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Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

Ferdinand I
Фердинанд I
Ferdinand in 1912
Tsar of Bulgaria
Reign5 October 1908 – 3 October 1918
PredecessorHimself as Prince
SuccessorBoris III
Prince of Bulgaria
Reign7 July 1887 – 5 October 1908
PredecessorAlexander
SuccessorHimself as Tsar
Born26 February 1861
Vienna, Austrian Empire
Died10 September 1948(1948-09-10) (aged 87)
Coburg, Allied-occupied Germany
Burial
Spouses
  • (m. 1893; died 1899)
  • (m. 1908; died 1917)
  • (m. 1947)
Issue
Names
German: Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
FatherPrince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
MotherPrincess Clémentine of Orléans
ReligionRoman Catholic
Signature
Ferdinand in Bulgarian Field Marshal's uniform 1941

Ferdinand I (Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria; 26 February 1861 – 10 September 1948) was Prince of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1908 and Tsar of Bulgaria from 1908 until his abdication in 1918. Under his rule, Bulgaria entered the First World War on the side of the Central Powers in 1915.[1]

  1. ^ Stephen Constant, Foxy Ferdinand, 1861-1948, Tsar of Bulgaria (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1979).

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