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Not a portrait: Palace ruins at Tsarevets; some masonry is reconstructed. Mitso Asen’s son, who took the throne with Byzantine support.
Not a portrait

Second Bulgarian Tsardom · Tsar

Ivan Asen III

≈Dates disputed: 1279–1280

Mitso Asen’s son, who took the throne with Byzantine support.

See the sources for the dating evidence.

Biography

Life

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Chronologies give different reign dates: 1279–1280 or c. 1279.

Sources · 2

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Sources

  1. Ian S. R. Mladjov Monarchs’ Names and Numbering in the Second Bulgarian State Studia Ceranea 5 (2015), pp. 267–310. Łódź University Press. · 2015 · 5 · 267–310
  2. Ian S. R. Mladjov Bulgaria (Bălgarija): kings and emperors of the Bulgarians; princes of Bulgaria and kings of the Bulgarians Ian Mladjov’s Resources, Chronologies. Author’s working chronology, updated March 2024, 6 pp. · 2024 · 1–6

Images

Not a portrait

Pudelek · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Not a portrait: Palace ruins at Tsarevets; some masonry is reconstructed. Mitso Asen’s son, who took the throne with Byzantine support.

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Full attribution

Photo: Pudelek (Marcin Szala), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Low walls and reconstructed parts of the palace complex. The photograph does not reproduce the inside of the hall with the throne. Processed image.