Boris, Prince of Turnovo

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HRH The Prince of Turnovo
Titles Prince of Turnovo
Biographical Information
Born 12 October 1997 (age 27)

Sofia, Bulgaria

Spouse Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra

(m. 2023)

Issue Princess Elena
Name Boris
House Kohary
Father Kardam, Prince of Turnovo
Mother Archduchess Viridis of Austria
Religion Eastern Orthodox

Boris, Prince of Turnovo (born Prince Boris of Turnovo on 12 October 1997) is a member of the Bulgarian Royal Family as the grandson and heir of Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria. He is also a member of the Portuguese Royal Family as the son-in-law of Duarte III, King of Portugal.

Life[edit | edit source]

Boris was born the eldest child and son of Kardam, Prince of Turnovo and Archduchess Viridis of Austria.

Boris became heir to his grandfather upon his father's death in 2015. In 2018, the tsar named Boris Prince of Turnovo, the traditional title for the heir to the Bulgarian throne.

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

On 7 October 2023, Boris married Infanta Maria Francisca, Duchess of Coimbra in Sofia.

On 7 January 2025, it was announced that Boris and Maria Francisca were expecting their first child together. On 6 July 2025, Maria Francisca gave birth to a daughter, Elena.

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Princess Elena 6 July 2025

Residences[edit | edit source]

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1997-2018 Prince Boris of Turnovo
  • 2018-present Boris, Prince of Turnovo

National Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of Cyril and Methodius (2023)

Order of St. Alexander (2015)

Foreign Honours[edit | edit source]

Order of Our Lord Jesus Christ (2023) (Portugal)

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Kardam, Prince of Turnovo Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria

Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela

Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria

Princess Giovanna of Italy

Don Manuel Gomez-Acebo y Modet

Mercedes Cejuela y Fernandez

Tsar Ferdinand of Bulgaria

Princess Marie Louise of Parma

King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy

Princess Elena of Montenegro

Marquess Jose Gomez-Acebo y Cortina of Cortina

Margarita Marta Modet y Almagro

Manuel Cejuela y Gonzalez-Orduna

Mercedes Fernandez y Molano

Archduchess Viridis of Austria Archduke Felix of Austria

Princess Anna Eugenie of Arenberg

Emperor Charles I of Austria

Princess Zita of Parma

Prince Robert Prosper of Arenberg

Princess Gabriele of Wrede

Archduke Otto Franz Joseph of Austria

Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony

Duke Robert I of Parma

Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

Prince Jean of Arenberg

Princess Sophie of Arenberg

Carl Philipp, Prince of Wrede

Princess Anna of Lobkowicz

Lines of Succession[edit | edit source]

Boris, Prince of Turnovo

House of Kohary

Born: 12 October 1997

Lines of Succession
Preceded by
Succession to the Bulgarian throne
Followed by
Simeon II
1st in the line of succession
Princess Elena of Turnovo

Notes[edit | edit source]

Face: Tom Holland