Michael II Asen (Bulgarian: Михаил II Асен; c. 1239 – December 1256/January 1257) was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1246 to 1256 or 1257. He was the...
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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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The Asen dynasty (Bulgarian: Асеневци, Asenevtsi, Romanian: Asănești) founded and ruled a medieval Bulgarian state, called in modern historiography the...
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house of Romanov Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia (1878–1918), the younger brother of Tsar Nicholas II Michael II Asen (1238/41–1256), tsar of Bulgaria...
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Kaliman Asen II (Bulgarian: Калиман Асен II), or commonly, but less accurately Koloman Asen II, ruled as tsar of Bulgaria for a short time in 1256. The...
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chronicles. Peter II Ivan Asen I Kaloyan Boril Ivan Asen II Kaliman Asen I Michael II Asen Kaliman Asen II Mitso Asen Konstantin Tih Ivaylo Ivan Asen III George...
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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. He...
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Villehardouin refer to Asen's Wallachia, and the friar William of Rubruck divides Bulgaria during the realm of Michael II Asen into "Blakia—Assan's territory—and...
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names. Ivan Asen II (1218–1241) is sometimes recorded merely using his second name (Asen). His sons Kaliman Asen I (1241–1246) and Michael Asen I (1246–1256)...
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Michael Asen III (Bulgarian: Михаил Асен III, Mihail Asen III, commonly called Michael Shishman (Михаил Шишман, Mihail Šišman)), ruled as tsar of Bulgaria...
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1071–1078) Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1261–1282) Michael IX Palaiologos (r. 1294–1320) Michael II Asen (r. 1246–1256), tsar of Bulgaria Michael III Shishman...
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I Asen (1241–1246), the country was ruled by a regency. When he died, a regency council led by Irina Komnina ruled on behalf of King Michael II Asen from...
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Mitso Asen (Bulgarian: Мицо Асен, Mico Asen), not Micho Asen (Мичо Асен, Mičo Asen), in Greek, Μύτζης, Mytzēs, was the tsar of Bulgaria from 1256 until...
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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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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 despotēs...
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Battle of Klokotnitsa (redirect from Column of Ivan Asen II)
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 the...
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Irene Palaiologina, Empress of Bulgaria (redirect from Irene Asen)
Michael Asen II, her son by the late Constantine Tikh, whom Ivaylo killed at the beginning of the revolt. Although Ivaylo defeated several of Michael...
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Michael (Bulgarian: Михаил, Mihail) or probably more fully Michael Asen II was an emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria, the son of Emperor Constantine Asen I of...
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Empire, the Bulgarian emperor Michael II Asen led a successful campaign in the region. Akropolites wrote: "He [Michael II Asen] descended from the Haemus...
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Medieval Bulgarian coinage (section Michael Asen)
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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1322. Andronikos Asen was the son of Bulgarian Tsar Ivan Asen III and Irene, who was the sister of Byzantine emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos. His father...
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Japanese nobleman and regent (b. 1224) Kaliman Asen I, ruler of the Bulgarian Empire (b. 1234) Kaykhusraw II, ruler of the Sultanate of Rum (b. 1221) Matteo...
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by Michael II Asen. 1256 Michael II Asen was killed. He was succeeded by Kaliman Asen II. Kaliman Asen II was killed. He was succeeded by Mitso Asen. 1257...
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during the reign of his brother-in-law, Michael II Asen. He married Anna-Teodora a daughter of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria with whom he had a daughter,...
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Kaliman I of Bulgaria (redirect from Kaliman Asen I of Bulgaria)
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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Theodore II (Laskaris) defeat the invading Bulgarians near Adrianople. The young and inexperienced Tsar Michael II Asen (also mentioned Michael I Asen) is...
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Tsar Nicholas II Boris-Michael (d. 907), knyaz of Bulgaria Michael II Asen (1238/41–1256), tsar of Bulgaria, son of Ivan Asen II Michael (1270–after 1302)...
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Bulgarian, and Cuman origin. In 1185, Theodor and Asen approached the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos in Thrace, demanding an estate in the Balkan...
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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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Saint-Cloud, Saint-Cloud, France Assassination of Paul I on 23 March 1801, St Michael's Castle, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire Assassination of Spencer Perceval...
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