Ana Neda Princess of Serbia Queen-Consort of Bulgaria

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Ana-Neda (Bulgarian Анна-Неда and Serbian Cyrillic: Ана-Неда[a]; fl. 1323–1324) was the Empress consort of Bulgaria briefly in 1323–1324 as the spouse of "Despot of Vidin" Michael Asen III "Šišman" who was elected as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1323.[1][2] Later, she acted, for a short period of time, as regent for her son.[3] She was the daughter of Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Princess Elizabeth Arpad, [4][5] daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Kuman, a daughter of Köten. From the marriage with Michael Asen III, Anna had at least four sons, one of whom was Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria, later briefly the Emperor of Bulgaria (1330–1331).[5]

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Ana was the daughter of Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and his third wife, Elizabeth of Hungary.[4][1] She was therefore possibly born sometime before 1284, when her father appears to have divorced Elizabeth to marry Anna of Bulgaria.[6]

Her marriage with Michael Asen III produced:

• Michael, despotes (in Vidin?), probably the eldest son, died before 1330[7]
• Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria, emperor of Bulgaria in 1330–1331, died between 1339 and 1357[8][5]
• Šišman, potential pretender to the Bulgarian throne at Constantinople in 1341[9]
• Lodovico, pretender to the Bulgarian throne in the Kingdom of Naples, died after 1363, probably distinct from any of the above[10]

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