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Ivan Asen II

Type Figure Region Bulgaria Time 1193–1241 Also known as Ivan Asen II、Иван Асен II、John Asen II

Ivan Asen II was one of the most outstanding tsars of the Second Bulgarian Empire.…

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  1. 1207–1217Rus' principalities · Rus'After his uncle Kaloyan died in battle, his cousin Boril usurped the throne, forcing Ivan Asen II into exile abroad, where he gathered strength in Rus' and elsewhere, waiting for a chance to restore the state.
  2. 1218–1220Veliko Tarnovo · BulgariaIn 1218 he led an army into Veliko Tarnovo, overthrew Boril, and was formally crowned tsar; he then married a daughter of Emperor Theodore I of Nicaea, consolidating strategic alliances with the Byzantine exile state and the Balkan states.

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