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Helena of Bulgaria, Empress of Serbia
Helena of Bulgaria, called Jelena in Serbian, was the wife of Stefan Dušan and empress of Serbia. A sister of the Bulgarian tsar Ivan Alexander, she married Dušan in 1332 and took part in government. After his death in 1355 she ruled Serres and its region for some years with the help of the despot Jovan Uglješa, before becoming a nun under the name Elisaveta.
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