Boris, Prince of Tarnovo, Duke in Saxony
[de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. ''Le Petit Gotha''. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery. Paris. 2002. pp. 328-329, 335-337, 340 (French) ] (born 12 October 1997), known by his Spanish civilian name Boris de Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha y Ungría, is the elder son of Miriam Ungría y López and Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo, the grandson of former Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and, through his mother's second marriage in 2022, the step-son of Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a first cousin of King Abdullah II of Jordan
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He is, after the death of his father on 7 April 2015, first in line of succession to the defunct Bulgarian throne.[
Boris, who has maintained close relations with the Spanish royal family since his father's death, speaks Spanish, English, French and some Bulgarian.]['' La Razón. Carmen Duerto. 28 April 2015]
Boris de Bulgaria asume su destino
(Spanish). Retrieved 8 May 2017. He is an artist,[ devoted to sculpture, plays the guitar and was educated at the ''Lycée Français Molière'' in Villanueva de la Cañada in the vicinity of Madrid.][ He completed his ]International Baccalaureate
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studies at Sankt Gilgen International School near Salzburg, in Austria.[
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Titles
* 12 October 1997 – 7 April 2015: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Boris of Bulgaria, Duke in Saxony[
* 7 April 2015 – present: ''His Royal Highness'' The Prince of Tarnovo][
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Ancestry
References
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1997 births
Living people
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Bulgaria)
People from Madrid