Family
Asanina was a daughter of Andronikos Asen and his wife Tarchanaiotissa.
Her paternal grandparents were Ivan Asen III of Bulgaria and Irene Palaiologina. Her maternal grandparents were protostrator Michael Doukas Glabas Tarchaneiotes and his wife Maria Doukaina Komnene Palaiologina Branaina.
The last names of her maternal grandmother indicate descent from the families Doukas, Komnenos and Palaiologos who each produced several Byzantine Emperors. Her last name however indicates being a member of the Branas family which produced military leaders, like Alexios Branas and Theodore Branas, but whose genealogy is poorly recorded.
Her paternal grandmother Irene Palaiologina was a daughter of Michael VIII Palaiologos and Theodora Doukaina Vatatzina. Which makes Asanina a member of the extended Imperial family of her time.
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