Genealogy of the Royal Family of Bulgaria1, 2Genealogy of the Royal Family of Bulgaria1, 2
HM King Ferdinand I Maximilian Karl Leopold
Maria of the Bulgarians, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of
Saxony
(Born as: HSH Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold
Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony)
(Since May 2nd, 1881:) HH Prince Ferdinand Maximilian
Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
(Since July 7th, 1887:) HH Prince Ferdinand I Maximilian
Karl Leopold Maria of Bulgaria, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha,
Duke of Saxony
(Since March 14th, 1896:) HRH Prince Ferdinand I
Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Bulgaria, Prince of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
* Vienna, February 26th, 1861
† Coburg, September 10th, 1948
Prince of Bulgaria (elected: July 7th, 1887); King (Tsar) of the
Bulgarians (proclaimed himself: Tirnovo, October 5th, 1908;
abdicated: October 3rd, 1918)
Granted the style Royal Highness by HIM Emperor Abdul Hamid II of
Turkey, March 14th, 1896
Married:
(Catholic) Sankt August Kirche, Coburg,
February 28th and (Protestant) Chapel, Schloß
Osterstein, Gera, March 1st, 1908:
Children
from the first marriage:
HH Princess Eudoxia Augusta
Philippine Clementine Maria of Bulgaria, Princess of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
HH Princess Nadejda Clementine
Maria Pia Majella of Bulgaria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg
and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
Married:
Bad Mergentheim, January 24th,
1924:
HRH Duke Albrecht Eugen Maria Philipp Carl
Joseph Fortunatus of
Württemberg
* Stuttgart, January 8th, 1895
† Schwäbisch-Gmünd, June 24th, 1954
HM
King Boris III Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig
Stanislaus Xaver of the Bulgarians
(Born as: HH Prince Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius
Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver of Bulgaria, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and
Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Tirnovo)
(Since October 5th, 1908:) HRH Prince Boris Klemens
Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver of Bulgaria, Prince of
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Tirnovo
* Sofia, January 30th, 1894
† Royal Palace, Sofia, August 28th, 1943
Prince of Tirnovo (= Crown Prince of Bulgaria), January 30th,
1894
King of the Bulgarians, October 3rd, 1918
Married:
St. Franciscus of Assis Church, Assisi,
Umbria, October 25th, 1930:
HRH Princess Royal Giovanna Elisabetta Antonia Romana Maria of Savoy
* Rome, November 13th, 1907
† Estoril, February 26th, 2000
Children from this marriage:
HM King Simeon II of the Bulgarians
(Born as: HRH Prince Simeon of Bulgaria, Prince of
Tirnovo)
* Sofia, June 16th, 1937
Prince of Tirnovo (= Crown Prince of Bulgaria), June 16th, 1937
King of the Bulgarians, August 28th, 1943 (forced to go into
exile: September 9th, 1946); Prime Minister of Bulgaria, July
24th, 2001
Married:
(civil) Lausanne, January 20th and
(religious) Vevey, January 21st, 1962:
Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela
* Madrid, January 6th, 1935
Children from this marriage:
Married:
Madrid, July 11th, 1996:
Doña Miriam Ungria y López
* Madrid, September 2nd, 1963
Children from this marriage:
HRH Prince Kyrill of Bulgaria,
Prince of PreslavMarried:
Royal Chapel Santa Ana, Almudaina
Palace, Palma de Mallorca, September 15th, 1989:
Doña Rosario Nadal y Fuster-Puigdorfila
* Palma de Mallorca, October 22nd, 1968
Children from this marriage:
HRH Prince Kubrát of Bulgaria,
Prince of PanagjuristeMarried:
Real Monasterio de la Encarnacion,
Madrid, July 2nd, 1993:
Doña Carla Maria Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu
* Madrid, January 3rd, 1969
Children from this marriage:
HRH Prince Konstantin-Assen of
Bulgaria, Prince of VidinMarried:
Madrid, July 7th, 1994:
Doña María Garcia de la Rasilla y Gortazar
* Madrid, May 13th, 1970
Children from this marriage:
HRH Princess Kalina of BulgariaMarried:
Borovets, October 26th, 2002:
Don Antonio Muñoz Valcárcel
("Kitín")
* Sidi Ifni, November 19th, 1958
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Last updated: December 27th, 2004.