List of Bulgarian royal consorts
First Bulgarian Empire
[edit]| Arms | Name | Father | Born | Married | Became Consort |
Ceased to be Consort |
Died | Spouse |
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| Maria | Boris I of Bulgaria | |||||||
| George Sursuvul' sister | Simeon I of Bulgaria | |||||||
| Irene Lekapene | Christopher Lekapenos (Lekapenos) |
Peter I of Bulgaria | ||||||
| Agatha | John Chryselios, Lord of Dyrrhachium (Chryselios) |
Samuel of Bulgaria | ||||||
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Margaret of Hungary | daughter of Géza of Hungary (Árpád) |
Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria | |||||
| Irene of Larissa | Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria | |||||||
| Maria | Ivan Vladislav | |||||||
Second Bulgarian Empire
[edit]| Arms | Name | Father | Born | Married | Became Consort |
Ceased to be Consort |
Died | Spouse |
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| Elena | - | 1170s | 1183 | 1190 husband's accession |
1196 husband's death |
after 1196 | Ivan Asen I | |
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Anna of Cumania | a Cuman aristocrat | - | - | 1197 husband's accession |
8 October 1207 husband's death |
- | Kaloyan |
| 1207/08 | - unclear if she was repudiated or died as consort |
- | Boril | |||||
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Elisabeth of Courtenay | Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor (Courtenay) |
1199 | 1213 | 1218 husband's desposition |
after 1269 | ||
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Anna Maria of Hungary | Andrew II of Hungary (Árpád) |
early 1204 | January 1221 | autumn 1237 | Ivan Asen II | ||
| Irene Komnene Angelina | Theodore Komnenos Doukas (Komnenodoukai) |
before 1220 | 1237/38 | 24 June 1241 husband's death |
after 1241 | |||
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Anna of Halych | Rostislav Mikhailovich, Prince of Halych (Rurikids) |
after 1243 | 1255 | 1256 husband's assassination |
1296/8 | Michael Asen I | |
| 1256 | 1256 husband's assassination |
Kaliman Asen II | ||||||
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Maria Asenina | Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria (Asen) |
- | - | 1256 husband's accession |
1257 husband's death |
- | Mitso Asen |
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Irene Doukaina Laskarina | Theodore II Laskaris (Laskaris) |
- | early 1258 | 1269 | Constantine I | ||
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Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene | John VI Kantakouzenos (Kantakouzenoi) |
- | 1269 | autumn 1277 husband's death |
after 1279 | ||
| 1278 | 1279 husband's desposition |
Ivaylo | ||||||
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Irene Palaiologina | Michael VIII Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) |
1255/58 | 1278 | 1279 husband's accession |
1280 husband's desposition |
after 1280 | Ivan Asen III |
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Kira Maria Asenina | Mitso Asen of Bulgaria (Asen) |
- | 1279 | 1280 husband's accession |
1284 repudiated |
- | George Terter I |
| Maria | - | - | 1284 | 1292 husband's desposition |
- | |||
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Smiltsena Palaiologina | Constantine Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) |
- | 1292 | 1292 husband's accession |
1298 husband's death |
after 1306 | Smilets |
| Euphrosyne | Mankus, a merchant in Constantinople | - | - | 1300 husband's accession |
- | Theodore Svetoslav | ||
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Theodora Palaiologina | Michael IX Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) |
- | 1320 | 1322 husband's desposition |
after 1330 | ||
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Ana-Neda | Stefan Milutin (Nemanjić) |
- | after 1308 | June 1323 husband's election |
1324 repudiated |
after 1346 | Michael Shishman |
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Theodora Palaiologina Second time |
Michael IX Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) |
- | after August 1324 | 28 July 1330 husband's death |
after 1330 | ||
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Theodora of Wallachia | Basarab I of Wallachia (Basarab) |
- | 1320 | 1331 husband's election |
1340 repudiated |
after 1340 | Ivan Alexander |
| Sarah-Theodora | - | - | 1345 | 17 February 1371 husband's death |
after 1367 | |||
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Maria-Irene Palaiologina | Andronikos III Palaiologos (Palaiologoi) |
1327 | 1336 as co-empress consort |
1354 husband's death |
after 1356 | Michael Asen IV | |
| Kira Maria | Desislav | - | - | 1360 as co-empress consort 17 February 1371 as sole-empress |
early 1380s | Ivan Shishman | ||
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Dragana of Serbia | Lazar of Serbia (Lazarević) |
- | around 1386 | 3 June 1395 husband's death |
before July 1395 | ||
| unknown | - | - | 1240s as co-empress consort 1360 as empress consort of Vidin |
- | Ivan Sratsimir | |||
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Anna Slava of Wallachia | Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia (Basarab) |
before 1345 | before 1369 | 1397 husband's death |
- | ||
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Elizabeth of Bosnia | Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia (Kotromanić) |
- | - | - | Louis I of Hungary | ||
Third Bulgarian State
[edit]| Arms | Name | Father | Born | Married | Became Consort |
Ceased to be Consort |
Died | Spouse |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Marie Louise of Parma | Robert I, Duke of Parma (Bourbon-Parma) |
17 January 1870 | 20 April 1893 | 31 January 1899 | Ferdinand I | ||
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Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz | Prince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz (Reuss-Köstritz) |
22 August 1860 | 28 February 1908 | 5 October 1908 became Tsaritsa consort |
12 September 1917 | ||
| Aspasia Baltazzi | Emmanuel Evangelos Baltazzi (Baltazzi) |
1839 | 13 March 1879 | April 1899 | Alexander Bogoridi | |||
| Euphrosyne Sofianou | Gavril Krastevich | |||||||
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Marie Louise of Parma | Robert I, Duke of Parma (Bourbon-Parma) |
17 January 1870 | 20 April 1893 | 31 January 1899 | Ferdinand I | ||
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Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz | Prince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz (Reuss-Köstritz) |
22 August 1860 | 28 February 1908 | 5 October 1908 became Tsaritsa consort |
12 September 1917 | Ferdinand I | |
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Giovanna of Italy | Victor Emmanuel III of Italy (Savoy) |
13 November 1907 | 25 October 1930 | 28 August 1943 husband's death |
26 February 2000 | Boris III | |
Gallery
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Anna of Halych -
Irene Doukaina Laskarina -
Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene -
Sarah-Theodora -
Elizabeth of Bosnia with her daughter -
Dragana Nemanic -
Marie Louise of Parma -
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz -
Giovanna of Italy
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