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Kingdom
of Bulgaria The
Kingdom of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Царство България)
was established as an independent state when the Principality of Bulgaria, an Ottoman vassal, officially proclaimed itself
independent on October 5, 1908 (September 22 O.S.). This move also formalised the annexation of the Ottoman province of Eastern
Rumelia, which had been under the control of Principality of Bulgaria since 1885. In 1946, the monarchy was abolished, its
final Tsar was sent into exile and the Kingdom was replaced by a People's Republic. Although rarely, it is sometimes referred
to as the Third Bulgarian Empire, as in the Middle Ages the term Tsardom meant an Empire. However, the Third Bulgarian state
was internationally recognized as a Kingdom. Royal House of Bulgaria - Wettin The current Bulgarian royal family is a line of the Kohary branch
of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha - Wettin, which ruled Bulgaria from 1887 to 1946. The House of Wettin is a dynasty
of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that once ruled the area of today's German states of
Saxony, the Saxon part of Saxony-Anhalt, and Thuringia for more than 800 years. Agnates of the House of Wettin have, at various times, ascended the thrones of Great Britain, Portugal, Bulgaria,
Poland, Saxony, and Belgium; of these, only the British and Belgian lines retain their thrones today. Line of Succession to the Bulgarian Throne The Bulgarian
monarchy was abolished in 1946. The last reigning monarch was HM Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, who is now the currect
head of the Bulgarian Royal Family. The law of succession of the family is agnatic primogeniture. Thus therefore,
only males can succeed Simeon II, leading to the theoretical order of succession to the Bulgarian throne: - HRH Kardam, Prince of Turnovo, Duke of Saxony(born 2 December 1962)
- HRH Prince Boris of Bulgaria, Duke of Saxony (born 10 October 1997)
- HRH Prince Beltran of Bulgaria, Duke of Saxony (born 23 March 1999)
- HRH Kyril, Prince of Preslav, Duke of Saxony (born 11 July 1964)
- HRH Prince Tassilo of Bulgaria, Duke of Saxony (born 20 January 2002)
- HRH Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte, Duke of Saxony (born 5 November 1965)
- HRH Prince Mirko of Bulgaria, Duke of Saxony (born 26 April 1995)
- HRH Prince Lukás of Bulgaria, Duke of Saxony (born 15 July 1997)
- HRH Prince Tirso of Bulgaria, Duke of Saxony (born 3 June 2002)
- HRH Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin, Duke of Saxony (born 5 December 1967)
- HRH Prince Umberto of Bulgaria, Duke of Saxony (born 20 November 1999)
Sovereigns of Bulgaria | HSH Prince
Alexander (Battenberg) | April 29th,
1879 | September 3rd, 1886 (abdicated) | | HH Prince Ferdinand I | July 7th, 1887 | October 5th, 1908 | | HM
King Ferdinand I | October 5th, 1908 | October 3rd, 1918 (abdicated) | | HM King Boris III | October 3rd, 1918 | August
28th, 1943 | | HM King Simeon
II | August 28th, 1943 | September 9th, 1946 (forced into exile) |
Family Titles and Styles of the Royal House
The members of this family bear the titles Prince or Princess of Bulgaria, Duke or Duchess
of Saxony, together with the formal appellation of His or Her Royal Highness.
The Genealogy of The Royal House FERDINAND
Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria Pr of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, b.Vienna 26 Feb 1861, d.Coburg 10 Sep 1948, was elected Prince of Bulgaria
7 Jul 1887 and proclaimed himself King (Tsar) of the Bulgarians 5 Oct 1908; he abdicated on 3 Oct 1918; he m.1st Villa Pianore
20 Apr 1893 Marie Louise Pss of Bourbon-Parma (Rome 17 Jan 1870-Sofia 31 Jan 1899); m.2d (Catholic) Coburg 28 Feb 1908 (Prot.)
Schloß Osterstein 1 Mar 1908 Eleonore Pss Reuss (Trebschen 22 Aug 1860-Euxinograd 12 Sep 1917) 
1a) BORIS III Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver,
King of the Bulgarians (Sofia 30 Jan 1894-Sofia 28 Aug 1943); m.Assisi 25 Oct 1930 Giovanna Pss of Savoy (Rome 13 Nov 1907-Estoril
26 Feb 2000) 1b)
Maria Luisa, b.Sofia 13 Jan 1933; m.1st (civ) Amorbach 14 Feb 1957 (rel) Cannes 20 Feb 1957 (div 1968) Karl Pr zu Leiningen
(Coburg 2 Jan 1928-Vered Hagalil, Israel 28 Sep 1990); m.2d Toronto, Ontario 16 Nov 1969 Bronislaw Chrobok (b.Kattowitz 27
Aug 1933) 2b) SIMEON II, King of the Bulgarians from the death of his father until he was forced into exile in 1946; b.Sofia
16 Jun 1937; m.(civ) Lausanne 20 Jan 1962 (rel) Vevey 21 Jan 1962 Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela (b.Madrid 6 Jan 1935)
1c) Kardam, Pr of Tirnovo,
b.Madrid 2 Dec 1962; m.Madrid 11 Jul 1996 Miriam Ungria y López (b.Madrid 2 Sep 1963)
1d) Boris, b.Madrid 10 Oct 1997
2d) Beltran, b.Madrid
23 Mar 1999
2c) Kyrill, Pr of Preslav,
b.Madrid 11 Jul 1964; m.Palma de Mallorca 15 Sep 1989 Rosario Nadal y Fuster-Puigdorfila (b.Palma de Mallorca 22 Oct 1968)
1d) Mafalda-Cecilia Preslavska, b.London
27 Jul 1994
2d) Olimpia Preslavska, b.London 13 Dec 1995
3d) Tassilo, b.20 Jan 2002
3c) Kubrat, Pr of Panagjuriste,
b.Madrid 5 Nov 1965; m.Madrid 2 Jul 1993 Carla-Maria Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu (b.Madrid 3 Jan 1969)
1d) Mirko Panagjurski, b.Madrid 26 Apr 1995
2d) Lucas Panagjurski, b.Madrid 15 Jul 1997
3d) Tirso, b.Madrid 3 Jun 2002 
4c) Konstantin-Assen, Pr of Vidin, b.Madrid 5 Dec 1967; m.Madrid
7 Jul 1994 Maria Garcia de la Rasilla y Gortazar (b.Madrid 13 May 1970)
1d) Umberto, b.20 Nov 1999
2d) Sofia, b.20 Nov 1999 
5c) Kalina, b.Madrid 19 Jan 1972; m.Borovets, Bulgaria 26 Oct
2002 Antonio Muñoz Valcárcel (b.Sidi Ifni, Morocco 19 Nov 1958) 
2a) Kyril Heinrich Franz Ludwig Anton Karl Philipp, Prince Regent
1943-4 (Sofia 17 Nov 1895-executed at Sofia 1 Feb 1945)
3a) Eudoxia Augusta Philippine
Clementine Maria (Sofia 17 Jan 1898-Friedrichshafen 4 Oct 1985)
4a) Nadejda Clementine Maria Pia Majella (Sofia 30 Jan 1899-Stuttgart
15 Feb 1958); m.Bad-Margentheim 24 Jan 1924 Albrecht Eugen Duke of Württemberg (Stuttgart 8 Jan 1895-Schwäbisch-Gmünd
24 Jun 1954)
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