successful Bulgarian revolt in 1185 established a Second Bulgarian Empire, which reached its apex under Ivan Asen II...
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    Ivan Asen appeared before the Byzantine emperor Isaac II Angelos at Kypsela to request a pronoia, but their request was dismissively refused and Ivan...
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  • unknown. Kaliman Asen II was the son of sebastokrator Alexander, who was the younger brother of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. Kaliman Asen II's mother is unknown...
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    daughter of Ivan Asen II. Vladislav secured Hum, a maritime province under attack by Hungarian crusaders. After the death of Ivan Asen II, there was unrest...
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  • Beograd and Braničevo. Anna Maria and Ivan Asen II had several children, including: Elena, who married Theodore II Doukas Laskaris of the Nicaea. Thamar...
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    Bulgarians, led by skillful commanders such as Peter IV, Ivan Asen I, Kaloyan and Ivan Asen II, achieved massive military successes. After a number of...
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  • II Laskaris (r. 1254–1258). She was daughter of Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Asen II and Anna Maria of Hungary. Born in c. 1224 to Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Asen...
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  • (Bulgarian: Елена) was the second wife of tsar Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria. She was the mother of tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria. Her antecedents are unknown. She...
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  • Ivan of Bulgaria may refer to: Ivan Vladislav of Bulgaria, Bulgarian emperor (1015–18) Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria, Bulgarian emperor (1189–96) Ivan II or...
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    (with Baldwin II) of the Latin Empire, and was crowned in Constantinople in 1231. John III Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea, and Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria occupied...
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