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List of Bulgarian royal consorts

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First Bulgarian Empire

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Picture Arms Name Father Born Married Became
Consort
Ceased to
be Consort
Died Spouse
Maria Boris I of Bulgaria
George Sursuvul's sister Simeon I of Bulgaria
Irene Lekapene Christopher Lekapenos
(Lekapenos)
Peter I of Bulgaria
Agatha John Chryselios, Lord of Dyrrhachium
(Chryselios)
Samuel of Bulgaria
Margaret of Hungary daughter of Géza of Hungary
(Árpád)
c. 999 Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
Irene of Larissa c. 999 1015 Gavril Radomir of Bulgaria
Maria Ivan Vladislav

Second Bulgarian Empire

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Picture Arms Name Father Born Married Became
Consort
Ceased to
be Consort
Died Spouse
Elena - 1170s 1183 1190
husband's accession
1196
husband's death
after 1196 Ivan Asen I
Anna of Cumania a Cuman aristocrat - - 1197
husband's accession
8 October 1207
husband's death
- Kaloyan
1207/08 -
unclear if she was repudiated or died as consort
- Boril
Elisabeth of Courtenay Peter II of Courtenay, Latin Emperor
(Courtenay)
1199 1213 1218
husband's desposition
after 1269
Anna Maria of Hungary Andrew II of Hungary
(Árpád)
early 1204 January 1221 autumn 1237 Ivan Asen II
Irene Komnene Angelina Theodore Komnenos Doukas
(Komnenodoukai)
before 1220 1237/38 24 June 1241
husband's death
after 1241
Anna of Halych Rostislav Mikhailovich, Prince of Halych
(Rurikids)
after 1243 1255 1256
husband's assassination
1296/8 Michael Asen I
1256 1256
husband's assassination
Kaliman Asen II
Maria Asenina Ivan Asen II of Bulgaria
(Asen)
- - 1256
husband's accession
1257
husband's death
- Mitso Asen
Irene Doukaina Laskarina Theodore II Laskaris
(Laskaris)
- early 1258 1269 Constantine I
Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene John VI Kantakouzenos
(Kantakouzenoi)
- 1269 autumn 1277
husband's death
after 1279
1278 1279
husband's desposition
Ivaylo
Irene Palaiologina Michael VIII Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
1255/58 1278 1279
husband's accession
1280
husband's desposition
after 1280 Ivan Asen III
Kira Maria Asenina Mitso Asen of Bulgaria(Asen) - 1279 1280
husband's accession
1284
repudiated
- George Terter I
Maria - - 1284 1292
husband's desposition
-
Smiltsena Palaiologina Constantine Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
- 1292 1292
husband's accession
1298
husband's death
after 1306 Smilets
Euphrosyne Mankus, a merchant in Constantinople - - 1300
husband's accession
- Theodore Svetoslav
Theodora Palaiologina Michael IX Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
- 1320 1322
husband's desposition
after 1330
Ana-Neda Stefan Milutin
(Nemanjić)
- after 1308 June 1323
husband's election
1324
repudiated
after 1346 Michael Shishman
Theodora Palaiologina
Second time
Michael IX Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
- after August 1324 28 July 1330
husband's death
after 1330
Theodora of Wallachia Basarab I of Wallachia
(Basarab)
- 1320 1331
husband's election
1340
repudiated
after 1340 Ivan Alexander
Sarah-Theodora - - 1345 17 February 1371
husband's death
after 1367
Maria-Irene Palaiologina Andronikos III Palaiologos
(Palaiologoi)
1327 1336
as co-empress consort
1354
husband's death
after 1356 Michael Asen IV
Kira Maria Desislav - - 1360
as co-empress consort
17 February 1371
as sole-empress
early 1380s Ivan Shishman
Dragana of Serbia Lazar of Serbia
(Lazarević)
- around 1386 3 June 1395
husband's death
before July 1395
unknown - - 1240s
as co-empress consort
1360
as empress consort of Vidin
- Ivan Sratsimir
Anna Slava of Wallachia Nicholas Alexander of Wallachia
(Basarab)
before 1345 before 1369 1397
husband's death
-
Elizabeth of Bosnia Stephen II, Ban of Bosnia
(Kotromanić)
- - - Louis I of Hungary

Third Bulgarian State

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Picture Arms Name Father Born Married Became
Consort
Ceased to
be Consort
Died Spouse
Marie Louise of Parma Robert I, Duke of Parma
(Bourbon-Parma)
17 January 1870 20 April 1893 31 January 1899 Ferdinand I
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz Prince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz
(Reuss-Köstritz)
22 August 1860 28 February 1908 5 October 1908
became Tsaritsa consort
12 September 1917
Aspasia Baltazzi Emmanuel Evangelos Baltazzi
(Baltazzi)
1839 13 March 1879 April 1899 Alexander Bogoridi
Euphrosyne Sofianou Gavril Krastevich
Marie Louise of Parma Robert I, Duke of Parma
(Bourbon-Parma)
17 January 1870 20 April 1893 31 January 1899 Ferdinand I
Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz Prince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz
(Reuss-Köstritz)
22 August 1860 28 February 1908 5 October 1908
became Tsaritsa consort
12 September 1917 Ferdinand I
Giovanna of Italy Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
(Savoy)
13 November 1907 25 October 1930 28 August 1943
husband's death
26 February 2000 Boris III