Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria

HM The Tsar of Bulgaria
Titles	Tsar of Bulgaria
Reign	28 August 1943 - present
Coronation	16 June 1955
Predecessor	Boris III
Heir	Boris, Prince of Turnovo
Biographical Information
Born	16 June 1937 (age 87) Sofia, Bulgaria
Spouse	Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela (m. 1962)
Issue	Kardam, Prince of Turnovo Kyril, Prince of Preslav Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin Queen Kalina of Greece
Name	Simeon
House	Kohary
Father	Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria
Mother	Princess Giovanna of Italy
Religion	Eastern Orthodox

Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria (born Simeon, Prince of Turnovo on 16 June 1937) is the current reigning Tsar of Bulgaria.

Life

Simeon was born the second child and only son of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria and Princess Giovanna of Italy.

Simeon ascended the throne at the age of six after the early death of his father. His mother, Dowager Queen Giovanna, served as regent until he came of age in 1955.

In 2015, Simeon surpassed King Louis XIV of France as the world's longest-reigning monarch.

Marriage and Issue

On 21 January 1962, Simeon married Spanish noblewoman Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela. Simeon and Margarita have five children, Kardam, Kyril, Kubrat, Konstantin Assen, and Kalina.

Photo	Name	Birth	Death	Marriage
	Kardam, Prince of Turnovo	2 December 1962	7 April 2015 (aged 52)	Archduchess Viridis of Austria (m. 1996); had issue
	Kyril, Prince of Preslav	11 July 1964		Princess Maria of Romania (m. 1989); has issue
	Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte	5 November 1965		Princess Marie Louise of Baden (m. 1993); has issue
	Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin	5 December 1967		Princess Margherita of Parma (m. 1994); has issue
	Queen Kalina of Greece	19 January 1972		Paul II, King of Greece (m. 1995); has issue

Residences

• 
  Royal Palace of Sofia; Main Residence (September-May)
• 
  Tsarska Bistritsa; Winter Residence (December-February)
• 
  Banya Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)

Titles and Honours

• 1937-1943 Simeon, Prince of Turnovo
• 1943-present Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria

National Honours

Order of Cyril and Methodius (1955)

Order of St. Alexander (1955)

Royal Order of Bravery (1955)

Foreign Honours

TBA

Ancestry

Parents	Grandparents	Great-Grandparents	Great-Great-Grandparents
Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria	Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria Princess Marie Louise of Parma	Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Clementine of France Duke Robert I of Parma Princess Maria Pia of the Two Sicilies	Prince Ferdinand August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Princess Maria Antonia of Csabrag-Szitnya King Louis Philippe I of France Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies Duke Charles III of Parma Princess Louise d'Artois King Ferdinand II of the Two Sicilies Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
Princess Giovanna of Italy	King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy Princess Elena of Montenegro	King Umberto I of Italy Princess Margherita of Genoa King Nicholas I of Montenegro Milena Vukotic	King Victor Emmanuel II of Italy Archduchess Adelaide of Austria Duke Ferdinand of Genoa Princess Elisabeth of Saxony Voivoda Mirko Petrovic-Njegos of Grahovo Anastasija Martinovic Voivode Petar Vukotic Jelena Voivodic

Lines of Succession

Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria House of Kohary Born: 16 June 1937
Lines of Succession
Preceded by	Succession to the Bulgarian throne	Followed by
Incumbent preceded by Boris III	Incumbent	Boris, Prince of Turnovo

Notes

Face: Anthony Hopkins