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HM The Prince of Turnovo

Titles	Prince of Turnovo
Biographical Information
Born	2 December 1962 Sofia, Bulgaria
Died	7 April 2015 (aged 52) Sofia, Bulgaria
Spouse	Archduchess Viridis of Austria (m. 1996; d. 2015)
Issue	Boris, Prince of Turnovo Prince Beltran Princess Mariana
Name	Kardam
House	Kohary
Father	Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria
Mother	Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela
Religion	Eastern Orthodox

Kardam, Prince of Turnovo (2 December 1962 - 7 April 2015) was a member of the Bulgarian Royal Family as the eldest son and heir of Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria.

Life

Kardam was born the eldest son and heir of Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria and Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela.

In 2008, Kardam and his wife were involved in a serious car accident near Sofia. Kardam suffered severe brain trauma and injuries to his hands. He was placed into an induced coma but was discharged in early 2009. In 2010, however, he suffered a setback and fell into a coma from which he never recovered. He passed away from a lung infection in 2015.

Marriage and Issue

On 11 July 1996, Kardam married Archduchess Viridis of Austria. Kardam and Viridis had three children together, Boris, Beltran, and Mariana.


Name	Birth	Marriage
Boris, Prince of Turnovo	12 October 1997	Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra (m. 2023)
Prince Beltran	23 March 1999	Unmarried and without issue
Princess Mariana	16 April 2001	Unmarried and without issue

Titles and Honours

1962-2015 Kardam, Prince of Turnovo

Ancestry


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

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