Tsar of Bulgaria

E391956

The Tsar of Bulgaria was the hereditary monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Bulgaria until the abolition of the monarchy in 1946.

All labels observed (9)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state
hereditary office
monarchical title
abolished 1946
abolitionMethod referendum on the monarchy in Bulgaria
appliesToJurisdiction Bulgaria
associatedReligion Bulgarian Orthodox Church
category Bulgarian monarchy
linked to: Kingdom of Bulgaria

Heads of state of Bulgaria
Royal titles
coexistedWith Bulgarian Council of Ministers
Bulgarian Parliament
constitutionalRole commander-in-chief of the Bulgarian Army
symbolic representative of national unity
country Kingdom of Bulgaria
dynasty House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
endTime 1946
equivalentTitle King of Bulgaria
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
firstHolder Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
headOfStateOf Bulgaria
historicalPrecursor medieval Bulgarian tsars
inception 1908
jurisdiction Kingdom of Bulgaria
lastHolder Simeon II of Bulgaria
legalStatus sovereign monarch
monarchicForm constitutional monarchy
nativeLabel Цар на България
officeCreatedBy declaration of independence of Bulgaria in 1908
officeCreatedFrom Principality of Bulgaria
title Prince of Bulgaria
powerStructure limited monarchy
precededBy Prince of Bulgaria
reasonForAbolition abolition of the monarchy in Bulgaria
proclamation of the People’s Republic of Bulgaria
replacedBy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Assembly of Bulgaria
residence Euxinograd Palace
Royal Palace, Sofia
Vrana Palace
seat Sofia
selectionMethod hereditary succession
startTime 1908
styleOfAddress His Majesty
successorStateForm People’s Republic of Bulgaria
linked to: Bulgaria
titleHolderRole monarch of Bulgaria
titleInBulgarian Цар на България
titleInEnglish Tsar of Bulgaria
titleLanguage Bulgarian
usedHonorifically title Tsar in medieval Bulgaria
usedInPeriod 20th century

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (29)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Bulgarian royal family monarchicalTitle Tsar of Bulgaria
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria positionHeld Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
King of Hungary associatedTitle King of Bulgaria
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Simeon I of Bulgaria positionHeld Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Peter I of Bulgaria positionHeld Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Peter I of Bulgaria recognizedTitleByByzantium Emperor of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Asen dynasty titleOfRulers Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Asen dynasty titleOfRulers Emperor of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Ivan Asen I positionHeld Tsar of Bulgaria
Ivan Shishman title Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Ivan Sratsimir positionHeld Tsar of Bulgaria
Terter dynasty usedTitle Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Terter dynasty usedTitle Emperor of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Peter IV of Bulgaria title Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Theodore Svetoslav positionHeld Tsar of Bulgaria
Theodore Svetoslav title Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Michael Shishman positionHeld Tsar of Bulgaria
Kaloyan of Bulgaria positionHeld Tsar of the Bulgarians and Vlachs
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Kaloyan of Bulgaria claimedTitle King of the Bulgarians and Vlachs
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Ivan Asen II positionHeld Tsar of Bulgaria
Ivan Asen II title Tsar of the Bulgarians and Greeks
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Constantine Tikh Asen title Autocrat of all Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Alexander I of Bulgaria nobleTitle Prince of Bulgaria
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Simeon II positionHeld Tsar of Bulgaria
Tsar of Bulgaria equivalentTitle King of Bulgaria
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria
Tsar of Bulgaria titleInEnglish Tsar of Bulgaria
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria nobleTitle Tsar of the Bulgarians
linked to: Tsar of Bulgaria