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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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    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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    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 (Romanian: Caloian))...
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  • Ivan Asen III (Bulgarian: Иван Асен III, also Йоан Асен III, Ioan Asen III, and in English John Asen III), ruled as tsar of Bulgaria 1279–1280. Ivan Asen...
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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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    Belarusian-Russian singer Ivan, German codename of Serbian spy Duško Popov Ivan Vladislav, Bulgarian emperor (1015–1018) Ivan Asen I, Bulgarian emperor (1189–1196)...
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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...
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    and Greeks" (Bulgarian: tsr’ i samodrzac Bl’garom i Gr’kom, Latin: imperator et moderator Bulgarorum et Grecorum). Ivan Asen II's successors kept "autocrat"...
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  • Kaliman Asen I, also known as Coloman Asen I or Koloman (Bulgarian: Калиман Асен I; 1234-August/September 1246) was Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1241...
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    The Uprising of Asen and Peter (Bulgarian: Въстание на Асен и Петър) was a revolt of Bulgarians and Vlachs living in Moesia and the Balkan Mountains, then...
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  • was baptised Ivan (or John), but he was called Johannitsa ("Little Ivan") because Ivan was also the baptismal name of his elder brother Asen. Kaloyan derived...
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    crowned Ivan Asen I as co-emperor in 1189 and, without abdicating, retired to Preslav. In charge of the defense of the Tărnovo, Ivan Asen I incited the...
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  • scholars as Ivanko-Alexius, was a Vlach boyar who killed his cousin Ivan Asen I, the ruler of the renascent Second Bulgarian Empire, in 1196. He was...
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    daughter of the sebastokrator Peter and Anna (Theodora), herself daughter of Ivan Asen II (r. 1218-1241) and Irene Komnene of Epirus. He was also a distant cousin...
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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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    Boril of Bulgaria (category Asen dynasty)
    sister of his predecessor, Kaloyan and Kaloyan's brothers, Peter II and Ivan Asen I, who had restored the independent Bulgarian state. After Kaloyan died...
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    Alexander was a nephew of Michael Asen III. Paternally, Ivan Alexander descended from the Asen dynasty. By 1330 Ivan Alexander was himself a despot and...
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    establishment of the Second Bulgarian Empire in the aftermath of the Uprising of Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria and his brother Theodor (Peter) against the Byzantine Empire...
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  • Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Azan may refer to: Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria r. 1189–1196 or his sons Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria r. 1218–1241 Azan (Star Trek),...
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    Ivan Asen Cove (Bulgarian: залив Иван Асен, ‘Zaliv Ivan Asen’ \'za-liv i-'van a-'sen\) is the 1.16 km wide cove on Osmar Strait indenting for 800 m the...
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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...
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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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    most powerful state in South-Eastern Europe. Around 1221–1222 Emperor Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria made an alliance with Theodore Komnenos Doukas, the ruler...
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  • title are Kaloyan, Peter and their relative Aleksandar Asen (d. after 1232), a son of Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria (r. 1189–1196). From the 12th to the 14th...
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    exact place and date of birth are unknown. He and his younger brothers, Asen and Kaloyan, were mentioned as Vlachs in most foreign contemporaneous sources...
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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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    actress and singer. He was named after the medieval Bulgarian ruler Ivan Asen I (r. 1188–1196), co-founder of the Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1422)...
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    title were Kaloyan, Peter and their relative Aleksandar Asen (d. after 1232), a son of Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria (r. 1189–1196). In the 13th and 14th centuries...
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    (III)) Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria Peter IV of Bulgaria Kaloyan of Bulgaria Boril of Bulgaria Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria Kaliman I of Bulgaria Michael Asen I of...
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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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