Prince Alexander I

Name: Prince Alexander Joseph of Battenberg
Titles: Prince of Bulgaria; after relinquishing the throne of Bulgaria, took the title Count of Hartenau
Born: 5 Apr 1857, Verona
Parents: Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine and Countess Julia von Hauke

Reign: 29 Apr 1879 – 7 Sep 1886 (resigned)

Married: 6 Feb 1889 – Mention, Alpes-Maritimes, France, to Johanna Loisinger
Children:
– Count Assènne Ludwig Alexander of Hartenau (1890–1965)
– Countess Marie Therese Vera Zvetana of Hartenau (1893–1935)

Died: 23 Oct 1893, Graz, Austria
Buried: Battenberg Mausoleum, Sofia, Bulgaria

Unofficial Royalty: Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria
Unofficial Royalty: Johanna Loisinger
Wikipedia: Battenberg Mausoleum

Johanna Loisinger

Name: Johanna Maria Louise Loisinger
Born: 18 Apr 1865, Pressburg, Austria (now Bratislava)
Parents: John Loisinger and Maria Meier
Married: 6 Feb 1889 – Mention, Alpes-Maritimes, France – Prince Alexander of Battenberg, Count of Hartenau
Children:
– Count Assènne Ludwig Alexander of Hartenau (1890–1965)
– Countess Marie Therese Vera Zvetana of Hartenau (1893–1935)

Died: 20 Jul 1951, Vienna, Austria
Buried: St Leonhard Cemetery, Graz, Austria

Unofficial Royalty: Johanna Loisinger
Unofficial Royalty: Alexander of Battenberg, Prince of Bulgaria

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Tsar Ferdinand I

Name: Prince Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Born: 26 Feb 1861 – Vienna
Parents: Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Princess Clémentine of Orléans

Married(1): 20 Apr 1893 – Lucca, Italy – Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma
Children:
– Tsar Boris III (1894-1943)
– Prince Kyril (1895-1945)
– Princess Eudoxia (1898-1985)
– Princess Nadezhda (1899-1958)

Married(2): 28 Feb 1908 – Coburg – Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz

Reigns:
7 Jul 1887 – 5 Oct 1908 – as Prince of Bulgaria
5 Oct 1908 – 3 Oct 1918 – as King of Bulgaria (abdicated)

Died: 10 Sep 1948 – Coburg
Buried: St Augustine’s Church, Coburg

Unofficial Royalty: Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma
Unofficial Royalty: Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz
Wikipedia: St Augustine’s Church

Princess Maria Luisa

Name: Princess Maria Luisa Pia Teresa Anna Ferdinanda Francesca Antonietta Margherita Giuseppina Carolina Bianca Lucia Apollonia of Bourbon-Parma
Born: 17 Jan 1870, Rome
Parents: Robert I, Duke of Parma and Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Married: 20 Apr 1893 – Lucca, Italy – Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Children:
– Tsar Boris III (1894-1943)
– Prince Kyril (1895-1945)
– Princess Eudoxia (1898-1985)
– Princess Nadezhda (1899-1958)

Died: 31 Jan 1899, Sofia
Buried: Cathedral of St Louis of France, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

Unofficial Royalty: Princess Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma
Unofficial Royalty: Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Wikipedia: Cathedral of St Louis of France

Tsaritsa Eleonore

Name: Princess Eleonore Caroline Gasparine Louise Reuss of Köstritz
Born: 22 Aug 1860, Trebschen, Prussia
Parents: Prince Heinrich IV Reuss of Köstritz and Princess Luise Caroline Reuss of Greiz
Married: 28 Feb 1908 – Coburg – Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

Died: 12 Sep 1917, Euxinograd, Bulgaria
Buried: Boyana Church, Sofia, Bulgaria

Unofficial Royalty: Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz
Unofficial Royalty: Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
Wikipedia: Boyana Church

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Tsar Boris III

Name: Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver
Born: 30 Jan 1894, Sofia
Parents: Tsar Ferdinand I and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma
Married: 25 Oct 1930 – Assisi, Italy – Princess Giovanna of Italy
Children:
-Princess Marie Louise (1933)
-Tsar Simeon II (1937)

Reign: 3 Oct 1918 – 28 Aug 1943

Died:  28 Aug 1943, Sofia
Buried: Rila Monastery, Bulgaria

Unofficial Royalty: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
Unofficial Royalty: Giovanna of Italy
Wikipedia: Rila Monastery

Tsaritsa Giovanna

Name: Princess Giovanna Elisabetta Antonia Romana Maria of Italy
Born: 13 Nov 1907, Rome, Italy
Parents: King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy and Princess Elena of Montenegro
Married: 25 Oct 1930 – Assisi, Italy – Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
Children:
-Marie Louise (1933)
-Tsar Simeon II (1937)

Died: 26 Feb 2000, Estoril, Portugal
Buried: Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi, Assisi, Italy

Unofficial Royalty: Princess Giovanna of Italy
Unofficial Royalty: Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
Wikipedia: Basilica of San Francesco d’Assisi

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Tsar Simeon II

Name: Simeon Borisov
Born: 16 Jun 1937, Sofia, Bulgaria
Parents: Tsar Boris III and Princess Giovanna of Italy
Married: 21 Jan 1962 – Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela
Children:
– Prince Kardam, The Prince of Turnovo (1962-2015)
– Prince Kyrill, The Prince of Preslav (1964)
– Prince Kubrat, The Prince of Panagyurishte (1965)
– Prince Konstantin-Assen, The Prince of Vidin (1967)
– Princess Kalina (1972)

Reign: 28 Aug 1943 – 15 Sep 1946 (monarchy abolished); current pretender to the Bulgarian throne

Unofficial Royalty: Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
Unofficial Royalty: Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela

Tsaritsa Margarita

 

Name: Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela
Born: 6 Jan 1935, Madrid, Spain
Parents: Don Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet and Doña María de las Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández
Married: 21 Jan 1962 – Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria
Children:
– Prince Kardam, The Prince of Turnovo (1962-2015)
– Prince Kyrill, The Prince of Preslav (1964)
– Prince Kubrat, The Prince of Panagyurishte (1965)
– Prince Konstantin-Assen, The Prince of Vidin (1967)

Unofficial Royalty: Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela
Unofficial Royalty: TsarSimeon II of Bulgaria