Ana Terter Explained

Consort:yes
Ana
Анна
Ана
Succession:Queen consort of Serbia
Reign:1284–1299
Spouses:Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia
Demetrios/Michael Doukas Koutroules
Spouse-Type:Spouses
Issue:Anna Neda
Andronikos Palaiologos Angelos
Constantine Palaiologos Angelos
Wife of Alexios Raoul
House:Terter, Nemanjić
Father:George I of Bulgaria
Mother:Maria or Kira Maria?
Birth Date:unknown
Birth Place:Bulgaria

Ana Terter (Bulgarian and Serbian: Ана Тертер; died after 1304) was a Bulgarian princess and Queen consort of Serbia (1284–1299). She was the fourth wife of King Stefan Milutin.

Her marriage to Stefan Milutin is dynastic, ie foreseen by the Deževa Agreement.

According to George Pachymeres, Ana was "the daughter of Terter, borne to him by the sister of Asen.[1] The sister of Asen was Kira Maria- second wife of George I Terter. According to another theory she was the daughter of George Terter and his first wife Maria,[2] making Ana a full sister of Bulgarian tsar Theodore Svetoslav.

In 1284 Ana married King Stefan Milutin as his third wife. They had:

In 1299 Stefan Uroš II Milutin divorced Ana in order to marry Simonida, who was only 5 years old.

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Notes and References

  1. Georgius Pachymeres. Relationes Historicas. Edidit, notisque instruxit Albertus Failler. Gallice vertit Vitalianus Laurent. (CFHB XXIV/2). Paris, 1999
  2. Pavlov, Plamen