Her father had died in Bulgarian captivity not many months earlier .
Theodora was first married , in 1197 , to Ivanko , leader of the Bulgarians , despite his recorded preference for her widowed mother .
Theodora 's father had died in Bulgarian captivity not many months earlier .
Theodora was first married , in 1197 , to Ivanko , leader of the Bulgarians , despite his recorded preference for her widowed mother .