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Margarita Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela (born 6 January 1935) is the wife of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, whom she married after he went into exile. As such, she is also sometimes styled Tsaritsa Margarita; in this context, she may be styled as Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony, due to her husband's descent from those former ruling families. During her husband's tenure as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, she was sometimes referred as Margarita Sakskoburggotska. The current Bulgarian government does not recognize the titles in exile of the former Bulgarian royal family. Early life Birth Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela was born on 6 January 1935 in Villa Alba, Collado Villalba, Madrid, during the Second Spanish Republic,Kingsimeon.bgpage information of Queen Margarita/ref> as the second child and only daughter of the two children of Spanish nobles: Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet, 4th Marquess of Cortina, a state counselor and lawyer of commercial and banking companies (el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( , ) is the capital and most populous city of Spain. The city has almost 3.4 million inhabitants and a metropolitan area population of approximately 6.7 million. It is the second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its monocentric metropolitan area is the third-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula. Capital city of both Spain (almost without interruption since 1561) and the surrounding autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also the political, economic and cultural centre of the country. The city is situated on an elevated plain about from the closest seaside location. The climate of Madrid features hot summers and cool winters. The Madrid urban agglomeration has the second-large ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francoist Spain
Francoist Spain ( es, España franquista), or the Francoist dictatorship (), was the period of Spanish history between 1939 and 1975, when Francisco Franco ruled Spain after the Spanish Civil War with the title . After his death in 1975, Spain transitioned into a democracy. During this time period, Spain was officially known as the Spanish State (). The nature of the regime evolved and changed during its existence. Months after the start of the Spanish Civil War in July 1936, Franco emerged as the dominant rebel military leader and was proclaimed head of state on 1 October 1936, ruling a dictatorship over the territory controlled by the Nationalist faction. The 1937 Unification Decree, which merged all parties supporting the rebel side, led to Nationalist Spain becoming a single-party regime under the FET y de las JONS. The end of the war in 1939 brought the extension of the Franco rule to the whole country and the exile of Republican institutions. The Francoist dictatorshi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Princess Mafalda Of Bulgaria
Mafalda-Cecilia von Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry (''Mafalda-Cecilia Sakskoburggotska''; born 27 July 1994), known professionally as Ona Mafalda, is a British singer-songwriter and member of the former Bulgarian royal family. As a granddaughter of Simeon II, the last reigning tsar of Bulgaria, she is a princess of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry. Early life and family Mafalda was born on 27 July 1994 in London to Rosario Nadal, a Spanish aristocrat and art director, and Kyril, Prince of Preslav, a member of the Bulgarian royal family. She is a granddaughter of Simeon II of Bulgaria, who was the last tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria and later served as the prime minister of the Republic of Bulgaria. In 1999 Mafalda served as a bridal attendant in the wedding of Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark and Carlos Morales Quintana. She grew up in London and later moved to the United States to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston, where she was a student for three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario, Princess Of Preslav
María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila (born 22 October 1968), also known as the Princess of Preslav, is a Spanish consultant, art director, and former model. A former muse for Valentino, she works as an independent adviser to private art collectors and serves as the deputy director of the Colección Jumex. She is a senior member of the Bulgarian royal family as the estranged wife of Kyril, Prince of Preslav, from whom she separated in 2009. Early life Rosario was born Doña María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila on 22 October 1968 in Palma de Mallorca to Doña Isabel Fuster de Puigdórfila y Villanova and Miguel Nadal y Bestard. A member of the Spanish nobility by birth, she is the granddaughter of Joaquín de Puigdórfila y Zaforteza, 9th Count of Olocau. Her family is descended from the Aztec emperor Moctezuma II through his daughter Isabel Moctezuma. She was educated at the Colegio Madre Alberta. She went on to study fine art at Richmond, The Amer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Beltran Of Bulgaria
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo, Duke in Saxony (2 December 1962 – 7 April 2015) was the eldest son of King Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife ''Doña'' Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela. Kardam was born after the abolition of the Bulgarian monarchy. As such, it was only by courtesy that he was sometimes styled as if being a crown prince. He was known also as Kardam of Bulgaria and Kardam of Tarnovo, the latter being the title of the heir apparent of the Bulgarian throne. Life He was born in Madrid, was baptised into the Eastern Orthodox faith and had a master's degree in Agricultural Economics from Penn State University. Marriage and issue In Madrid, on 11 July 1996, Kardam married Miriam Ungría y López, born in Madrid on 2 September 1963, a gemologist and daughter of Bernardo Ungría y Goiburu, honorary president of the Colegio Heráldico de España y de las Indias and his wife, María del Carmen López y Oleaga, both of Basque descent. They had two sons, who are first and second ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prince Boris Of Bulgaria
