List of Bulgarian royal consorts explained

First Bulgarian Empire

First Bulgarian Empire

ArmsNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Consort
Ceased to
be Consort
DiedSpouse
MariaBoris I of Bulgaria
George Sursuvul' sisterSimeon I of Bulgaria
Irene LekapeneChristopher Lekapenos
(Lekapenos)
Peter I of Bulgaria
AgathaJohn Chryselios, Lord of Dyrrhachium
(Chryselios)
Samuel of Bulgaria
daughter of Géza of Hungary
(Árpád)
Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
Irene of LarissaGavril Radomir of Bulgaria
MariaIvan Vladislav

Second Bulgarian Empire

Second Bulgarian Empire

ArmsNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Consort
Ceased to
be Consort
DiedSpouse
Elena-1170s1183 1190
husband's accession
1196
husband's death
after 1196Ivan Asen I
Anna of Cumaniaa 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
Elisabeth of CourtenayPeter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor
(Courtenay)
1199 12131218
husband's desposition
after 1269
Anna Maria of HungaryAndrew II of Hungary
(Árpád)
early 1204January 1221autumn 1237Ivan Asen II
Irene Komnene AngelinaTheodore Komnenos Doukas
(Komnenodoukai)
before 12201237/3824 June 1241
husband's death
after 1241
Anna of HalychRostislav Mikhailovich, Prince of Halych
(Rurikids)
after 124312551256
husband's assassination
1296/8Michael Asen I
12561256
husband's assassination
Kaliman Asen II
Maria AseninaIvan Asen II of Bulgaria
(Asen)
--1256
husband's accession
1257
husband's death
-Mitso Asen
Irene Doukaina LaskarinaTheodore II Laskaris
(Laskaris)
-early 12581269Constantine I
Maria Palaiologina KantakouzeneJohn VI Kantakouzenos
(Kantakouzenoi)
-1269autumn 1277
husband's death
after 1279
12781279
husband's desposition
Ivaylo
Irene PalaiologinaMichael VIII Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
1255/5812781279
husband's accession
1280
husband's desposition
after 1280Ivan Asen III
Kira Maria AseninaMitso Asen of Bulgaria
(Asen)
-12791280
husband's accession
1284
repudiated
-George Terter I
Maria--12841292
husband's desposition
-
Smiltsena PalaiologinaConstantine Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
-12921292
husband's accession
1298
husband's death
after 1306Smilets
EuphrosyneMankus, a merchant in Constantinople--1300
husband's accession
-Theodore Svetoslav
Theodora PalaiologinaMichael IX Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
-13201322
husband's desposition
after 1330
Ana-NedaStefan Milutin
(Nemanjić)
-after 1308June 1323
husband's election
1324
repudiated
after 1346Michael Shishman
Theodora Palaiologina
Second time
Michael IX Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
-after August 132428 July 1330
husband's death
after 1330
Theodora of WallachiaBasarab I of Wallachia
(Basarab)
-13201331
husband's election
1340
repudiated
after 1340Ivan Alexander
Sarah-Theodora--134517 February 1371
husband's death
after 1367
Maria-Irene PalaiologinaAndronikos III Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
13271336
as co-empress consort
1354
husband's death
after 1356Michael Asen IV
Kira MariaDesislav--1360
as co-empress consort
17 February 1371
as sole-empress
early 1380sIvan Shishman
Dragana of SerbiaLazar of Serbia
(Lazarević)
-around 13863 June 1395
husband's death
before July 1395

Tsardom of Vidin

unknown--1240s
as co-empress consort
1360
as empress consort of Vidin
-Ivan Sratsimir
Anna Slava of WallachiaNicholas Alexander of Wallachia
(Basarab)
before 1345before 13691397
husband's death
-
Elizabeth of BosniaStephen II, Ban of Bosnia
(Kotromanić)
---Louis I of Hungary

Third Bulgarian State

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Principality of Bulgaria

ArmsNameFatherBornMarriedBecame
Consort
Ceased to
be Consort
DiedSpouse
Marie Louise of ParmaRobert I, Duke of Parma
(Bourbon-Parma)
17 January 187020 April 189331 January 1899Ferdinand I
Eleonore Reuss of KöstritzPrince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz
(Reuss-Köstritz)
22 August 186028 February 19085 October 1908
became Tsaritsa consort
12 September 1917

Eastern Rumelia

Aspasia BaltazziEmmanuel Evangelos Baltazzi
(Baltazzi)
183913 March 1879April 1899Alexander Bogoridi
Euphrosyne SofianouGavril Krastevich
Marie Louise of ParmaRobert I, Duke of Parma
(Bourbon-Parma)
17 January 187020 April 189331 January 1899Ferdinand I

Tsardom of Bulgaria

Eleonore Reuss of KöstritzPrince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz
(Reuss-Köstritz)
22 August 186028 February 19085 October 1908
became Tsaritsa consort
12 September 1917Ferdinand I
Giovanna of ItalyVictor Emmanuel III of Italy
(Savoy)
13 November 190725 October 193028 August 1943
husband's death
26 February 2000Boris III