Ana Terter ( Bulgarian and sr-cyr, Ана Тертер; died after 1304) was a Bulgarian princess and

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(1284–1299). She was the fourth wife of King

Stefan Milutin Stefan Uroš II Milutin ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Урош II Милутин, Stefan Uroš II Milutin; 1253 – 29 October 1321), known as Saint King, was the King of Serbia between 1282–1321, a member of the Nemanjić dynasty. He was one ...

. Her marriage to Stefan Milutin is dynastic, ie foreseen by the

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. According to

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, Ana was "''the daughter of

Terter The House of Terter (), also Terterids or Terterovtsi (Тертеровци), was a Bulgarian noble and royal house of Cuman origin,István Vásáry (2005) ''Cumans and Tatars'', Cambridge University Press, p. 2 a branch of the Cuman noble dynas ...

, borne to him by the sister of Asen''. ''The sister of Asen'' was

Kira Maria Kira Maria (), or only Maria, was a Bulgarian empress consort, first wife of Ivan Shishman (r. 1371–1395). There are almost no historical sources about her. Her name is mentioned in the ''Boril obituary'' in the following manner: The interpret ...

- second wife of George I Terter. According to another theory she was the daughter of George Terter and his first wife

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,Pavlov, Plamen making Ana a full sister of Bulgarian tsar

Theodore Svetoslav Theodore Svetoslav (, ''Todor Svetoslav'' and also Теодор Светослав, ''Teodor Svetoslav'') ruled as emperor (tsar) of Bulgaria from 1300 to 1322. The date of his birth is unknown. He captured northeast fortresses and expanded the ter ...

. In 1284 Ana married King

as his third wife. They had: * Anna-Neda, who married

Michael Shishman of Bulgaria Michael Asen III (), commonly known as Michael Shishman (), ruled as tsar of Bulgaria from 1323 to 1330. The exact year of his birth is unknown but it was between 1280 and 1292. He was the founder of the last ruling dynasty of the Second Bulgaria ...

. In 1299 Stefan Uroš II Milutin divorced Ana in order to marry

Simonida Simonida Nemanjić ( sr-cyr, Симонида Немањић; – after 1336), born Simonis Palaiologina (, sr. Симонида Палеолог, ''Simonida Paleolog''), was a Byzantine princess and queen consort of the Kingdom of Serbia as th ...

, who was only 5 years old.

Sources

*Krastev, Krasimir. "Съдбата на българската царкиня Анна Тертер" - Тангра. Сборник в чест на 70-годишнината на акад. Васил Гюзелев. С.: СУ, 2006, 649-657 *Pavlov, Plamen."Търновските царици". В.Т.:ДАР-РХ, 2006.

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