Bulgarian royal family

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House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Bulgarian royal line)
Arms of the Royal Family of Bulgaria 1909.svg
Parent houseSaxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry
CountryBulgaria
Founded1887
FounderFerdinand I
Current headSimeon II
Final rulerSimeon II
TitlesPrince (Княз), Tsar (Цар)
Estate(s)Vrana Palace
Deposition1946

The last Bulgarian royal family (Българско царско семейство, Balgarsko tsarsko semeystvo) is a line of the Koháry 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 of 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 and Gotha.[2]

Members of the royal family[]

The Bulgarian royal family includes:[1]

  • Tsar Simeon II and Tsaritsa Margarita (the Tsar and his wife)
    • Miriam, Dowager Princess of Turnovo (the Tsar's daughter-in-law; widow of Kardam, Prince of Turnovo)
    • Kyril, Prince of Preslav and Rosario, Princess of Preslav (the Tsar's son and daughter-in-law)
      • Princess Mafalda (the Tsar's granddaughter)
      • Princess Olimpia (the Tsar's granddaughter)
      • Prince Tassilo (the Tsar's grandson)
    • Kubrat, Prince of Panagiurishte and Carla, Princess of Panagiurishte (the Tsar's son and daughter-in-law)
      • Prince Mirko (the Tsar's grandson)
      • Prince Lukás (the Tsar's grandson)
      • Prince Tirso (the Tsar's grandson)
    • Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin and Maria, Princess of Vidin (the Tsar's son and daughter-in-law)
      • Prince Umberto (the Tsar's grandson)
      • Princess Sofia (the Tsar's granddaughter)
    • Princess Kalina, Mrs. Muñoz (the Tsar's daughter)
  • Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria, the Princess of Koháry (the Tsar's sister)

Members of the extended family[]

The Tsar's extended family includes:

  • Antonio Muñoz (the Tsar's son-in-law, husband of Princess Kalina) [3]
    • Prince Simeon Hassan Muñoz (the Tsar's grandson, son of Princess Kalina)
  • Bronislaw Chrobok (the Tsar's brother-in-law, second husband of Marie Louise, Princess of Koháry)
    • Prince Boris and Princess Cheryl of Leiningen (the Tsar's nephew and niece-in-law)
      • Prince Nicholas of Leiningen (the Tsar's grandnephew)
      • Prince Karl Heinrich of Leiningen (the Tsar's grandnephew)
      • Princess Juliana of Leiningen (the Tsar's grandniece)
    • Prince Hermann Friedrich and Princess Deborah of Leiningen (the Tsar's nephew and niece-in-law)
      • Princess Tatiana of Leiningen and Clayton Reynolds (the Tsar's grandniece and grandnephew-in-law)
      • Princess Nadia of Leiningen and Ian Baker (the Tsar's grandniece and grandnephew-in-law)
      • Princess Alexandra of Leiningen (the Tsar's grandniece)
    • Princess Alexandra, Mrs. Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhães and Jorge Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhães (the Tsar's niece and nephew-in-law)
      • Prince Luis de Magalhães de Kohary (the Tsar's grandnephew)
      • Princess Giovanna de Magalhães de Kohary (the Tsar's grandniece)
      • Princess Clémentine de Magalhães de Kohary (the Tsar's grandniece)
    • Prince Pawel and Princess Ariana Chrobok of Koháry (the Tsar nephew and niece-in-law)
      • Princess Maya Chrobok of Koháry (the Tsar's grandniece)
      • Prince Alexander Ferdinand Chrobok of Koháry (the Tsar's grandnephew)
  • François Luce de Chevigny (the Tsar's cousin-n-law, widower of Duchess Margareta of Württemberg, daughter of Princess Nadezhda)
  • Duke Eugen Eberhard of Württemberg (the Tsar's cousin, son of Princess Nadezhda)
  • Duke Alexander Eugen of Württemberg (the Tsar's cousin, son of Princess Nadezhda)
  • Duchess Sophie of Württemberg (the Tsar's cousin, daughter of Princess Nadezhda

Tsardom of Bulgaria[]

The ruling members were:

  • Ferdinand I (1887–1918)
  • Boris III (1918–1943)
  • Simeon II (1943–1946)

See also[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Almanach de Gotha (187th ed.). 2004. pp. 124–125.
  2. ^ Coburg Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
  3. ^ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101220151818/http://www.kingsimeon.bg/pages/show/id/29 |archivedate=2010-12-20 }}

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