Michael Tih

Michael Tih, also called Michael Asen II, was the son of Tsar Constantine Tih and Maria Palaiologina Kantakouzene, born around 1270. He became emperor in 1277, when his father fell fighting Ivaylo's rebels, and ruled under his mother's regency.

In spring 1278 his mother married Ivaylo, who reigned as his co-emperor. When the city nobles admitted the Byzantines in February 1279, Michael was dethroned and taken captive to Byzantium. Around 1302 or 1303 a boyar faction backed his return, but he failed and vanishes from the sources.