Elena Asenina

1223 – 1252 · Generation XXXIV · Empress · Laskaris (Nicaea)

Elena. Empress. Married Theodore around AD 1235. Daughter of Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria; wife of Theodore II Laskaris; mother of John IV.

Place in the family

• Elena Asenina married Theodore II Laskaris, a 4× great-grandson of Alexios I Komnenos.

One of 6 people of Laskaris (Nicaea) (1175–1305) in this archive. The emperors in exile at Nicaea, who kept the empire alive while Latins held Constantinople.

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Partners

• Married Theodore II Laskaris (1222 – 1258) in 1235 — one child together

Children

• John IV Laskaris (1250 – 1305)

Life

• 1223 — Born
• 1235 — Married Theodore
• 1252 — Died