Asens in Byzantium
Michael Asen
Son of the panhypersebastos Isaac Asen and brother of Andrew Asen, with whom he was sent together on an imperial errand in 1355.
Biography
Michael Asen was a son of the panhypersebastos Isaac Asen and a brother of Andrey Asen, of the grand primikerios Andronikos, and of Irene Asenina Philanthropene.
The sources mention him above all in connection with the diplomatic-military mission carried out together with his brother Andrey: at the start of 1355 the two brothers were sent by Emperor John V Palaiologos to the Morea to remove from there Despot Manuel Kantakouzenos.
Sources
“В 1355 г. Михаил Асен заедно с брат си Андрей (II, № 20) бил изпра[тен].”
— The Asen Family (1186–1460): Genealogy and Prosopography, p. 313