List of Bulgarian consorts

First Bulgarian Empire

Arms Name Father Born Married Became
Consort		 Ceased to
be Consort		 Died Spouse
Maria Boris I of Bulgaria
Maria Sursuvul Georgi Sursuvul Simeon I of Bulgaria
Irene Lekapene Christopher Lekapenos Peter I of Bulgaria
Agatha John Chryselios, Lord of Dyrrhachium Samuel of Bulgaria
Margaret of Hungary daughter of Géza of Hungary Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
Irene of Larissa Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
Maria Ivan Vladislav

Second Bulgarian Empire

Arms Name Father Born Married Became
Consort		 Ceased to
be Consort		 Died Spoouse
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		 Constantine I
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
Anna Neda of Serbia Stephen Uroš II Milutin of Serbia
(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 - - - - Louis I of Hungary
Alena Vukašin - - - August/September 1365
husband's coronation as co-King under Stephen Uroš V		 26 September 1371
husband's death		 - Vukašin Mrnjavčević
Helena Hlapena Radoslav Hlapen, lord of Kastoria and Edessa - - 1366
husband's association as junior-King
26 September 1371
husband's accession		 -
repudiated		 - Marko Mrnjavčević
26 September 1371
husband's accession
Todora Grgur - - - -
Helena Hlapena Radoslav Hlapen, lord of Kastoria and Edessa - -
remarried		 17 May 1395
husband's death		 -

Third Bulgarian State

Arms Name Father Born Married Became
Consort		 Ceased to
be Consort		 Died Spouse
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 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
Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet, Marqués de Cortina
(Gómez-Acebo)		 6 January 1935 21 January 1962 Incumbent - Simeon II

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