Family Tree of the Second Bulgarian Empire
23 reigning rulers across four dynasties — with their consorts, kin and the family's Byzantine branch
The Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396) was ruled by four successive dynasties — the Asen, Terter, Smilets and Shishman houses — from the uprising of the brothers Peter and Asen against Byzantium to the fall of Tarnovo to the Ottomans. This family tree charts every tsar and their relatives across those two centuries, together with the Asens in Byzantium: the descendants of Ivan Asen III, who lived on in Constantinople as the noble Asanes family. Switch between the houses with the tabs, expand a branch to follow a line, and select any name for their reign, family ties and the primary sources behind each fact.
Irene Asenina
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Irene Asenina was a daughter of Alexander Asen of the third generation of the Byzantine Asens. She married the Venetian Paolo de Bernardo, a citizen of Venice.
From this mixed marriage came her son Marco de Bernardo Asen — one of the gasmouloi (descendants of mixed Italian-Greek marriages) of the late Byzantine world. In 1395 Irene issued a power of attorney connected with her son's affairs.