Person:Michael Asen I of Bulgaria (1)

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  1. Michael Asen I of Bulgaria - 1256
  2. Maria Asenina of Bulgaria - Aft 1263
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Name Michael Asen I of Bulgaria
Gender Male
Marriage to Anna Rostislavna _____
Death[1] 1256
Reference Number? Q518598?


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Michael II Asen (; 1239 – December 1256/January 1257) was emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1246 to 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 have ruled Bulgaria during his minority.

John III Doukas Vatatzes, Emperor of Nicaea, and Michael II of Epirus invaded Bulgaria shortly after Michael's ascension. Vatatzes captured the Bulgarian fortresses along the river Vardar; Michael of Epirus took possession of western Macedonia. In alliance with the Republic of Ragusa, Michael II Asen broke into Serbia in 1254, but he could not occupy Serbian territories. After Vatatzes died, he reconquered most territories lost to Nicea, but Vatatzes's son and successor, Theodore II Laskaris, launched a successful counter-offensive, forcing Michael to sign a peace treaty. Shortly after the treaty, discontented boyars (noblemen) murdered Michael.

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References
  1. ↑ Michael Asen I of Bulgaria, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   MIHAIL ASEN ([1238]-murdered Trnovo 1257), in Cawley, Charles. Medieval Lands: A prosopography of medieval European noble and royal families.
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