Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, better known as Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, was the late 19th- and early 20th-century ruler who transformed Bulgaria from a principality into an independent kingdom and served as its tsar during the Balkan Wars and World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Tsar of Bulgaria
head of state
human
monarch
abdicated 1918-10-03
alsoKnownAs Ferdinand I of Bulgaria
birthDate 1861-02-26
birthPlace Austrian Empire
Vienna
child Boris III of Bulgaria
Prince Kiril of Bulgaria
Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria
Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria
convertedTo Eastern Orthodoxy
countryOfCitizenship Austro-Hungarian Empire
Bulgaria
deathDate 1948-09-10
deathPlace Bavaria
Coburg
Germany
father Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
languageSpoken Bulgarian
French
German
memberOf House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
monarchOf Bulgaria
mother Princess Clémentine of Orléans NERFINISHED
nobleTitle Duke of Saxony
Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
notableFor Proclaiming himself Tsar of the Bulgarians in 1908
Transforming Bulgaria from a principality into an independent kingdom
participatedIn First Balkan War
linked to: Balkan Wars

Second Balkan War
linked to: Balkan Wars

World War I
positionHeld Prince of Bulgaria
Tsar of Bulgaria
predecessor Alexander I of Bulgaria
reignEnd 1918-10-03
reignStart 1887-07-07
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Coburg
Sofia
significantEvent Balkan Wars
Proclamation of Bulgarian independence in 1908
World War I
spouse Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz NERFINISHED
Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma NERFINISHED
successor Boris III of Bulgaria
title His Majesty Tsar Ferdinand I of the Bulgarians

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Ferdinand I of Bulgaria birthName Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha