The Royal Family:
Important Dates and People

From Cauldrons of Chaos: The Bedeviling Balkans
by Jim Ed Warren. (Used with permission)

HRH MARIA DELLA GRACIE PIA PRINCESS OF BOURBON-SICILIES was born on 2 August 1849 at Gaeta.(1) She married HRH ROBERT I DUKE OF PARMA AND PIACENZA on 5 April 1869 at Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy. The marriage produced 12 children.(2) She died on 29 September 1882 at Villa Bertrand, Biarritz, Pyrenees Atlantic, France, at age 33 years, 1 month and 27 days. (3)

HM FERDINAND I KING OF BULGARIA; Ferdinand Maximilien Charles Leopold Marie of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 February 1861 at Vienna, Austria.(4) He was elected Prince of Bulgaria on 7 July 1887.(5) He married HRH MARIE LOUISE PRINCESS OF BOURBON-PARMA, daughter of HRH ROBERT I DUKE OF PARMA AND PIACENZA and HRH MARIA DELLA GRACIA PIA PRINCESS OF BOURBON-SICILIES, on 20 April 1893 at Villa Pianore, Luccia, Italy. (6) He proclaimed himself Tsar of the Bulgarians on 5 October 1908. (5) Ferdinand's status as Tsar of the Bulgarians was recognized by the Great Powers on 27 April 1909.(5) He died on 10 September 1948 at Coburg at age 87 years, 6 months and 15 days.(5)

HM BORIS III KING OF THE BULGARIANS; Boris Clemens Robert Marie Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 30 January1894 at Sofia, Bulgaria.(6) He became King upon the abdication of his father on 3 October 1918.(7) He married HRH GIOVANNA PRINCESS OF ITALY on 25 October 1930. He died on 10 September 1943 at Coburg at age 49 years, 7 months and 11 days. (8)

HRH GIOVANNA PRINCESS OF ITALY; Giovanna Elisabetta Antonia Romana Maria of the House of Savoy was born on 13 November 1907 at Rome, Italy.(9) She married HM BORIS III KING OF THE BULGARIANS, son of HM FERDINAND I KING OF BULGARIA and HRH MARIE LOUISE PRINCESS OF BOURBON-PARMA, on 25 October 1930. She died on 27 February 2000 at Estoril, Portugal, at age 92 years, 3 months and 14 days.

HRH MARIA LUISA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA was born on 13 January 1933 at Sofia, Bulgaria.(10) She married HSH KARL WLADIMIR PRINCE OF LEININGEN in a civil ceremony on 14 February 1957 at Amorbach and a religious ceremony held February 20, 1957 at the Russian Orthodox Church in Cannes, Alpes-Maritime, France.(11) She and HSH  KARL WLADIMIR PRINCE OF LEININGEN were divorced on 4 December 1968. (12) She married BRONISLAV CHROBOK  on 16 November 1969 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(12)

HSH KARL WLADIMIR PRINCE OF LEININGEN; Karl Wladimir Ernst Heinrich of the House of Leiningen was born on 2 January 1928 at Coburg, Germany. He married HRH MARIA LUISA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA, daughter of HM BORIS  III KING OF THE BULGARIANS and HRH GIOVANNA PRINCESS OF ITALY, in a civil ceremony on 14 February 1957 at Amorbach and a religious ceremony held February 20, 1957 at the Russian Orthodox Church in Cannes, Alpes-Maritime, France.(11) He and HRH MARIA LUISA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA were divorced on 4 December 1968. (12) He died on 28 September 1990 at Vered Hagalil, Israel, at age 62 years, 8 months and 26 days.

HSH KARL BORIS PRINCE OF LEININGEN; Karl Boris Frank Markwart of the House of Leiningen was born on 17 April 1960 at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.13 He married MILLENA MANOV, daughter of WLADIMIR MANOV and ELLY NEDEVA, on 14 February 1987 at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church, Westfield, New Jersey, USA.(12)

MILLENA MANOV married HSH KARL BORIS PRINCE OF LEININGEN, son of HSH KARL WLADIMIR PRINCE OF LEININGEN and HRH MARIA LUISA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA, on 14 February 1987 at Holy Trinity Orthodox Church,  Westfield, New Jersey, USA.(12)

HSH NICHOLAS PRINCE OF LEININGEN; Nicholas Alexander Karel Friedrich of the House of Leiningen was born on 25 October 1991 at Pennsylvania Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. (12)

HSH HERMANN PRINCE OF LEININGEN; Hermann Friedrich Roland Fernando of the House of Leiningen was born on 16 April 1963 at Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Canada.(13) He marriedDEBORAH CULLY, daughter of ROBERT  CULLY and MYRNA RUTH, on 16 May 1987 at Appleby College Chapel, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.(13)

DEBORAH CULLY was born on 2 December 1961 at Belfast, Northern Ireland.(13) She married HSH HERMANN PRINCE OF LEININGEN, son of HSH KARL WLADIMIR PRINCE OF LEININGEN and HRH MARIA LUISA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA, on 16 May 1987 at Appleby College Chapel, Oakville, Ontario, Canada.(13)

