Ivan II of Bulgaria

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Ivan II
Tsar Chaka
Died	before 1330 (1331)
House	Smilets dynasty
Father	Smilets of Bulgaria
Mother	Smiltsena Palaiologina

Ivan II (

from 1298 to 1299. The date of his birth is unknown, but probably not much earlier than c. 1290. He died as a monk in exile before 1330.

Ivan II succeeded his father

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The regents of Ivan II were unable to strengthen their position, and abandoned Tărnovo to Chaka, who installed himself as emperor in 1299. Ivan II and his retinue settled in the possessions of Aldimir, where they may have remained even after the accession of Aldimir's nephew Theodore Svetoslav to the throne in 1300. In 1305 Ivan II's mother was negotiating with the Byzantine government in Constantinople on behalf of either Aldimir or her son, but with Aldimir's subjugation by Theodore Svetoslav in the same year, the family disappears into obscurity.

Ivan II spent the remainder of his life as an exile in Byzantium, under the name Iōannēs Komnēnos Doukas Angelos Branas Palaiologos, and shortly before his death he became a monk under the name Joasaph. He died before 1330.

• John V. A. Fine, Jr., The Late Medieval Balkans, Ann Arbor, 1987.

• Detailed list of Bulgarian rulers

Preceded by Smilets

Tsar of Bulgaria 1298–1299

Succeeded by Chaka