Maria Asenina of Bulgaria

Maria Asenina of Bulgaria was a Bulgarian princess and empress consort. 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.

Sources

• Ruvigny's Titled Nobility of Europe, by Burkes Peerage Ltd., 1914
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• John V.A. Fine, Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor, 1987.
•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.