Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria ( bg, Княгиня Надежда; born Nadezhda Klementine Maria Pia Majella (Надежда Клементина Мария Пия Мажелла)); german: Prinzessin Nadeshda von Bulgarien; 30 January 1899 – 15 February 1958) was a member of the

Bulgarian Royal Family The last Bulgarian royal family ( bg, Българско царско семейство, Balgarsko tsarsko semeystvo) is a line of the Koháry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which ruled Bulgaria from 1887 to 1946. The last tsar, ...

Life

She was born in

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 ha ...

as the youngest daughter of

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria , image = Zar Ferdinand Bulgarien.jpg , caption = Ferdinand in 1912 , reign = 5 October 1908 – , coronation = , succession = Tsar of Bulgaria , predecessor = Himself as Prince , successor = Boris III , reig ...

and his first wife Princess Marie Louise of Parma who died giving birth to her. Along with her sister Princess Eudoxia she was educated under the direction of their step mother, Princess

Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz Princess Eleonore Caroline Gasparine Louise Reuss-Köstritz ( bg, Елеонора Българска; 22 August 1860 – 12 September 1917) was Tsaritsa (Queen) of Kingdom of Bulgaria, Bulgaria, the second wife of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and by b ...

. Princess Nadezhda was married on 24 January 1924 at

Bad Mergentheim Bad Mergentheim (; Mergentheim until 1926; East Franconian: ''Märchedol'') is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recognized spa town since 1926, B ...

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, to Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg (8 January 1895

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; Swabian: ; ) is the capital and largest city of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fertile valley known as the ''Stuttgarter Kessel'' (Stuttgart Cauldron) and lies an hour from the ...

– 24 June 1954

Schwäbisch Gmünd Schwäbisch Gmünd (, until 1934: Gmünd; Swabian: ''Gmẽẽd'' or ''Gmend'') is a city in the eastern part of the German state of Baden-Württemberg. With a population of around 60,000, the city is the second largest in the Ostalb district a ...

) the second son of

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Albrecht, Duke and Crown Prince of Württemberg (Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp Joseph; 23 December 1865 – 31 October 1939) was the last Kingdom of Württemberg, Württemberger crown prince, a German military commander of the First World War, a ...

. They had five children. * Duke Ferdinand Eugen (3 April 1925 – 3 November 2020). * Duchess Margareta Luise (25 November 1928 – 10 June 2017) married François Luce-Bailly, Viscount of Chevigny (15 June 1923 – 6 March 2022) on August 8, 1970. They have one son. * Duke Eugen Eberhard (2 November 1930 – 26 July 2022) married in 1962 (div 1972) Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (b. 21 May 1935), daughter of

Princess Ileana of Romania Princess Ileana of Romania, also known as Mother Alexandra (23 December 1908 – 21 January 1991), was the youngest daughter of King Ferdinand I of Romania and his consort, Queen Marie of Romania. She was a great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria ...

and had no issue. * Duke Alexander Eugen (b. 5 March 1933) * Duchess Sophie (b. 16 February 1937) married in 1969 (div 1974) Antonio Manuel Rôxo de Ramos-Bandeira (2 August 1937 – 23 February 1987) Princess Nadezhda died aged 59 in

Literature

* Hans-Joachim Böttcher: ''Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1861–1948: Ein Kosmopolit auf dem bulgarischen Thron''. Osteuropazentrum-Berlin-Verlag (Anthea-Verlagsgruppe), Berlin 2019, , pp. 392–393 a.o.

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1899 births 1958 deaths Nobility from Sofia Bulgarian princesses House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Bulgaria) Princesses of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duchesses of Württemberg Daughters of kings {{Bulgaria-bio-stub