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Event: Event 1230 Victorious in a battle against the Byzantines (lead byThodoros Komnenus) near the village of Klokotnitza
Event: Event 1235 Campaigned with John III of Nicaea against the LatinEmpire of Constantinople
Event: Event 1236 Excommunicated by Pope Gregory because of his supportof the Bogomil Heresy
Note: Ivan II or Ivan Asen (?v?n ??sn) (KEY) , d. 1241, czar of Bulgaria(1218X41). On the death (1207) of his father, Kaloyan, founder of thesecond Bulgarian empire, the throne was usurped by Ivan?s cousin Boril.Ivan fled to the duchy of Halych and secured its aid. Returning in 1218,he captured Trnovo, had Boril blinded, and was crowned czar. Under IvanII the Bulgarian empire reached its zenith, becoming the strongest powerin the Balkans; he added Macedonia, Epirus, and much of Albania andSerbia to his lands. He campaigned (1235) with John III of Nicaea againstthe Latin Empire of Constantinople, but later helped the Latins opposeJohn. Ivan?s generally mild conduct and sincere faith endeared him evento his foes. He restored the autonomy of the Bulgarian church,established a central administration, and encouraged the settlement ofRagusan merchants. For his repudiation (1232) of the union with Rome andhis support of the heretic Bogomils, he was excommunicated (1236) by PopeGregory IX. Ivan II was succeeded by his sons Kaliman I, who reigned1241X46, and Michael, who reigned 1246X57. With Michael?s death thedirect Asen line became extinct.

From Family Tree - Newell, Stanley, Dryak, Guyon, Rogers, Ely, Lewis
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Iwan + Anna. and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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From Family Tree - Newell, Stanley, Dryak, Guyon, Rogers, Ely, Lewis
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Event: Titled BET 1197 AND 1207 Voivode (King) of the Vlachs (laterWalachia)
Event: Event ABT 1206 Created an alliance with Theodore Lascaris, Emperorof Nicaea
Event: Event 1205 Captured Baldwin I Emperor of Constantinople
Note:
Memoirs or Chronicle of The Fourth Crusade and The Conquest ofConstantinople

Geoffrey de Villehardouin [b.c.1160-d.c.1213]:

And you must know that during this progress all the Greeks, on eitherside of the straits, came to the Emperor Alexius, to do his will andcommandment, and did him fealty and homage as to their lord-all exceptJohn, who was King of Wallachia and Bulgaria. This John was a Wallachian,who had rebelled against. his father and uncle, and had warred againstthem for twenty years, and had won from them so much land that he hadbecome a very wealthy king. -And be it known to you, that of the landlying on the west side of the Straits of St. George, he had conqueredvery nearly the half. This John did not come to do the will of theemperor, nor to submit himself to him.

...

Then was the Emperor Baldwin minded to ride straight to Messinopolis,where the Emperor Alexius was. And the Greeks of Adrianople besought him,as their lord, to leave a garrison in their city because of Johannizza,King of Wallachia and Bulgaria, who ofttimes made war upon them. And the'Emperor Baldwin left there Eustace of Saubruic, who was a knight ofFlanders, very worthy and very valiant, together with forty right goodknights, and a hundred mounted sergeants.

So departed the Emperor Baldwin from Adrianople, and rode towardsMessinopolis, where he thought to find the Emperor Alexius. All thepeople of the lands through which he passed put themselves under his ruleand at his mercyand when the Emperor Alexius saw this, he avoided Messl-'nopolis and fled. And the Emperor Baldwin rode on till he came beforeMessinopolis; and those of the city went out to meet him and surrenderedthe city to his commandment.

Then the Emperor Baldwin said he would sojourn there, wafting for thearrival of Boniface, Marquis of Montferrat, who had not yet joined thehost, seeing he could not move as fast as the emperor, because he wasbringing with him the empress, his wife. However, he also rode forwardtill he came to Messinopolis, by the river, and there encamped, andpitched his tents and pavilions. And on the morrow he went to speak tothe Emperor Baldwin, and to see him, and reminded him of his promise.

"Sire," said he, "tidings have come to me from Salonika that the peopleof the land would have me know that they are ready to receive mewillingly as their lord. And I am your liegeman, and hold the land fromyou. Therefore, I pray you, let me go thither; and when I am inpossession of my land and of my city, I will bring you out such suppliesas you may need, and come ready prepared to do your behests. But do notgo and ruin my land. Let us rather, if it so pleases you, march againstJohannizz', the King of Wallachia and Bulgaria, who holds a great part ofthe land wrongfully."