The Asen dynasty ruled the The Republic of Bulgaria is a republic in the southeast of Europe. ...Second Bulgarian Empire between Events May 1 _ Battle of Cresson _ Saladin defeats the crusaders July 4 _ Saladin defeats Guy of Lusignan, King of Jerusalem, at the Battle of Hattin. ...1187 and Events Eric II crowned king of Norway Births Deaths August 22 _ Pope Nicholas III November 15 _ German philosopher Categories: 1280 ...1280.

The origins of the dynasty are still a source of much controversy. The nickname of Ivan Asen I, "Belgun" and the name of the dynasty are clearly of This is the disambiguation page for the terms Turk, Turkey, Turkic, and Turkish. ...Turkic (most likely The Cumans, also known as Polovtsy (Slavic for yellowish) were a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. ...Cuman origin), hence some historians have described the dynasty to be of The Cumans, also known as Polovtsy (Slavic for yellowish) were a nomadic West Turkic tribe living on the north of the Black Sea along the Volga. ...Cuman or of mixed, Cuman_ The Bulgarians are a southern Slavic people generally associated with Bulgaria and the Bulgarian language. ...Bulgarian, stock. "Asen" is close to the Ashina (or Asena), the ruling dynasty of the ancient Turks and Mongols. ...Ashina clan of Eurasian rulers. A number of medieval sources, however, regard the first three rulers of the dynasty, Teodor (I) Peter (IV), Ivan Asen I and Kaloyan Asen, Kalojan, Johannizza, John, The Romankiller (c. ...Kaloyan, to be of Vlachs (also called Wlachs, Wallachs, Olahs) are the Romanized population in Central and Eastern Europe, including Romanians, Aromanians, Istro_Romanians and Megleno_Romanians, but since the creation of the Romanian state, this term was mostly used for the Vlachs living south of the Danube river. ...Vlach origin. In their own administrative documents and correspondence, the three rulers viewed themselves as descendants and successors of the Bulgarian Tsars Alternate usage: Samuil of the Britons Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria (c. ...Samuil, Czar Peter I of Bulgaria (927_969), the son of Czar Simeon the Great of Bulgaria, was married to Maria Irena, the granddaughter of Byzantine Emperor Romanus I Lecapenus. ...Peter I and Tsar Simeon the Great (ruled 893_May 27, 927) was 27 when he took the throne of Bulgaria from his brother Vladimir, the son of Prince Boris, who was deposed and blinded by his own father after his attempt to return Bulgaria to paganism. ...Simeon I, and the state they founded as a continuation of the First Bulgarian Empire.

Earlier rulers from the Asen dynasty (particularly Kaloyan Asen, Kalojan, Johannizza, John, The Romankiller (c. ...Kaloyan) referred to themselves as "Emperors of Bulgarians and Vlachs". Later rulers, especially the successful Ivan Asen II (Ioan Asen II) (1218–1241), tsar of Bulgaria, was the son of Kaloyan, founder of the Second Bulgarian Empire. ...Ivan Asen II, styled themselves "Tsars of Bulgarians and Greeks".

List of rulers from the Asen dynasty

See also

• St Ivan of Rila, patron saint of Bulgaria The history of Bulgaria began in the 7th century CE with the arrival of the Bulgars in the Balkans. ...History of Bulgaria
• Early Bulgar leaders bore the title of baltavar (balt_avar), which literally means ruler of Avars. Later they acquired the title Khan and Khagan, still later the title tsar. ...List of Bulgarian monarchs