List of Bulgarian monarchs
Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)

List of Bulgarian monarchs

Section Title: Second Bulgarian Empire (1185–1396)
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Image	Title	Name	Reign	Notes/Death

Asen dynasty

-	Emperor	Petar II (also known as Peter IV)	1185–1190	Originally named Theodore, he was proclaimed Emperor of Bulgaria as Petar IV during the successful Uprising of Asen and Petar. In 1190 he gave the throne to his younger brother.

Emperor	Ivan Asen I	1190–1196	Younger brother of Peter IV. A successful general, he ruled until 1196 when he was murdered by his cousin Ivanko.

-	Emperor	Petar II (Peter IV)	1196–1197	After his brother's death, he returned to the Bulgarian throne. Murdered in 1197.

-	Emperor Emperor of Bulgarians and Vlachs, the Romanslayer	Kaloyan	1197–1207	Third brother of Asen and Petar. Expanded Bulgaria and concluded a Union with the Catholic Church.

-	Emperor	Boril	1207–1218	Son of a sister of Kaloyan. Deposed and blinded in 1218.

-	Emperor Emperor of the Bulgarians and the Greeks	Ivan Asen II	1218–1241	Eldest son of Ivan Asen I. The Second Bulgarian Empire reached its apogee.

Emperor	Kaliman Asen I	1241–1246	Son of Ivan Asen II. Born in 1234, he died, possibly after being poisoned, in 1246, aged 12.

-	Emperor	Michael II Asen	1246–1256	Son of Ivan Asen II. Murdered by his cousin Kaliman.

Emperor	Kaliman Asen II	1256	Murdered in 1256.

Emperor	Mitso Asen	1256–1257	Fled to the Nicaean Empire in 1261.

-	Emperor In Christ the Lord Faithful Emperor and Autocrat of the Bulgarians	Constantine I	1257–1277	Bolyar of Skopie. Killed in battle in 1277 by the peasant leader Ivaylo.

Emperor	Ivan Asen III	1279–1280	Eldest son of Mitso Asen. Fled to Constantinople with the treasury.

Non-dynastic

Emperor	Ivaylo	1277–1280	Leader of a major peasant uprising. Fled to the Golden Horde but was murdered by the Mongol Khan Nogai.

Terter dynasty (1280–1292)

Emperor	George Terter I	1280–1292	Bolyar of Cherven. Fled to the Byzantine Empire in 1292, died in Bulgaria in 1308–1309.

Non-dynastic (1292–1300)

Emperor	Smilets	1292–1298	Bolyar of Kopsis. Murdered or died of natural causes in 1298.

Emperor	Chaka	1299–1300	Son of the Mongol Nogai Khan. Deposed and strangled in prison in 1300.

Terter dynasty (1300–1322)

-	Emperor	Theodore Svetoslav	1300–1321	Son of George Terter I. Spent his youth as a hostage in the Golden Horde.

Emperor	George Terter II	1321–1322	Son of Theodore Svetoslav. Died a natural death in late 1322.

Shishman dynasty (1323–1396)

-	Emperor	Michael III Shishman	1323–1330	Bolyar of Vidin. Mortally wounded in the battle of Velbazhd on 28 July 1330 against the Serbs.

Emperor	Ivan Stephen	1330–1331	Son of Michael III Shishman. Deposed in March 1331 and fled to Serbia. Might have died in 1373.

-	Emperor In Christ the Lord Faithful Emperor and Autocrat of all Bulgarians and Greeks	Ivan Alexander	1331–1371	Bolyar of Lovech. Descended from the Asen, Terter and Shishman dynasties.

53 IoSisiman.JPG	Emperor In Christ the Lord Faithful Emperor and Autocrat of all Bulgarians and Greeks	Ivan Shishman	1371–1395	Fourth son of Ivan Alexander.

Ivan Sratsimir portrait 1.JPG	Emperor Emperor of the Bulgarians	Ivan Sratsimir	1356–1396	Third son of Ivan Alexander. Ruled in Vidin.

Tsar (Emperor) of Bulgaria	Constantine II	1397–1422	Son of Ivan Sratsimir (Ivan Sracimir) of Bulgaria by Anna, daughter of prince Nicolae Alexandru of Wallachia. He was crowned co-emperor by his father in or before 1395.

conquest of Bulgaria by the Ottoman Empire.

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Ivan Alexander, ruled as Emperor of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371.

final_sentence: Ivan Alexander, ruled as Emperor of Bulgaria from 1331 to 1371.