Asens in Byzantium
Helena Asenina
The younger daughter of Andronikos Asen and sister of the empress Irene Kantakouzene.
Biography
Elena Asenina was the younger daughter of the eminent Byzantine general Andronikos Asen and a sister of Empress Irene Asenina Kantakouzene and of the despots John and Manuel Asen.
The sources mention her chiefly as a member of this influential family, linked through her sister Irene to the imperial house of the Kantakouzenoi; details of her own life have not survived.
Sources
“Елена е по-малката (?) дъщеря на Андроник Асен.”
— Genealogy and Prosopography of the Asen Dynasty 1186–1460, p. 311