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{{For|the Bulgarian Queen consort|Elena, Queen consort of Bulgaria}}Elena of Bulgaria was an empress consort of Nicaea, married to Theodore II Laskaris (r. 1254–1258). She was daughter of Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Asen II and Anna Maria of Hungary. Life Elena was the sister of emperor Kaliman I of Bulgaria and princess Tamara of Bulgaria. Her maternal grandparents were king Andrew II of Hungary and Gertrude of Merania. On the paternal side, Emperor Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria and Elena of Bulgaria. She was betrothed to Baldwin II of Courtenay, the last Latin emperor before marrying Theodore. Her husband died in 1258 and their son, John IV Laskaris, who was only seven years old, became emperor. Family Elena and Theodore had three children: - John IV Laskaris, emperor between 1258 and 1261
- Irene Doukaina Laskarina, who married Constantine Tikh of Bulgaria (r. 1257-1277)
- Maria Doukaina Laskarina, who married Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas of Epirus.
References - {{cite book | title = Medieval Lands | last = Cawley | first = Charles | chapter = Ivan Asen II 1218–1241, Koloman I 1241–1246, Mihail II Asen 1246–1257 | url = http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/ | chapterurl = http://fmg.ac/Projects/MedLands/BULGARIA.htm#_Toc137439355 |publisher = Foundation for Medieval Genealogy | date = 2006–2007 }}{{self published inline |certain=y |date=October 2018}}{{unreliable source|certain=y |date=October 2018}}
- John Van Antwerp Fine Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor, 1987.{{full||date=October 2018}}{{verify inline|date=October 2018}}
- The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University Press, 1991.{{full|date=October 2018}}{{verify inline|date=October 2018}}
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