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Princess Maria Louise of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Княгиня Мария Луиза Българска) (born 13 January 1933, Sofia) is the daughter of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Ioanna and the older sister of Simeon II of Bulgaria. Her baptism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church caused controversy at the time.[1]
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After the abolition of the monarchy in 1946, Princess Maria Louise left the country with her mother and brother. They first lived in Egypt and then moved to Spain.
She married Prince Karl of Leiningen in a civil ceremony on 14 February 1957 in Amorbach and in a religious ceremony on 20 February 1957 in Cannes. The couple had two sons:
Karl and Maria Luisa divorced on 4 December 1968.
On 16 November 1969, she married Bronislaw Chrobok (27 August 1933 Katowice), in Toronto, Canada. They currently live in Madison, New Jersey, and have a daughter and a son:
Princess Maria-Louise is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Bulgaria.
In 2001, she visited and toured the church of St John of Rila the Wonderworker in Chicago's Portage Park community area.
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| Preceded by HRH Princess Sofia of Bulgaria |
Line of succession to the British throne 123rd position |
Succeeded by Pawel Chrobok |