Boris Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Boris
Борис
Prince of Tarnovo[1]
Born (1997-10-12) 12 October 1997 (age 27)
Madrid, Spain
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
FatherKardam, Prince of Tarnovo
MotherMiriam Ungría y López
ReligionBulgarian Orthodoxy
Bulgarian royal family
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bulgaria
Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bulgaria

The Tsar
The Tsaritsa

The Princess of Koháry

Boris, Prince of Tarnovo, Duke in Saxony[1][2] (born 12 October 1997), 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 also a descendant of Balian of Ibelin[citation needed]

He is, after the death of his father on 7 April 2015, first in line of succession to the defunct Bulgarian throne.[1]

Boris, who has maintained close relations with the Spanish royal family since his father's death, speaks Spanish, English, French and some Bulgarian.[3] He is an artist,[1] devoted to sculpture, plays the guitar and was educated at the Lycée Français Molière in Villanueva de la Cañada in the vicinity of Madrid.[3] He completed his International Baccalaureate studies at Sankt Gilgen International School near Salzburg, in Austria.[3]

Titles

  • 12 October 1997 – 7 April 2015: His Royal Highness Prince Boris of Bulgaria, Duke in Saxony[2]
  • 7 April 2015 – present: His Royal Highness The Prince of Tarnovo[3]

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d El Mundo. Eduardo Verbo. 4 April 2015. Muere Kardam de Bulgaria, hijo del ex rey Simeón, a los 52 años. (Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2017.
  2. ^ a b c de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 328-329, 335-337, 340 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  3. ^ a b c d La Razón. Carmen Duerto. 28 April 2015. Boris de Bulgaria asume su destino. (Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2017.
Boris Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 12 October 1997
Bulgarian royalty
Preceded by
First in line
 Succession to the former Bulgarian throne
1st position 		Succeeded by