Ivan Asen
Ivan Asen see Ivan II , czar of Bulgaria.
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Ivan II
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
or Ivan Asen , d. 1241, czar of Bulgaria...the throne was usurped by Ivan's cousin Boril. Ivan fled to...and was crowned czar. Under Ivan II the Bulgarian empire reached...helped the Latins oppose John. Ivan's generally mild conduct and...1236) by Pope Gregory IX. Ivan II was ...
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Asenovgrad
Book article from: Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names
...x2018;Defence of the Mountain Pass’, but the town was renamed in 1230 after Ivan II Asen (d. 1241), Tsar (1218–41), as the ‘City of Asen’ from the personal name, ov ‘of’, and grad , in honour of his victory...
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Latin Empire of Constantinople
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Epirus (see Epirus, despotate of ), by the Bulgars under Ivan II (Ivan Asen), by the Turks, by discord among the Westerners, and...recovered Asia Minor. Constantinople, nearly captured by Ivan Asen in 1234, fell to Emperor Michael VIII in 1261. Venice...
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Bulgaria
Encyclopedia entry from: World Press Encyclopedia
...reestablished in 1185 under Princes Asen and Peter. A second Bulgarian...under the leadership of Czar Ivan Asen II (1218-1241), saw Bulgarian culture again flourish. After Czar Ivan Asen's death, internal strife, invading...resurgence under Mikhail Shishman and Ivan Aleksandur only ...
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Serbia
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...Serbian Orthodox Church. The Serbian kingdom was at first overshadowed by the rapid rise of the Bulgarian empire under Ivan II (Ivan Asen), but under Stephen Dušan , who became king in 1331 and czar in 1346, Serbia became the most powerful empire in...
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