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Princess Clémentine (the Tsar's great-grandmother, mother of tsar Ferdinand I, died in 1907) Tsaritsa Eleonore (the Tsar's step-grandmother, second wife of tsar Ferdinand I, died in 1917) Tsar Boris III (the Tsar's father, died in 1943) Kiril, Prince of Preslav (the Tsar's uncle, doed in 1945) Tsar Ferdinand I (the Tsar's grandfather, died in ...
Led the defense against the Byzantine Empire as Emperor Basil II once more invaded Bulgaria and killed at the Battle of Dyrrhachium in 1018. After his death, the Bulgarian nobility became divided among two parties, one headed by Ivan Vladislav's widow Maria and one headed by his son Presian II. Maria formally surrendered Bulgaria to Basil. [39]
Ferdinand was a grandnephew of Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and of Leopold I, first king of the Belgians. His father August was a brother of King Ferdinand II of Portugal, and also a first cousin to Queen Victoria, her husband Albert, Empress Carlota of Mexico and her brother Leopold II of Belgium. These last two, Leopold and Carlota ...
The Tsardom of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Царство България, romanized: Tsarstvo Balgariya), also known as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom (Bulgarian: Трето Българско Царство, romanized: Treto Balgarsko Tsarstvo), sometimes translated as the Kingdom of Bulgaria, or simply Bulgaria, was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe, which was established on 5 October ...
Ferdinand initially worked with Stambolov, but by 1894 their relationship worsened. Stambolov resigned and was assassinated in July 1895. Ferdinand then decided to restore relations with Russia, which meant returning to a conservative policy. There was a substantial Bulgarian population still living under Ottoman rule, particularly in Macedonia ...
In 1014, under Byzantium's Basil II "the Bulgar Slayer", the Bulgarians are decisively defeated at the Battle of Kleidion. ... 1886 - Eastern Rumelia is merged with Bulgaria. 1887 - Ferdinand of ...
In 1892, her father arranged her marriage to the then reigning Prince of Bulgaria, Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The negotiations were conducted between Duke Robert and Ferdinand's mother, Princess Clémentine of Orléans. The engagement was celebrated at the Castle of Schwartzau, the residence of the Bourbon-Parma family in Austria ...
He became Alexander I and assumed the title Prince of Bulgaria. Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha took an oath in front of The National Assembly convened in Tarnovo on 2 August 1887. He became Ferdinand I assumed the title Prince of Bulgaria. Prince Ferdinand I declared Bulgaria's independence at Holy Forty Martyrs Church in Tarnovo on