Asens in Byzantium
Isaac Asen
Son of Andrey Asen and grandson of the panhypersebastos Isaac Asen, whose name he bore. He reached the peak of his career as eparch (city prefect) of Constantinople; husband of Anna [Goudeles] Asenina Palaiologina.
Biography
Isaac Asen was a son of Andrey Asen and grandson of the panhypersebastos Isaac Asen, whose name he bore. He reached the peak of his career as eparch — the city prefect of Constantinople.
As an "uncle" of the emperor he enjoyed influence at court: in January 1400 Patriarch Matthew instructed the metropolitan of Herakleia to seek his assistance in a judicial decision. He was married to Anna [Goudeles] Asenina Palaiologina, by whom he had a son, Andrey Asen, and a daughter. He is buried in the Constantinopolitan monastery of Christ Philanthropos; the last notice of him is from around 1429. His epitaph, composed by Mark Eugenikos, praises him as just, brave and magnanimous.