HSH TATIANA PRINCESS OF LEININGEN; Tatiana Victoria Maureen of the House of Leiningen was born on 27 August  1989 at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(13)

HSH NADIA PRINCESS OF LEININGEN; Nadia Christine Ruth was born on 16 December 1991 at St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(13)

ALEXANDRA NADEJDA CHROBOK was born on 14 September 1970   at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(12)

PAWEL ALISTER ANTONI CHROBOK was born on 3 May 1972 at Toronto, Ontario, Canada.(12)

HM SIMEON II KING OF THE BULGARIANS; Simeon of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 16 June 1937 at Sofia, Bulgaria.(7) He succeeded his father as king under the Regency of his paternal uncle Prince Kyril on 28 August 1943.(12) He withdrew from Bulgaria without abdicating following a communist rigged peblecite on 16 September 1946.(14) He married MARGARITA GOMEZ ACEBO Y CEJUELA in a civil ceremony on 20 January 1962 at Lausanne. A religious ceremoney was held 21 January 1962 at Vevey.(12)

HRH KARDAM CROWN PRINCE OF BULGARIA was born on 2 December 1962 at Madrid, Spain.(15) He married MIRIAM DE UNGRIA Y LÓPEZ, daughter of BERNALDO DE UNGRIA Y GOIBURU and MARIA DEL CARMEN LÓPEZ Y OLEGA, on 11 July 1996 at Madrid, Spain. (15)

HRH BORIS PRINCE OF BULGARIA was born on 12 October 1997 at Madrid, Spain.(15)

HRH KYRIL PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Kyril of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 11 July 1964 at Madrid, Spain.(15) He married MARIA DEL ROSARIO NADAL Y DE PUIGORFILA on 15 September 1989 at Palma de Mallorca.(15)

HRH MAFALDA CECILIA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA; Mafalda Cecilia of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 27 July 1994 at London, England.(15)

HRH OLIMPIA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA; Olimpia of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 14 December 1995 at London, England.(15)

HRH KUBRAT PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Kubrat of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 5 November 1965 at Madrid, Spain.(15) He married CARLA ROYO-VILANOVA  Y URRESTARAZU on 2 July 1993 at Madrid, Spain. (15)

HRH MIRKO PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Mirko of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 26 April 1995 at Madrid, Spain. (15)

HRH LUCAS PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Lucas of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 15 July 1997 at Madrid, Spain. (15)

HRH KONSTANTIN-ASSEN PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Konstantin Assen of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 5 December 1967 at Madrid, Spain.(15) He married MARIA GARCIA Y GORTAZAR, daughter of ALVARO GARCIA Y DE LA ROSILLA and MARIA GOTARZAR Y IBARRA, on 7 July 1994 at Madrid,
Spain. (15)

HRH UMBERTO PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Umberto of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 20 November 1999.

HRH SOPHIA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA was born on 20 November 1999.

HRH KALINA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA was born on 19 January 1972 at Madrid, Spain. (15)

HRH KYRIL PRINCE OF BULGARIA; Kyril Heinrich Franz Ludwig Anton Philipp of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 17 November 1895 at Sofia, Bulgaria.(15) He served as Regent of Bulgaria for his nephew Simeon II on 28 August 1943 untill killed  by communists.(15) He died on 1 February 1945 at Sofia, Bulgaria, at age 49 years, 2 months and 15 days.(15)

HRH EUDOXIA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA; Eudoxia Augusta Philippine Clementine Maria of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha , daughter of HM FERDINAND I KING OF BULGARIA and HRH MARIE LOUISE PRINCESS OF BOURBON-PARMA, was born on 17 January 1898 at Sophia, Bulgaria.6 She died on 4 October1985 at Friedrichshafen at age 87 years, 8 months and 17 days. (15)

HRH NADEJDA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA; Nadejda Clementine Maria Pia Majella of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was born on 30 January 1899 at Sofia, Bulgaria.(6) She married HRH ALBRECHT DUKE OF
WÜRTTEMBURG on 24 January 1924 at Bad Mergentheim.(15) She died on 15 February 1958 at Stuttgart, Germany, at age 59 years and 16 days. (15)

HRH ALBRECHT DUKE OF WÜRTTEMBURG; Albrecht Eugen Maria Philipp Carl  Joseph Fortunatus of the House of Württemburg was born on 8 January 1895. He married HRH NADEJDA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA, daughter of HM FERDINAND I KING OF BULGARIA and HRH MARIE LOUISE PRINCESS OF BOURBON-PARMA, on 24 January 1924 at Bad Mergentheim.(15) He died on 24 June 1954 at Swaibisch Gmund at age 59 years, 5 months and 16 days. (16)

ANTONIO RÔXO DE BANDERIA; Antonia Manuel was born on 2 August 1937 at Santa Isabel, Portugal.(16) He married HRH SOPHIE DUCHESS OF WÜRTTEMBERG, daughter of HRH ALBRECHT DUKE OF WÜRTTEMBURG and HRH NADEJDA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA, in a civil ceremony on 17 February 1969 and a religious ceremony 18 February at Altshausen.(17) He and HRH SOPHIE DUCHESS OF WÜRTTEMBERG were divorced on 11 February 1974 at Munich, Germany.(17) The marriage was ecclesiasticallly annulled on 18 October 1976 at Freiburg im Breisgau.(17) He died on 23 February 1987 at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at age 49 years, 6 months and 21 days. (18)

