Background
She was daughter of Bulgarian Emperor Ivan Asen II and Anna Maria of Hungary.
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Elena Elena Asenina of Bulgaria
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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.
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.
