Person

Michael Asen II

Tsar of Bulgaria

b. 1265 CE – d. 1310 CE World The Great Crossroads

Michael Asen II rules as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1277 to 1279.

(This minor and ephemeral ruler is often omitted from lists of rulers and the style "Michael Asen II" or "Michael II Asen" is sometimes erroneously employed for Michael Asen I, who had reigned in 1246–1256.)