HRH FERDINAND EUGEN DUKE OF WÜRTTEMBURG; Ferdinand Eugen Albrecht Maria Joseph Ivan Rilsky Philipp August Clemens Karl Robert Ludwig Boris Cyrill Franz de Paula of the House of Württemburg was born on 3 April 1925 at Karlsruhe, Oberschlissien.(19)

HRH MARGARETA DUCHESS OF WÜRTTEMBURG; Margarethe Louise Eudoxie Nadejda Maria Josepha Albertine Therresa Amelie Elisabeth Benedicta Rosa Catharina Elisabetha-Bona of the House of Württemburg , daughter of HRH ALBRECHT DUKE OF WÜRTTEMBURG and HRH NADEJDA PRINCESS OF BULGARIA, was born on 25 November 1928 at Karlsruhe, Oberschlissien.(16) She  married FRANÇOIS LUCE-BAILLY VICOMTE DE CHEVIGNY in a civil ceremony 7 August and a religous ceremonry 8 August 1970 at Altshausen. (19)

HRH EUGEN DUKE OF WÜRTTEMBURG; Eugen Eberhard Albrecht Maria Joseph Ivan Rilsky Robert Ulrich Pjilipp Otto Carl Hubert of the House of Württemburg was born on 2 November 1930 at Karlsruhe.(16) He married HI&RH ALEXANDRA ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA in a civll ceremony on 31 August 1962 at Mondsee and  in a religious ceremony 03 September 1962 at Salzburg.(19) He and HI&RH ALEXANDRA ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA were divorced on 6 April 1972 at Frankfurt-am-Main. (20) The marriage of he and HI&RH ALEXANDRA ARCHDUCHESS OF AUSTRIA was annulled on 7 November 1973 at Rome, Italy. (20)

HRH ALEXANDER DUKE OF WÜRTTEMBERG; Alexander Eeugen Philipp Albrecht Ferdinand Maria Joseph Ivan Rilsky Johannes-Joseph von Kreuz of the House of Württemberg was born on 5 March 1933 at Stuttgart, Germany. (16)

HRH SOPHIE DUCHESS OF WÜRTTEMBERG was born on 16 February 1937 at Stuttgart, Germany.(17) She married ANTONIO RÔXO DE BANDERIA in a civil ceremony on 17 February 1969 and a religious ceremony 18 February at Altshausen. (17) She and ANTONIO RÔXO DE BANDERIA were divorced on 11 February 1974 at Munich, Germany. (17) The marriage was ecclesiasticallly annulled on 18 October 1976 at Freiburg im Breisgau. (17)
 
 

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Daniel Willis. The Descendants of Louis XIII. Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfiled Company, Inc., 1999.

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Endnotes

1. Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha-1885 (Gotha: Justus Perthes, November 15, 1884). Hereinafter cited as Gotha-
1885.

2. Justus Perthes, Gotha-1885, pg, 23.

3. Justus Perthes, Gotha-1885, pg. 23.

4. Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha-1871 (Gotha: Justus Perthes, November 1870), pg. 2. Hereinafter cited as Gotha-
1871.

5. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Almanach de Gotha-1998 (9 Cork Street, London W1X 1 PD, England: John Kennedy, 
1998), pg. 75. Hereinafter cited as Gotha-1998.

6. Justus Perthes, Almanach de Gotha-1908 (Gotha: Justus Perthes, November 15,1907), pg. 91. Hereinafter cited as 
Gotha-1908.

7. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Gotha-1998, pg. 101.

8. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Gotha-1998, pg. 234.

9. Justus Perthes, Gotha-1908, pg. 46.

10. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Gotha-1998, pg. 76.

11. Daniel Willis, The Descendants of Louis XIII (Baltimore, Maryland: Clearfiled Company, Inc., 1999), pg.123. 
Hereinafter cited as Desc.-Louis XIII.

12. Daniel Willis, Desc.-Louis XIII, pg. 123.

13. Marlene A. Eilers (Mrs. William Koenig), Queen Victoria's Descendants (Enåsen-Falekvarna, 521 91 FALKÖPING, Sweden: Rosval Royal Books, 1997), pg. 151. Hereinafter cited as QVD.

14. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Gotha-1998, pg. 77.

15. Daniel Willis, Desc.-Louis XIII, pg. 124.

16. Daniel Willis, Desc.-Louis XIII, Pg. 104.

17. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Almanach de Gotha-1999 (9 Cork Street, London W1X 1 PD, England: John Kennedy, 
March 16, 1999), Pg. 363. Hereinafter cited as Gotha-1999.

18. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Gotha-1999, Pg. 363
.
19. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Gotha-1998, Pg. 270.

20. Almanach de Gotha Limited, Gotha-1999, Pg. 362.