There are no known surviving pieces from the royal regalia of the

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and

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s. A gift of regalia to

Kaloyan of Bulgaria Kaloyan or Kalojan, also known as Ioannitsa or Johannitsa ( bg, Калоян, Йоаница; 1170 – October 1207), was emperor or tsar of Bulgaria from 1196 to 1207. He was the younger brother of Theodor and Asen, who led the anti-Byzant ...

from

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is documented. It was brought to

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by Cardinal Leo Brancaleoni and was used for the

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on November 8, 1204. Parts of the regalia used by the

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in the 19th and 20th centuries are known to survive, in various locations. These were used in the

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(1878-1908) and the

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(1908-1946), after the expulsion of the

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Principality and Kingdom of Bulgaria

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There are different accounts regarding a Royal Crown of the Principality and Kingdom of Bulgaria (also known as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom). Multiple stories overlap stating that Ferdinand I of Bulgaria ordered his own crown in Germany:

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had designed a crown for Ferdinand I, which included a "requisite number of jewels from her own dressing case".''News of the World'', "Gossip of the Day", 9 December 1900, p. 6 Unfortunately, Ferdinand made a number of alterations to the design but decided not to pay the painter for painting a portrait of the new crown, leading to his being sued by the painter in a

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court.

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria used one scepter and two batons. The scepter was sold on-line to an unknown buyer.http://www.bulgarianorders.com/i-1893-19c-bulgaria-royal-king-sceptre-regalia-xrare.html One of the batons was given to Ferdinand by the Bulgarian Army in 1915 in celebration to the successful military campaign in Macedonia, and the other baton was given to him by

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in 1916 on a military parade in

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when Ferdinand was awarded the title Generalfeldmarschall. Currently, both batons are in the possession of Simeon II of Bulgaria. Ferdinand's consorts

Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma , house = Bourbon-Parma , father = Robert I of Parma , mother = Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies , spouse = Ferdinand I, Prince of Bulgaria , consort = yes , reign = 20 April 1893 – 31 January 1899 , issue = Boris IIIKiril, ...

and

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 ...

used the Diamond Crown of Bulgaria, originally owned by Marie Antoinette of France.

Boris III of Bulgaria Boris III ( bg, Борѝс III ; Boris Treti; 28 August 1943), originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver (Boris Clement Robert Mary Pius Louis Stanislaus Xavier) , was the Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1918 until hi ...

did not possess his own regalia. For the 25th anniversary of his accession to the Bulgarian throne the Bulgarian Army had a scepter and an orb made in Germany. They were going to be presented to Boris III on October 3, 1943, but he died on August 28. They are currently kept at the Bulgarian National Bank.

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