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Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria

Ivan Asen I, also known as Asen I or John Asen I (Bulgarian: Иван Асен I; died in 1196), was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1187/1188 to 1196 as co-ruler with his elder brother, Peter II. Hailing from the Byzantine theme of Paristrion, his exact place and date of birth are unknown. Most contemporaneous chronicles describe Asen and his brothers, Theodor (Peter) and Kaloyan, as Vlachs but they were probably of mixed Bulgarian, Cuman and Vlach ancestry. In 1185, Asen and Theodor went to see the Byzantine Emperor Isaac II Angelos in Thrace to demand an estate in the Balkan Mountains. After the Emperor refused and humiliated them, the brothers persuaded their Bulgarian and Vlach compatriots to rise up against the Byzantine Empire. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria is the 4,264th most popular politician (up from 4,751st in 2019). (up from 641st in 2019)

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Among politicians, Ivan Asen I of Bulgaria ranks 4,264 out of 19,576. Before him are Robert II, Count of Flanders, Sextus Tarquinius, Edmund Tudor, 1st Earl of Richmond, Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma, Andrej Babiš, and Emperor Zhang of Han. After him are Abdou Diouf, Mitt Romney, Al-Musta'in, Kim Chaek, Giovanni Giolitti, and Jacob Kettler.