Asens in Byzantium
Anna Asenina„comitissa de Acchisio”
Mentioned in letters of Pope Gregory XI (c. 1372–1374) as "comitissa de Acchisio" and "nobili mulieri Anne de Constantinopoli"; her membership of the Asen family is accepted by scholars.
Biography
Anna Asenina, called in the Latin sources comitissa de Acchisio (countess of Acchisio) and "nobili mulieri Anne de Constantinopoli," is mentioned in several letters of Pope Gregory XI (c. 1372–1374). Scholars do not doubt her membership of the Asen family.
Her Latin title suggests a marriage into the Western nobility — another witness to the wide connections of the Asens with the Latin world.