Editing Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria

{| class="wikitable" style="float:right" size="500px"
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! colspan="2" |HM The Tsar of Bulgaria
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| colspan="2" |[[File:Kohary_Simeon_II.jpg|center|frameless]]
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|'''Titles'''
|Tsar of [[Bulgaria]]
|-
|'''Reign'''
|28 August 1943 - present
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|'''Coronation'''
|16 June 1955
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|'''Predecessor'''
|[[Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria|Boris III]]
|-
|'''Heir'''
|[[Boris, Prince of Turnovo]]
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! colspan="2" |Biographical Information
|-
|'''Born'''
|16 June 1937 (age 87)

Sofia, Bulgaria
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|'''Spouse'''
|[[Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela]]
(m. 1962)
|-
|'''Issue'''
|[[Kardam, Prince of Turnovo]]
[[Kyril, Prince of Preslav]]<br>
[[Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte]]<br>
[[Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin]]<br>
[[Queen Kalina of Greece]]
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|'''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.'''
{| class="wikitable"
!Photo
!Name
!Birth
!Death
!Marriage
|-
|[[File:Kohary Kardam.jpg|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Kardam, Prince of Turnovo]]
|2 December 1962
|7 April 2015 (aged 52)
|[[Archduchess Viridis of Austria]] (m. 1996); had issue
|-
|[[File:Kohary Kyril 1964.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Kyril, Prince of Preslav]]
|11 July 1964
|
|[[Princess Maria of Romania]] (m. 1989); has issue
|-
|[[File:Kohary Kubrat.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte]]
|5 November 1965
|
|[[Princess Marie Louise of Baden]] (m. 1993); has issue
|-
|[[File:Kohary Konstantin Assen.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Konstantin Assen, Prince of Vidin]]
|5 December 1967
|
|[[Princess Margherita of Parma]] (m. 1994); has issue
|-
|[[File:Kohary Kalina.png|center|frameless|150x150px]]
|[[Queen Kalina of Greece]]
|19 January 1972
|
|[[Paul II, King of Greece]] (m. 1995); has issue
|}

==Residences==
<gallery>
File:Residences Bulgaria Royal Palace of Sofia.jpg|Royal Palace of Sofia; Main Residence (September-May)
File:Residences Bulgaria Tsarska Bistritsa.jpg|Tsarska Bistritsa; Winter Residence (December-February)
File:Residences Bulgaria Banya Palace.JPG|Banya Palace; Summer Residence (June-August)
</gallery>

==Titles and Honours==

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

===National Honours===
[[File:Honours_Bulgaria_Order_of_Cyril_and_Methodius.png|frameless|75x75px]] Order of Cyril and Methodius (1955)

[[File:Honours_Bulgaria_Order_of_St._Alexander.jpg|frameless|75x75px]] Order of St. Alexander (1955)

[[File:Honours_Bulgaria_Royal_Order_of_Bravery.jpg|frameless|75x75px]] Royal Order of Bravery (1955)

===Foreign Honours===
TBA

==Ancestry==
{| class="wikitable"
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!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==
{| class="wikitable wiki-table"
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! colspan="3" |'''Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria'''
House of Kohary 

Born: 16 June 1937 
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| colspan="3" |<center>'''Lines of Succession'''</center>
|-
|<center>Preceded by</center>
|<center>Succession to the [[Bulgaria|Bulgarian]] throne</center>
|<center>Followed by</center>
|-
|<center>Incumbent
'''<small>preceded by</small>'''
[[Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria|'''<small>Boris III</small>''']]
</center>
|<center>Incumbent</center>
|<center>[[Boris, Prince of Turnovo]]</center>
|}
== Notes ==
Face: Anthony Hopkins
[[Category:Bulgaria]]
[[Category:Monarchs of Bulgaria]]
[[Category:House Kohary]]