Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela

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Titular Bulgarian Royal Family

Pedigree: Bulgarian ancestry of royals of Bulgaria

Margarita (Doña Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela) is the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, the deposed last King of Bulgaria, whom he married after his loss of throne. As such, she is also sometimes styled Tsaritsa Margarita and treated sometimes as if being a queen consort. She is also sometimes extended the titles of queen, princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony. During her husband's tenure as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, she was sometimes referred as Mrs Margarita Sakskoburggotska.

She is daughter of Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet and Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández. Her parents were executed by the Spanish Loyalists in 1936 at the outset of the Spanish Civil War. On January 21, 1962, she married Simeon II of Bulgaria, the deposed tsar of Bulgaria. Margarita is a cousin of Luis Gomez-Acebo, viscount de la Torre, the husband of Doña Pilar, Infanta of Spain and Duchess of Badajoz. She is styled by courtesy as Her Majesty Margarita, Tsaritsa of the Bulgarians.

Styles of
Queen Margarita of The Bulgarians
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Reference style Her Majesty
Spoken style Your Majesty
Alternative style Ma'am

Their home Vrana Palace, near Sofia, Simeon's boyhood home, was returned to them by a Bulgarian Constitutional Court. Simeon has a deal with Sofia Municipality allowing the use of part of the estate as a park. The legality of this transaction is disputed by Bulgarian politicians. They have five children:

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