Maria, Princess of Preslav

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

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

Sartorial Information

Tiara Collection

• 
  (1980) Emerald and Diamond Tiara; 16th birthday gift from her parents
• 
  (1989) Diamond Leaf Tiara; Wedding gift from her in-laws
• 
  (1989) Diamond and Pearl Tiara; Wedding gift from her parents

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 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

Notes

Face: Calista Flockhart