Michael Shishman of Bulgaria

Michael Shishman (c. 1286–1330), son of the Vidin despot Shishman, ruled Bulgaria as tsar from 1323 and founded the Shishman dynasty, the last dynasty of the Second Bulgarian Empire. On accession he took the name Asen, linking himself to the earlier Asenids.

He pursued an aggressive, shifting diplomacy against Byzantium and Serbia and was the last Bulgarian ruler to attempt the capture of Constantinople. On 28 July 1330 King Stefan Dečanski defeated him at Velbazhd; Michael died shortly afterward. His son Ivan Stephen and later his nephew Ivan Alexander succeeded him.