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    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 House of Asen, also Asen dynasty or the Asenids (Bulgarian: Асеневци, Asenevtsi, Romanian: Asănești), founded and ruled a medieval Bulgarian state...
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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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    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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    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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    encounters with the Byzantines. He first defeated the former emperor Michael Asen II, who unsuccessfully tried to advance into Bulgaria with a Byzantine...
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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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    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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