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Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria

1195 - 1241

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Ivan Asen II, also known as John Asen II (Bulgarian: Иван Асен II, [iˈvan ɐˈsɛn ˈftɔri]; 1190s – May/June 1241), was Emperor (Tsar) of Bulgaria from 1218 to 1241. He was still a child when his father Ivan Asen I – one of the founders of the Second Bulgarian Empire – was killed in 1196. His supporters tried to secure the throne for him after his uncle, Kaloyan, was murdered in 1207, but Kaloyan's other nephew, Boril, overcame them. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria has received more than 156,925 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 35 in 2019). Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria is the 2,672nd most popular politician (up from 2,852nd in 2019), the 26th most popular biography from Bulgaria (up from 27th in 2019) and the 15th most popular Bulgarian Politician.

Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria is most famous for being the first tsar of Bulgaria. He was the son of Kaloyan of Bulgaria, and he ruled from 1218 to 1241.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria ranks 2,672 out of 19,576. Before him are Altan Khan, Abul Kalam Azad, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, Marie José of Belgium, Alec Douglas-Home, and Jules Ferry. After him are Iziaslav I of Kiev, Reccared I, Michael Bloomberg, Apries, Chaghri Beg, and Empress Genmei.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1195, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria ranks 3. Before him are Anthony of Padua, and Pope Innocent IV. After him are Johannes de Sacrobosco, Xia Gui, Henry IV, Duke of Limburg, Geoffrey II of Villehardouin, Philip II, Marquis of Namur, and Henry VI, Count Palatine of the Rhine. Among people deceased in 1241, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria ranks 6. Before him are Pope Gregory IX, Ögedei Khan, Snorri Sturluson, Pope Celestine IV, and Valdemar II of Denmark. After him are Henry II the Pious, Isabella of England, Coloman of Galicia, Köten, Fujiwara no Teika, and Amaury de Montfort.

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In Bulgaria

Among people born in Bulgaria, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria ranks 26 out of 415. Before him are Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168), Hristo Stoichkov (1966), Sylvie Vartan (1944), Tzvetan Todorov (1939), and Vasil Levski (1837). After him are Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1350), Vlado Chernozemski (1897), Fritz Zwicky (1898), Christian Rakovsky (1873), Rumen Radev (1963), and Zhelyu Zhelev (1935).

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Among POLITICIANS In Bulgaria

Among politicians born in Bulgaria, Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria ranks 15. Before him are Tiberius II Constantine (520), Talaat Pasha (1874), Boris I of Bulgaria (828), Kubrat (605), Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha (1937), and Kaloyan of Bulgaria (1168). After him are Ivan Shishman of Bulgaria (1350), Christian Rakovsky (1873), Rumen Radev (1963), Zhelyu Zhelev (1935), Michael Shishman of Bulgaria (1280), and Aleksandar Stamboliyski (1879).

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