Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin

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HRH The Prince of Vidin
Titles Prince of Vidin
Biographical Information
Born 5 December 1967 (age 57)

Sofia, Bulgaria

Spouse Princess Margherita of Parma

(m. 1994)

Issue Prince Umberto

Princess Sofia

Name Konstantin Assen
House Kohary
Father Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria
Mother Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela
Religion Eastern Orthodox

Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin (born Prince Konstantin Assen of Bulgaria on 5 December 1967) is a member of the Bulgarian Royal Family as the son of Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria. He is also a member of the Parmense Ducal Family as the brother-in-law of Carlo V, Duke of Parma.

Life[edit | edit source]

Konstantin Assen was born the fourth and youngest son of Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria and Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 7 July 1994, Konstantin Assen married Princess Margherita of Parma in Parma. The couple have two children, Umberto and Sofia.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Prince Umberto 20 November 1999 Unmarried and without issue
Princess Sofia 20 November 1999 Unmarried and without issue

Residences[edit | edit source]

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1967-1994 Prince Konstantin Assen of Bulgaria
  • 1994-present Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of Cyril and Methodius (1994)

Order of St. Alexander (1985)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of St. Louis (1994) (Parma)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria

Princess Giovanna of Italy

Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria

Princess Marie Louise of Parma

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Princess Elena of Montenegro

Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Princess Clementine of France

Duke Robert I of Parma

Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies

King Umberto I of Italy

Princess Margherita of Genoa

King Nicholas I of Montenegro

Milena Vukotic

Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela Don Manuel Gomez-Acebo y Modet

Mercedes Cejuela y Fernandez

Marquess Jose Gomez-Acebo y Cortina of Cortina

Margarita Marta Modet y Almagro

Manuel Cejuela y Gonzalez-Orduna

Mercedes Fernandez y Molano

Don Jose Gomez-Acebo y de la Torre

Dolores Cortina y Vasquez

Juan Baptist Modet y Equia

Felicite Almagro y Vega

Joaquin Cejuela de la Riva

Carolina Gonzalez-Orduna y Merry

Secundino Fernandez

Luisa Molano y Martinez de Tejada

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin

House of Kohary

Born: 5 December 1967

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Bulgarian throne
Followed by
Prince Tirso of Panagyurishte
15th in the line of succession
Prince Umberto of Vidin

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Guy Pearce