 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Ivan Alexander aive mwanakomana waDespot Sracimir weKran naPetrica, hanzvadzi yaMichael Asen III weBulgaria. Naizvozvo, Ivan Alexander aiva muzukuru waMichael Asen III. Pababa vake, Ivan Alexander akabva mudzinza revaAsen. Pakazosvika 1330 Ivan Alexander akanga ava mudzvinyiriri uye aitonga guta reLovech. Pamwe chete nababa vake uye baba vomudzimai wake Basarab weWallachia, Ivan Alexander akarwa muhondo yeVelbazhdvachirwa nevaSerb paKyustendil yemazuva ano muna 1330, umo Bulgaria yakakurirwa. Kukundwa kwacho, pamwe chete nokuipa kwaiita ukama neUmambo hweByzantium, kwakatungamirira kudambudziko romukati, iro rakawedzera nokupinda kwevaByzantium. Kubvuta hurumende kwakadzinga Ivan Stefan muguta guru reTarnovo muna 1331, uye vapanduki vakaisa Ivan Alexander pachigaro choumambo. 