Bulgarian royal family
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The current Bulgarian royal family is a line of the Kohary branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which ruled Bulgaria from 1887 to 1946. The last tsar, Simeon II, became Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2001 and remained in office until 2005. Members of the Royal Family hold the titles Prince (Princess) of Bulgaria and Duke (Duchess) in Saxony, with the style of Royal Highness.[1]
Coburg Peak on Trinity Peninsula in Antarctica is named after the Bulgarian royal house of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.[2]
Members of the royal family
The Bulgarian royal family includes:[1]
- HM Tsar Simeon II, The Tsar of the Bulgarians
- HM Tsaritsa Margarita, The Tsaritsa of the Bulgarians (The Tsar's wife)
- HRH Princess Miriam, The Dowager Princess of Turnovo (The Tsar's daughter-in-law; widow of Prince Kardam)
- HRH Prince Boris, The Prince of Turnovo (The Tsar's grandson and heir)
- HRH Prince Beltran of Turnovo (The Tsar's grandson)
- HRH Prince Kyril, The Prince of Preslav (The Tsar's second son)
- HRH Princess Rosario, The Princess of Preslav (The Tsar's daughter-in-law)
- HRH Princess Mafalda of Preslav (The Tsar's granddaughter)
- HRH Princess Olimpia of Preslav (The Tsar's granddaughter)
- HRH Prince Tassilo of Preslav (The Tsar's grandson)
- HRH Prince Kubrat, The Prince of Panagiurishte (The Tsar's third son)
- HRH Princess Carla, The Princess of Panagiurishte (The Tsar's daughter-in-law)
- HRH Prince Mirko of Panagiurishte (The Tsar's grandson)
- HRH Prince Lukás of Panagiurishte (The Tsar's grandson)
- HRH Prince Tirso of Panagiurishte (The Tsar's grandson)
- HRH Prince Konstantin-Assen, The Prince of Vidin (The Tsar's fourth son)
- HRH Princess Maria, The Princess of Vidin (The Tsar's daughter-in-law)
- HRH Prince Umberto of Vidin (The Tsar's grandson)
- HRH Princess Sofia of Vidin (The Tsar's granddaughter)
- HRH Princess Kalina, Mrs. Muñoz (The Tsar's only daughter)
- HRH Princess Miriam, The Dowager Princess of Turnovo (The Tsar's daughter-in-law; widow of Prince Kardam)
- HRH Princess Marie Louise, The Princess of Koháry (The Tsar's only sister)
Members of the extended family
The Tsar's extended family includes:
- Mr. Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz (The Tsar's son-in-law; Princess Kalina's husband)
- HH Prince Simeon Hassan of Bulgaria (The Tsar's grandson)[3]
- Mr. Bronislaw Chrobok (The Tsar's brother-in-law, Princess Marie Louise's second husband)
- HSH Prince Boris of Leiningen (The Tsar's nephew, first son of Princess Marie Louise and her first husband, the late Prince Karl of Leiningen)
- HSH Princess Cheryl of Leiningen (The Tsar's niece-in-law; Prince Boris of Leiningen's second wife)
- HSH Prince Nicholas of Leiningen (The Tsar's grandnephew)
- HSH Prince Karl Heinrich of Leiningen (The Tsar's grandnephew)
- HSH Princess Juliana of Leiningen (The Tsar's grandniece)
- HSH Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen (The Tsar's nephew, second son of Princess Marie Louise and her first husband)
- HSH Princess Deborah of Leiningen (The Tsar's niece-in-law; Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen's wife)
- HSH Princess Tatiana of Leiningen (The Tsar's grandniece)
- HSH Princess Nadia of Leiningen (The Tsar's grandniece)
- HSH Princess Alexandra of Leiningen (The Tsar's grandniece)
- HSH Princess Alexandra, Mrs Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhães (The Tsar's niece, daughter of Princess Marie Louise and her second husband)
- Mr. Jorge Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhães (The Tsar's nephew-in-law; Princess Alexandra Chrobok of Koháry's husband)
- HSH Prince Luis de Magalhães of Koháry (The Tsar's grandnephew)
- HSH Princess Giovanna de Magalhães of Koháry (The Tsar's grandniece)
- HSH Princess Clémentine de Magalhães of Koháry (The Tsar's grandniece)
- HSH Prince Pawel Chrobok of Koháry (The Tsar's nephew, son of Princess Marie Louise and her second husband)
- HSH Princess Ariana of Koháry (The Tsar niece-in-law; Prince Pawel Chrobok of Koháry's wife)
Tsardom of Bulgaria
The ruling members were:
- Ferdinand I (1887–1918)
- Boris III (1918–1943)
- Simeon II (1943–1946)
See also
Notes
- 1 2 Almanach de Gotha (187th ed.). 2004. pp. 124–125.
- ↑ Coburg Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-20. Retrieved 2015-07-03.
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