Back ايفان اسين التالت ملك بلجاريا ARZ III İvan Asen Azerbaijani Іван Асень III Byelorussian Иван Асен III Bulgarian Iwan Assen III. German Ιβάν Ασέν Γ΄ Greek Iván Asen III Spanish Ivan Asen III.a Bulgariakoa Basque Ivan Asen III French III. Iván Aszen bolgár cár Hungarian
| Ivan Asen III | |
|---|---|
| Tsar of Bulgaria | |
| Reign | 1279–1280 |
| Predecessor | Ivailo |
| Successor | Georgi Terter I |
| Born | c. 1259/1260 |
| Died | 1303 |
| Spouse | Irene Palaiologina |
| Father | Mitso Asen |
| Mother | Maria Asenina of Bulgaria |
Ivan Asen III (Bulgarian: Иван Асен III, also Йоан Асен III, Ioan Asen III, and in English John Asen III), ruled as tsar of Bulgaria 1279–1280. Ivan Asen III was the son of Mitso Asen of Bulgaria and Maria of Bulgaria, a daughter of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria and Irene of Thessalonica.[1] He was probably born in about 1259/60, and died in exile in 1303.[2]
Fearing the rapid success of Ivaylo of Bulgaria, the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos summoned Ivan Asen to his court, granted him the title of despotēs, and married him to his eldest daughter Irene Palaiologina in 1277 or 1278. Michael VIII then sent several Byzantine armies to attempt to assert Ivan Asen III on the throne of Bulgaria. Although Ivailo defeated several of these attempts, he was blockaded for three months in Drăstăr (Silistra) by the Mongol allies of Michael VIII. In the interval a Byzantine force besieged the Bulgarian capital Tarnovo and, hearing a rumor of Ivailo's death in battle, the local nobility surrendered and accepted Ivan Asen III as emperor in 1279.
To strengthen his position in Tarnovo, Ivan Asen III married his sister Maria (Kira Maria) to the Bulgaro-Cuman nobleman George Terter, but failed to assert himself throughout the country. Ivailo reappeared before the walls of the capital and defeated two Byzantine attempts to relieve Ivan Asen III. Despairing of success, Ivan Asen III and Irene Palaiologina secretly fled Tarnovo with choice treasures from the palace treasury, including pieces captured from defeated Byzantine Emperors in former victories. Reaching Mesembria (Nesebar), the imperial couple sailed for Constantinople, where the enraged Michael VIII refused to receive them for days for their cowardice.
In 1280 or 1281 Ivan Asen III traveled to the Golden Horde, competing with Ivailo in a bid to win support for restoration in Bulgaria. The Mongol chieftain Nogai Khan eventually had Ivailo murdered,[3] but failed to restore Ivan Asen III in Bulgaria. The latter returned to his family possessions in the Troad, and died in 1303.
- ^ Андреев, Йордан Киров; Лазаров, Иван; Pavlov, Plamen (1999). Кой кой е в средновековна България (in Bulgarian). Издателска къща "Петър Берон". p. 144. ISBN 978-954-402-047-7. Retrieved 14 July 2024.
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- ^ T︠S︡vetkov, Plamen S.; Cvetkov, Plamen S. (1996). България и Балканите (in Bulgarian). ЗНАК. p. 180. ISBN 978-954-8937-03-0. Retrieved 14 July 2024.