Bulgarian royal family

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
(Bulgarian royal line)
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ; (Bulgarian royal line)
Parent house	Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry
Country	Bulgaria
Founded	1887
Founder	Ferdinand I
Current head	Simeon II
Final ruler	Simeon II
Titles	Prince (Княз), Tsar (Цар)
Estate(s)	Vrana Palace
Deposition	1946

The current Bulgarian royal family (Bulgarian: Българско царско семейство, romanized: Bŭlgarsko tsarsko semeǐstvo) 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)
  - Boris, Prince of Turnovo (the Tsar's grandson and heir apparent)
  - Prince Beltran (the Tsar's grandson)
- 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)
  - Prince Simeon-Hassan (the Tsar's grandson)
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]
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 (the Tsar's grandniece)
  - Princess Nadia of Leiningen (the Tsar's grandniece)
  - 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)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Almanach de Gotha (187th ed.). 2004. pp. 124–125.
^ Coburg Peak. SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica
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External links

Media related to House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry (Bulgaria) at Wikimedia Commons
Official website of Simeon II of Bulgaria

[adg-1] 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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