List of Bulgarian royal consorts
First Bulgarian Empire
[edit]Arms | Name | Father | Born | Married | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Died | Spouse |
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Maria | Boris I of Bulgaria | |||||||
George Sursuvul' sister | Simeon I of Bulgaria | |||||||
Irene Lekapene | Christopher Lekapenos (Lekapenos) | Peter I of Bulgaria | ||||||
Agatha | John Chryselios, Lord of Dyrrhachium (Chryselios) | Samuel of Bulgaria | ||||||
Margaret of Hungary | daughter of Géza of Hungary (Árpád) | Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria | ||||||
Irene of Larissa | Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria | |||||||
Maria | Ivan Vladislav |
Second Bulgarian Empire
[edit]Arms | Name | Father | Born | Married | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Died | Spouse |
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Elena | - | 1170s | 1183 | 1190 husband's accession | 1196 husband's death | after 1196 | Ivan Asen I | |
Anna of Cumania | a Cuman aristocrat | - | - | 1197 husband's accession | 8 October 1207 husband's death | - | Kaloyan | |
1207/08 | - unclear if she was repudiated or died as consort | - | Boril | |||||
Elisabeth of Courtenay | Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor (Courtenay) | 1199 | 1213 | 1218 husband's desposition | after 1269 | |||
Anna Maria of Hungary | Andrew II of Hungary (Árpád) | early 1204 | January 1221 | autumn 1237 | Ivan Asen II | |||
Irene Komnene Angelina | Theodore Komnenos Doukas (Komnenodoukai) | before 1220 | 1237/38 | 24 June 1241 husband's death | after 1241 | |||
Anna of Halych | Rostislav Mikhailovich, Prince of Halych (Rurikids) | after 1243 | 1255 | 1256 husband's assassination | 1296/8 | Michael Asen I | ||
1256 | 1256 husband's assassination | Kaliman Asen II | ||||||
Maria Asenina | Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (Asen) | - | - | 1256 husband's accession | 1257 husband's death | - | Mitso Asen | |
Irene Doukaina Laskarina | Theodore II Laskaris (Laskaris) | - | early 1258 | 1269 | Constantine I | |||
Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene | John VI Kantakouzenos (Kantakouzenoi) | - | 1269 | autumn 1277 husband's death | after 1279 | |||
1278 | 1279 husband's desposition | Ivaylo | ||||||
Irene Palaiologina | Michael VIII Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) | 1255/58 | 1278 | 1279 husband's accession | 1280 husband's desposition | after 1280 | Ivan Asen III | |
Kira Maria Asenina | Mitso Asen of Bulgaria (Asen) | - | 1279 | 1280 husband's accession | 1284 repudiated | - | George Terter I | |
Maria | - | - | 1284 | 1292 husband's desposition | - | |||
Smiltsena Palaiologina | Constantine Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) | - | 1292 | 1292 husband's accession | 1298 husband's death | after 1306 | Smilets | |
Euphrosyne | Mankus, a merchant in Constantinople | - | - | 1300 husband's accession | - | Theodore Svetoslav | ||
Theodora Palaiologina | Michael IX Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) | - | 1320 | 1322 husband's desposition | after 1330 | |||
Ana-Neda | Stefan Milutin (Nemanjić) | - | after 1308 | June 1323 husband's election | 1324 repudiated | after 1346 | Michael Shishman | |
Theodora Palaiologina Second time | Michael IX Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) | - | after August 1324 | 28 July 1330 husband's death | after 1330 | |||
Theodora of Wallachia | Basarab I of Wallachia (Basarab) | - | 1320 | 1331 husband's election | 1340 repudiated | after 1340 | Ivan Alexander | |
Sarah-Theodora | - | - | 1345 | 17 February 1371 husband's death | after 1367 | |||
Maria-Irene Palaiologina | Andronikos III Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) | 1327 | 1336 as co-empress consort | 1354 husband's death | after 1356 | Michael Asen IV | ||
Kira Maria | Desislav | - | - | 1360 as co-empress consort 17 February 1371 as sole-empress | early 1380s | Ivan Shishman | ||
Dragana of Serbia | Lazar of Serbia (Lazarević) | - | around 1386 | 3 June 1395 husband's death | before July 1395 | |||
unknown | - | - | 1240s as co-empress consort 1360 as empress consort of Vidin | - | Ivan Sratsimir | |||
Anna Slava of Wallachia | Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (Basarab) | before 1345 | before 1369 | 1397 husband's death | - | |||
Elizabeth of Bosnia | Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia (Kotromanić) | - | - | - | Louis I of Hungary |
Third Bulgarian State
[edit]Arms | Name | Father | Born | Married | Became Consort | Ceased to be Consort | Died | Spouse |
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Marie Louise of Parma | Robert I, Duke of Parma (Bourbon-Parma) | 17 January 1870 | 20 April 1893 | 31 January 1899 | Ferdinand I | |||
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz | Prince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz (Reuss-Köstritz) | 22 August 1860 | 28 February 1908 | 5 October 1908 became Tsaritsa consort | 12 September 1917 | |||
Aspasia Baltazzi | Emmanuel Evangelos Baltazzi (Baltazzi) | 1839 | 13 March 1879 | April 1899 | Alexander Bogoridi | |||
Euphrosyne Sofianou | Gavril Krastevich | |||||||
Marie Louise of Parma | Robert I, Duke of Parma (Bourbon-Parma) | 17 January 1870 | 20 April 1893 | 31 January 1899 | Ferdinand I | |||
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz | Prince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz (Reuss-Köstritz) | 22 August 1860 | 28 February 1908 | 5 October 1908 became Tsaritsa consort | 12 September 1917 | Ferdinand I | ||
Giovanna of Italy | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (Savoy) | 13 November 1907 | 25 October 1930 | 28 August 1943 husband's death | 26 February 2000 | Boris III |
Gallery
[edit]- Anna of Halych
- Irene Doukaina Laskarina
- Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene
- Sarah-Theodora
- Elizabeth of Bosnia with her daughter
- Dragana Nemanic
- Marie Louise of Parma
- Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz
- Giovanna of Italy