Family
Ivan Asen II was married three times. His first wife may be the Anna (religious name Anisia) mentioned in the Synodik of the Bulgarian Church. She may have been a concubine instead of a legitimate spouse, and she may have been the mother of his two eldest daughters:
- Maria (?), who married Manuel of Thessalonica.
- Beloslava (?), who married Stefan Vladislav I of Serbia.
His second wife was Anna Maria of Hungary, a daughter of King Andrew II of Hungary. She died in 1237 and by her he had several children, including:
- Elena, who married Theodore II Doukas Laskaris of the Nicaea.
- Thamar, at one point alleged to be engaged to the future Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
- Kaliman Asen I, who succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1241–1246.
- Peter, who died in 1237.
By his third wife, Eirene (religious name Xene) of Thessalonica, a daughter of Theodore of Epirus and Maria Petraliphaina, he had three children:
- Anna (or Theodora), who married the sebastokrator Peter before 1253.
- Maria, who married Mitso Asen, who succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1256–1257.
- Michael Asen I, who succeeded as emperor of Bulgaria 1246–1256.
| Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria | Elena of Bulgaria | ||||||||
| 1 | 2 | ||||||||
| Anna Maria of Hungary | Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria |
Irene Komnene of Epirus | |||||||
| 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |||
| Elena of Bulgaria | Kaliman I of Bulgaria | Anna-Theodora of Bulgaria | Michael Asen I of Bulgaria | ||||||
| Thamar | Peter | Maria of Bulgaria | |||||||
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