Prince Boris of Bulgaria
His Royal Highness | |
The Prince of Tarnovo | |
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Born | Madrid, Spain | 12 October 1997
House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
Father | Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo |
Mother | Miriam Ungría y López |
Religion | Bulgarian Orthodox |
Boris, Prince of Tarnovo (born 12 October 1997)[1] is the heir to the headship of the Royal House of Bulgaria.
Life[edit]
Prince Boris was born in Madrid, Spain the elder son of Miriam Ungría y López and Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo, and the grandson of former King Simeon II of Bulgaria. After the death of his father on 7 April 2015, he his the heir to his grandfather.[2] In April 2022 it was announced that upon the death of his grandfather he will be known as the guardian of the Crown of Bulgaria.[3]
Boris, who has maintained close relations with the Spanish royal family since his father's death, speaks Spanish, English, French and some Bulgarian.[4]
Prince Boris is an artist,[2] devoted to sculpture, plays the guitar and was educated at the Lycée Français Molière in Villanueva de la Cañada in the vicinity of Madrid.[4] He completed his baccalaureate studies in Austria.[4]
Ancestry[edit]
8. Boris III of Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||
4. Simeon II of Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||
9. Princess Giovanna of Italy | |||||||||||||||
2. Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo | |||||||||||||||
10. Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet | |||||||||||||||
5. Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela | |||||||||||||||
11. Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández | |||||||||||||||
1. Prince Boris of Bulgaria | |||||||||||||||
12. Alfonso Ungría y Gargallo | |||||||||||||||
6. Bernardo Ungría y Goiburu | |||||||||||||||
13. María del Pilar Goiburu y Careche | |||||||||||||||
3. Miriam Ungría y López | |||||||||||||||
7. María del Carmen López y Oleaga | |||||||||||||||
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 328-329, 335-337, 340 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 El Mundo. Eduardo Verbo. 4 April 2015. Muere Kardam de Bulgaria, hijo del ex rey Simeón, a los 52 años. (Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2017.
- ↑ Prince Boris Tarnovski will be the Guardian of the Crown of Bulgaria. (30 April 2022) The European Times
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 La Razón. Carmen Duerto. 28 April 2015. Boris de Bulgaria asume su destino. (Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2017.