# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-komnenos-asen
# Generated: 2026-09-01T07:42:14.205Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/john-komnenos-asen"
name: "John Komnenos Asen"
slug: "john-komnenos-asen"
description: "John Komnenos Asen was the ruler of the Principality of Valona from c. 1345 to 1363, initially as a vassal of the Serbian Empire, and after 1355 as a largely independent lord. Descended from high-ranking Bulgarian nobility, John was a brother of both Tsar Ivan Alexander of Bulgaria and Helena of Bulgaria, the wife of Tsar Stephen Dušan of Serbia. Perhaps in search of better opportunities, he emigrated to Serbia, where his sister was married. There, he was granted the title of despot by Stephen Dušan, who placed him in charge of his territories in modern south Albania."
tagline: "Despot of Valona as Serbian vassal and subsequently independent ruler"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/John_Komnenos_Asen.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1350"
deathDate: "1363-05-12"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           44.99
  momentum:             9.896707184842777
  historical:           9.410944
  currentAttention:     53.67231638418078
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%88%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD"
    title: "Јован Комнин Асен"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Иван Комнин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes_Komnenos_Asen"
    title: "Johannes Komnenos Asen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%99%CF%89%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%BD%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%9A%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%BD%CE%B7%CE%BD%CF%8C%CF%82_%CE%91%CF%83%CE%AD%CE%BD"
    title: "Ιωάννης Κομνηνός Ασέν"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Komnenos_Asen"
    title: "John Komnenos Asen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Comneno_Asen"
    title: "Juan Comneno Asen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_Comneno_Asen"
    title: "Giovanni Comneno Asen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Komnen_Asen"
    title: "Jan Komnen Asen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A3o_Comneno_Asen"
    title: "João Comneno Asen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%98%D0%B2%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BD_%D0%90%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%8C"
    title: "Иван Комнин Асень"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jovan_Komnin_Asen"
    title: "Jovan Komnin Asen"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3622728"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump