Maria Asenina of Bulgaria

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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 Eirene of Thessalonica. 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.

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