Theodora of Wallachia
Wife of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria
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| Intro | Wife of Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria | ||||||
| Places | Bulgaria | ||||||
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| Birth | Wallachia | ||||||
| Death | 1352Bulgaria | ||||||
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Theodora (Bulgarian: Теодора) of Wallachia was the daughter of Basarab I of Wallachia (r. 1310–1352) and Lady Margareta. She married Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria as his first wife. This marriage produced four children — Michael Asen, Ivan Sratsimir, Ivan Asen and Vasilisa. In 1345 Tsar Ivan Alexander divorced Tsaritsa Theodora and sent her into a monastery as a nun under the name Teofana.