Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela | |
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Tsaritsa (consort) of Bulgaria | |
Pretend | 21 January 1962 – present |
Spouse | Simeon II of Bulgaria |
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Prince Kardam Prince Kyill Prince Kubrat Prince Konstantin-Assen Princess Kalina |
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Father | Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet |
Mother | María de las Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández |
Born | 6 January 1935 Madrid, Spain |
Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, born on 6 January 1935 in Madrid, Spain, is the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, whom she married after his exile. As such, she is also sometimes styled Tsaritsa Margarita or Queen Margarita; in this context, she may be styled as Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony, due to her husband's descent from those former ruling families. During her husband's tenure as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, she was sometimes referred as Mrs. Margarita Sakskoburggotska.
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She is the daughter of Don Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet, Marqués de Cortina, and his wife Doña María de las Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández, and paternal granddaughter of the 3rd Marques of Cortina. Her parents were murdered by the Spanish Republicans in 1936 at the outset of the Spanish Civil War.
Margarita is a first cousin of the late Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, Viscount of La Torre (son of the 9th Marchioness and brother of the 10th Marquess of la Deleitosa), the husband of Doña Pilar, Infanta of Spain and 1st Duchess of Badajoz. She is styled by courtesy as Her Majesty Margarita, Queen of the Bulgarians.
The former Tsar and Tsaritsa currently reside in what was Simeon's boyhood home, Vrana Palace, near Sofia. It was returned to them by the Bulgarian Constitutional Court. The property is operated under an agreement with the Municipality of Sofia, which allows the use of part of the estate as a public park; in return, the remainder and residence have reverted to the ownership of the family. The legality of this transaction is disputed by Bulgarian politicians.
On 21 January 1962, Doña Margarita married Simeon II of Bulgaria, the King of Bulgaria. Simeon and Margarita have five children:
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