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 (r. 1256-1257).

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 (r. 1279-1280) and of Bulgarian Empress Kira Maria, who married Emperor George I of Bulgaria.

References

• Burkes Peerage staff (1914). Ruvigny's Titled Nobility of Europe. Burkes Peerage. 
• Cawley, Charles (30 January 2011), Bulgaria: Ivan Asen II 1218–1241, Koloman I 1241–1246, Mihail II Asen 1246–1257, Foundation for Medieval Genealogy, retrieved August 2012 ,
• Fine, John V. A. (1987). The Late Medieval Balkans. Ann Arbor. 

Attributionb

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.