Ferdinand of the Bulgarians
Born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Elected Prince of Bulgaria in 1887, proclaimed King (Tsar) of the Bulgarians in 1908. Abdicated in 1918.
Son of August, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1818-1881) by his wife Clémentine, Princess d’Orléans (1817-1907)
Born: Vienna 26. Feb 1861
Married:
Villa Pianore, Lucca, Italy 20. Apr 1893 Maria Luisa, Princess of Bourbon-Parma (1870-1899), daughter of Roberto I. Duke of Parma and Piacenza (1848-1907) by his first wife Maria Pia, Princess of the Two Sicilies (1849-1882).
(cath.) Coburg 28. Feb (prot.) Schloss Osterstein, Gera 1. Mar 1908 Eleonore, Princess Reuss zu Köstritz (1860-1917), daughter of Heinrich IV Fürst Reuss zu Köstritz (1821-1894) by his wife Luise, Princess Reuss zu Greiz (1822-1875).
Issue of first marriage:
Boris III King of the Bulgarians (1894-1943) m. 1930 Giovanna, Princess of Savoy (1907-2000)
Kyril, Prince of Bulgaria (1895-1945, executed)
Eudoxia, Princess of Bulgaria (1898-1985)
Nadejda, Princess of Bulgaria (1899-1958) m. 1924 Albrecht Eugen, Duke of Württemberg (1895-1954)
Died: Coburg 10. Sep 1948
Buried: St. Augustin, Coburg
Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000; Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol II, Starke Verlag 1953