Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria (; born Nadezhda Klementine Maria Pia Majella (Надежда Клементина Мария Пия Мажелла)); ; 30 January 1899 – 15 February 1958) was a member of the

Bulgarian royal family The last Bulgarian royal family () is a line of the Koháry branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which ruled Bulgaria from 1887 to 1946. The last tsar, Simeon II, became Prime Minister of Bulgaria in 2001 and remained in office until ...

Life

She was born in

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

as the younger daughter of

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria 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 Worl ...

and his first wife Princess Marie Louise of Parma who died giving birth to her. Along with her sister Princess Eudoxia she was educated under the direction of their step mother, Princess

Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz Princess Eleonore Caroline Gasparine Louise Reuss-Köstritz (; 22 August 1860 – 12 September 1917) was Tsaritsa (Queen) of Bulgaria, as the second wife of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and member of the ancient House of Reuss by birth. Life Born i ...

. Name Nadezhda means "Hope".Nadjuschka
/ref> Princess Nadezhda was married on 24 January 1924 at

Bad Mergentheim Bad Mergentheim (; Mergentheim until 1926; East Franconian German, East Franconian: ''Märchedol'') is a town in the Main-Tauber-Kreis district in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. It has a population of around 23,000. An officially recogniz ...

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, to Duke Albrecht Eugen of Württemberg, the second son of

Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg Albrecht, Duke and Crown Prince of Württemberg (Albrecht Maria Alexander Philipp Joseph; 23 December 1865 – 31 October 1939) was the last crown prince of the Kingdom of Württemberg, a German military commander of World War I, and the head of ...

. They had five children. * Duke Ferdinand Eugen (3 April 1925 – 3 November 2020). * Duchess Margareta Luise (25 November 1928 – 10 June 2017) married François Luce-Bailly, Viscount of Chevigny (15 June 1923 – 6 March 2022) on August 8, 1970. She had one son before marriage. * Duke Eugen Eberhard (2 November 1930 – 26 July 2022) married in 1962 (div 1972) Archduchess Alexandra of Austria (b. 21 May 1935), daughter of

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and had no issue. * Duke Alexander Eugen (5 March 1933 - 18 February 2024) * Duchess Sophie (b. 16 February 1937) married in 1969 (div 1974) Antonio Manuel Rôxo de Ramos-Bandeira (2 August 1937 – 23 February 1987) Princess Nadezhda died aged 59 in

Stuttgart Stuttgart (; ; Swabian German, Swabian: ; Alemannic German, Alemannic: ; Italian language, Italian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of ...

, Germany.

Literature

* Hans-Joachim Böttcher: ''Ferdinand von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha 1861–1948: Ein Kosmopolit auf dem bulgarischen Thron''. Osteuropazentrum-Berlin-Verlag (Anthea-Verlagsgruppe), Berlin 2019, , pp. 392–393 a.o.

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1899 births 1958 deaths Nobility from Sofia Bulgarian princesses House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Bulgaria) Princesses of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Duchesses of Württemberg Daughters of kings Daughters of princes regnant {{Bulgaria-bio-stub