Boris, Prince of Tarnovo, Duke in Saxonyde Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 328-329, 335-337, 340 (French) (born 12 October 1997, in Madrid), known by his Spanish civilian name Boris de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha y Ungría, is the elder son of Miriam Ungría y López and Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo, the grandson of former Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and, through his mother's second marriage in 2022, the step-son of Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a first cousin of King Abdullah II of Jordan. He is, after the death of his father on 7 April 2015, first in line of succession to the defunct Bulgarian throne. Boris, who has maintained close relations with the Spanish royal family since his father's death, speaks Spanish, English, French and some Bulgarian.'' La Razón. Carmen Duerto. 28 April 2015Boris de Bulgaria asume su destino (Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2017. He is an artist, devoted to sculpture, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miriam, Princess Of Turnovo
Princess Miriam al-Ghazi (born Miriam Ungría y López; born 2 September 1963), known during her first marriage as The Princess of Tarnovo, is a Spanish gemologist and jewellery designer. She served as the Director of Fine Jewellery for the Spanish brand Carrera y Carrera, later forming her own brand, MdeU, in 2014. Through her first marriage to Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo, the eldest son and heir of Simeon II of Bulgaria, she became a member of the Bulgarian royal family. After her husband's death in 2015, her son Boris, Prince of Tarnovo, Prince Boris became the heir apparent to the defunct Bulgarian throne. In September 2022, she married Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a first cousin of Abdullah II of Jordan, becoming a member of the Jordanian royal family. Early life Miriam was born Miriam Ungría y López on 2 September 1963 in Madrid to Bernardo Ungría y Goiburu and María del Carmen López y Oleaga. She is of Basques, Basque descent. Career Miriam has a degree in histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sofia
Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and has many mineral springs, such as the Sofia Central Mineral Baths. It has a humid continental climate. Being in the centre of the Balkans, it is midway between the Black Sea and the Adriatic Sea, and closest to the Aegean Sea. Known as Serdica in Antiquity and Sredets in the Middle Ages, Sofia has been an area of human habitation since at least 7000 BC. The recorded history of the city begins with the attestation of the conquest of Serdica by the Roman Republic in 29 BC from the Celtic tribe Serdi. During the decline of the Roman Empire, the city was raided by Huns, Visigoths, Avars and Slavs. In 809, Serdica was incorporated into the Bulgarian Empire by Khan Krum and became known as Sredets. In 1018, the Byzantines ended Bulgarian rule ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vrana Palace
Vrana Palace ( bg, Дворец "Врана", translit=Dvorets "Vrana"; formerly ; ) is a former royal palace, on the outskirts of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria. It is today the official residence of former royal family of Bulgaria. While the Royal Palace in the centre of Sofia (today the National Art Gallery and National Ethnographic Museum) served representative purposes and the Euxinograd Palace near Varna was a summer residence, Vrana was the palace where the royal family of Bulgaria spent most of their time. Vrana Palace is situated at an elevation of 571 m. It includes the site of Chardakli farm, where there was a bridge which featured in the liberation of Sofia. History The extensive lot was bought by Tsar Ferdinand I in 1898 and was situated just outside Sofia whereas nowadays is inside the city proper. There is a large park and two buildings, the first one built in 1904 as a two-story hunting lodge commissioned to Georgi Fingov, and the second constructed mainly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felipe VI Of Spain
Felipe VI (;, * eu, Felipe VI.a, * ca, Felip VI, * gl, Filipe VI, . Felipe Juan Pablo Alfonso de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Grecia; born 30 January 1968) is King of Spain. He is the son of former King Juan Carlos I and Queen Sofía, and has two elder sisters, Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and Infanta Cristina. In 2004, Felipe married TV news journalist Letizia Ortiz with whom he has two daughters, Leonor, Princess of Asturias, Leonor (his heir presumptive) and Infanta Sofía of Spain, Sofía. In accordance with the Spanish Constitution of 1978, Spanish Constitution, as monarch, he is head of state and commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces with the military rank of Captain general of the Army, Captain General,Título II. De la Corona Es.wikisource.org. Retriev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Carlos I Of Spain
Juan Carlos I (;, * ca, Joan Carles I, * gl, Xoán Carlos I, Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias, born 5 January 1938) is a member of the Spanish royal family who reigned as King of Spain from 22 November 1975 until his abdication on 19 June 2014. In Spain, since his abdication, Juan Carlos has usually been referred to as the ('King Emeritus'). Juan Carlos is the grandson of Alfonso XIII, the last king of Spain before the abolition of the monarchy in 1931 and the subsequent declaration of the Second Spanish Republic. Juan Carlos was born in Rome during his family's exile. Francisco Franco took over the government of Spain after his victory in the Spanish Civil War in 1939, yet in 1947 Spain's status as a monarchy was affirmed and a law was passed allowing Franco to choose his successor. Juan Carlos's father, Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona, was the third son of King Alfonso XIII and assumed his claims to the throne after Alfonso d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infanta Pilar, Duchess Of Badajoz
Infanta Pilar of Spain, Duchess of Badajoz and Viscountess of La Torre ( Spanish: ''María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia y Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón''; 30 July 1936 – 8 January 2020), sometimes known more simply as Pilar de Borbón, was the elder daughter of Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona and Princess María Mercedes of the Two Sicilies, and older sister of King Juan Carlos I. Early life Infanta Pilar was the firstborn daughter of Juan de Borbón y Battenberg and María de las Mercedes de Borbón y Orleans, Counts of Barcelona, she was born in Ville Saint Blaise, home of the counts of Barcelona in Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes, France), on 30 July 1936. She was baptized in Cannes, in the church of Rins, with the name of ''María del Pilar Alfonsa Juana Victoria Luisa Ignacia de Todos los Santos de Borbón y Borbón''. Her godparents were her paternal grandfather, King Alfonso XIII and her maternal grandmother the Princess Louise of Orléans, although A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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