Ana Terter (

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

and sr-cyr, Ана Тертер; died after 1304) was a

princess and Queen consort of Serbia (1284–1299). She was the fourth wife of King Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia. Her marriage to Stefan Milutin is dynastic, ie foreseen by the

Deževa Agreement The Deževa Agreement ( sr, Дежевски споразум) concluded in 1282 in Deževa changed the policy of the medieval Kingdom of Serbia. In 1282, King Stefan Dragutin was replaced by Stefan Milutin, his younger brother, with the royal ti ...

. According to George Pachymeres, Ana was "''the daughter of

Terter The House of Terter ( bg, Тертер), 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 ...

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

Kira Maria Kira Maria ( bg, Кира Мария), 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 ...

- second wife of

George I Terter George Terter I ( bg, Георги Тертер I), of the Terter dynasty ruled as tsar of Bulgaria 1280–1292. He was born in Cherven. The date of his birth is unknown, and he died in 1308/1309. Early life The antecedents of George Terter I ar ...

. According another theory she was the daughter of George Terter and his first wife Maria,Pavlov, Plamen making Ana a full sister of Bulgarian tsar Theodore Svetoslav. In 1284 Ana married King Stefan Uroš II Milutin of Serbia as his third wife. They had two children: * Stefan Uroš III Dečanski, who succeeded as king of Serbia * Anna Neda of Serbia, who married Michael Shishman of Bulgaria. In 1299 Stefan Uroš II Milutin divorced Ana in order to marry

Simonida Simonida Nemanjić ( sr-cyr, Симонида Немањић; c. 1294 – after 1336), born Simonis Palaiologina ( el, Σιμωνίς Παλαιολογίνα, sr. Симонида Палеолог, ''Simonida Paleolog''), was a Byzantine princes ...

, 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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