Maria Asenina

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Maria Asenina of Bulgaria was a Bulgarian princess and empress. She was the consort of Emperor Mitso Asen of Bulgaria.

She was the daughter of Emperor Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria and Empress Irene Komnene of Epirus. Through her mother, she was a granddaughter of Theodore of Epirus. She is mother of Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Asen III and of Bulgarian Empress Kira Maria, who married Emperor George I of Bulgaria.

Maria Asenina of Bulgaria Asen dynasty Born: 1238?–1241? Died: ? Empress consort of Bulgaria 1256–1257

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Ruvigny's Titled Nobility of Europe, by Burkes Peerage Ltd., 1914

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This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.