Ana-Neda

Ana-Neda (Bulgarian Анна-Неда and ; fl. 1323–1324) was the Empress consort of Bulgaria briefly in 1323–1324 as the spouse of "Despot of Vidin" Michael Asen III "Shishman" who was elected as Emperor of Bulgaria in 1323 and Empress of Bulgaria during the 1330 - 1331. Some historians believe that she may have ruled as regent for her son, but this hypothesis is meaning as controversial. She was the daughter of Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and Princess Elizabeth Arpad, daughter of King Stephen V of Hungary and Elizabeth the Kuman, a daughter of Köten. From the marriage with Michael Asen III, Anna had at least four sons, one of whom was Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria, later probably briefly the Emperor of Bulgaria (1330–1331), by some historians.

==Life== Ana was the daughter of Serbian King Stefan Uroš II Milutin and his third wife, Elizabeth of Hungary. She was therefore possibly born sometime before 1284, when her father appears to have divorced Elizabeth to marry Anna of Bulgaria. On her paternal side, she belonged to the Nemanjić dynasty. On her maternal side, she was related to the Hungarian Árpád dynasty and the Anjou dynasty. Her aunt, Maria Árpád, was married to Charles II , King of Naples and Sicily. Anna Neda was a first cousin of Charles and Maria Árpád's sons, King Robert of Anjou and Prince Philip I of Taranto, and her son, Ivan Stefan, was a second cousin of Louis of Taranto and Queen Joanna of Anjou.