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The Bulgarian historiography negate, while the Romanian highlight the role of the Vlachs in the uprising. However, the scientific debate reflects the nationalistic rivality from the 19-20th century, which did not exist in the 12-13th century. Vlachs and Bulgarian Slavs jointly inhabited Bulgaria, and
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The name of the dynasty comes from one of the brothers, namely Asen I. The etymology is most likely of Cuman Turkic origin, derived from "esen" which meant "safe, sound, healthy" and the Belgun nickname seems to be derived from Turkic "bilgün", which meant "wise". Further support to this connection
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Some members of the Asen family entered Byzantine service in the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries. The name also occurs as a family name in modern Greek, and could go back to the same name. Their origin is obscure.
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both groups in sufferance were united against the common cause under a leader, regardless of the leader "race". The Asen brothers were associated with the Vlach population of the mountainous regions around Trnovo,
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origin, a view that is common among the Bulgarian historians who reckon that all native sources (from the 13th century) use predominantly the terms Bulgaria, Bulgarians and Bulgarian, the
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of Mt. Athos from the end of the 12th century, which mention the monastery's problems with some of the Cuman stratiotes, where "Asen" is listed as the name of one of those Cumans.
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Dimitri Korobeinikov, A broken mirror: the Kipçak world in the thirteenth century. In the volume: The other Europe from the Middle Ages, Edited by Florin Curta, Brill 2008, p. 400
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Clifford J. Rogers, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology, Volume 1, Oxford University Press, 2010, ISBN 0195334035, p. 522.
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origin, a view supported by many contemporary sources and Romanian scholars who base their claims on Western Crusade chronicles, and letters between
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recorded Vlach shamans during revolt exhibition, but nevertheless of their ethnicity, it was a joint venture of the Bulgarians, Vlachs and Cumans.
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In their own administrative documents and correspondence, the three rulers viewed themselves as descendants and successors of the Bulgarian Tsars
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The Asens in Byzantium largely descend from Ivan Asen III, who ruled briefly as Emperor of Bulgaria before fleeing to Constantinople as
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Christoph Baumer, The History of Central Asia: The Age of Islam and the Mongols, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2016, ISBN 1838609407, p. 75.
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Pope Innocent III in his letter to the Bulgarian King Kaloyan (Calojoannes) in 1204 addressed him "King of Bulgarians and Vlachs" (
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Stephenson, Paul (2000) "Byzantium's Balkan Frontier — A Political Study of the Northern Balkans, 900–1204" pp. 289–300
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Frederick B. Chary, History of Bulgaria, The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations, ABC-CLIO, 2011, ISBN 0313384479, p. 12.
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Turnovo inscription of Tsar Ivan Asen II in the Holy 40 Martyrs Church in honour of the victory at Klokotnitsa on 9 March 1230
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In a correspondence, of 1199, the Pope talks about the "Roman descent" of Kaloyan. However, considering the actual text says
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origin, as some of the names in the dynasty, including Asen and Belgun, are derived from
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The origins of the dynasty, especially the ethnic background of the three Asen brothers (
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The Asens of Byzantium intermarried with other prominent noble dynasties, including the
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Nos autem audito quod de nobili urbis Romae prosapia progenitores tui originem traxerint
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at the turn of the year 1185/1186 caused by the increase in the Imperial taxes.
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families. Notable members of the Asen family in the Byzantine Empire include:
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and shows cruelty to the Byzantines as revenge for the murdered and blinded
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Other study shows that the only name that makes sense is
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The Asen dynasty rose as the leaders of Bulgaria after a
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Index

Asanids

Tsar
Ivan Asen II

Veliko Tarnovo
Bulgaria
Bulgarian
Romanian
Bulgarian
Second Bulgarian Empire
rebellion
Byzantine Empire

Teodor I Peter IV
Romanian
Ivan Asen I
Romanian
Kaloyan
Romanian
Vlach
Pope Innocent III
Kaloyan
Cuman
Cuman language
Cumans
Kaloyan
Terterids
Shishmanids
Bulgarian

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