Английская Википедия:Elena-Evgenia, wife of Ivan Asen I

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Шаблон:For Шаблон:No footnotes Шаблон:Infobox royalty Elena (Шаблон:Lang-bg) was the second wife of tsar Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria. She was the mother of tsar Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria.

Biography

Her antecedents are unknown. She is sometimes alleged to be a daughter of Stefan Nemanja of Serbia, but this relationship is questionable and would have caused various canonical impediments to marriages between their descendants. Elena married Ivan Asen I in 1183 at the age of thirteen.

During the battles against Byzantine Empire, Elena was captured during Siege of Lovech in an ambush and kept in Constantinople as hostage; when Ivan Asen ascended the throne as co-tsar, he sent his younger brother Kaloyan to Constantinople as hostage in exchange for Elena.

By her marriage to Ivan Asen I, Elena had at least two sons:

  1. Ivan Asen II, emperor of Bulgaria 1218–1241
  2. Alexander (Aleksandăr), sebastokrator, who died after 1232; Alexander had a son named Kaliman Asen II, emperor of Bulgaria in 1256

After the assassination of Ivan Asen I in 1196, Elena retired to a convent under the monastic name Evgenia (Шаблон:Lang-bg). Her memory is honored in the Synodic of Bulgarian Church:

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After her son ascended the throne, Elena was honored as empress dowager.

Sources

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  • "Кой кой е в средновековна България", изд. къща "Петър Берон", 1999 г., Шаблон:ISBN
  • "Фамилията на Асеневци", Божилов, Ив.

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