Maria, Princess of Preslav

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HRH The Princess of Preslav
Titles Princess of Preslav

Princess of Romania

Biographical Information
Born 13 July 1964 (age 60)

Sinaia, Romania

Spouse Kyril, Prince of Preslav

(m. 1989)

Issue Mafalda Cecilia, Crown Princess of Austria

Olimpia, Hereditary Princess of Lippe

Prince Tassilo

Name Maria
House Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (by birth)

Kohary (by marriage)

Father King Michael of Romania
Mother Princess Anne of Parma
Religion Eastern Orthodox

Maria, Princess of Preslav (born Princess Maria of Romania on 13 July 1964) is a member of the Bulgarian Royal Family as the daughter-in-law of Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria. She is also a member of the Romanian Royal Family as the sister of Margareta, Queen of Romania.

Life

Maria was born the fifth and youngest daughter of King Michael of Romania and Princess Anne of Parma.

Marriage and Issue

On 15 September 1989, Maria married Kyril, Prince of Preslav in Bucharest. The couple have three children, Mafalda Cecilia, Olimpia, and Tassilo.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Mafalda Cecilia, Crown Princess of Austria 27 July 1994 Ferdinand, Crown Prince of Austria (m. 2021); has issue
Olimpia, Hereditary Princess of Lippe 14 December 1995 Bernhard, Hereditary Prince of Lippe (m. 2022); no issue
Prince Tassilo 20 January 2002 Unmarried and without issue

Residences

Sartorial Information

Tiara Collection

Clothing Collection

Clothing Collection

Titles and Honours

  • 1964-1989 Princess Maria of Romania
  • 1989-present Maria, Princess of Preslav

National Honours

Order of St. Alexander (1989)

Foreign Honours

Order of the Crown of Romania (1982)

Order of the Star of Romania (1989)

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
King Michael of Romania King Carol II of Romania

Princess Helen of Greece

King Ferdinand of Romania

Princess Marie of Edinburgh
King Constantine I of Greece
Princess Sophia of Prussia

Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern

Infanta Antonia of Portugal
Duke Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Grand Duchess Maria Alexandrovna of Russia
King George I of Greece
Grand Duchess Olga Constantinovna of Russia
Emperor Frederick III of Germany
Victoria, Princess Royal

Princess Anne of Parma Prince Rene of Parma

Princess Margaret of Denmark

Duke Robert I of Parma

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
Prince Valdemar of Denmark
Princess Marie d'Chartres

Duke Charles III of Parma

Princess Louise d'Artois
King Miguel I of Portugal
Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Louise of Hesse-Kassel
Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres
Princess Francoise d'Joinville

Lines of Succession

Maria, Princess of Preslav

House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Born: 13 July 1964

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Romanian throne
Followed by
Leonie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach
in the line of succession
Prince Tassilo of Preslav