Kingdom of Bulgaria

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historical country monarchy sovereign state

The Kingdom of Bulgaria was a Balkan monarchy that existed from the late 19th century until 1946, known for its involvement in both World Wars and its shifting alliances among the great powers of Europe.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Third Bulgarian State	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical country ⓘ monarchy ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
alliance	Axis powers ⓘ surface form: Axis Powers Central Powers ⓘ
capital	Sofia ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Bulgaria ⓘ
currency	lev ⓘ
dissolutionCause	abolition of monarchy ⓘ
dissolutionEvent	1946 Bulgarian republic referendum ⓘ
endTime	1946 ⓘ
firstMonarch	Alexander I of Bulgaria ⓘ Alexander of Battenberg ⓘ
followedBy	Bulgaria ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of Bulgaria
foreignPolicy	revisionist power after World War I ⓘ
governmentType	constitutional monarchy ⓘ
headOfStateTitle	Tsar ⓘ
internationalOrganization	League of Nations member ⓘ
joinedWar	World War I on side of Central Powers ⓘ World War II on side of Axis Powers ⓘ
lastMonarch	Simeon II of Bulgaria ⓘ
legislature	National Assembly of Bulgaria ⓘ
locatedIn	Balkans ⓘ
majorWar	Balkan Wars ⓘ surface form: First Balkan War Balkan Wars ⓘ surface form: Second Balkan War Serbo-Bulgarian War ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
monarch	Boris III of Bulgaria ⓘ Ferdinand I of Bulgaria ⓘ
neighboringCountry	Kingdom of Greece ⓘ Kingdom of Romania ⓘ Kingdom of Serbia ⓘ Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Yugoslavia Ottoman Empire ⓘ
occupationStatus	occupied parts of Macedonia during World War II ⓘ
officialLanguage	Bulgarian ⓘ
partOf	Interwar period ⓘ World War I ⓘ World War II ⓘ
politicalSystem	parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
precededBy	Ottoman Empire ⓘ
recognizedByTreaty	Treaty of Berlin 1878 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Berlin (1878)
religion	Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ surface form: Eastern Orthodoxy
rulingDynasty	House of Battenberg ⓘ House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ
startTime	1878 ⓘ 1879 ⓘ
switchedPolicy	withdrew from Axis in 1944 ⓘ
territorialChange	Unification of Bulgaria (1885) ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Central Powers → allianceWith → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Arms of the Duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → associatedWith → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha → associatedWith → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Brusilov Offensive → belligerent → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Balkan Wars → belligerent → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

subject surface form: Second Balkan War

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → cededTerritoryTo → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Treaty of London (1913) → cededTerritoryTo → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → concludedBetween → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Balkan League → countryInvolved → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → countryLosingTerritory → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Central Powers → countryMember → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Anti-Comintern Pact → countrySignatory → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Boris III of Bulgaria → deathPlace → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Bulgarians → historicalState → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

this entity surface form: Third Bulgarian State

Balkan Wars → mainBelligerent → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Boris III of Bulgaria → monarchOf → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Axis occupation of Greece → occupyingPower → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Brusilov Offensive → opponent → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Greek People’s Liberation Army (ELAS) → opposedBy → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

subject surface form: Greek People’s Liberation Army

Vardar Offensive → opposingBelligerent → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Romanian Campaign → participant → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Treaty of Bucharest (1913) → participant → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Treaty of Constantinople (1913) → party → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

House of Wettin → ruledTerritory → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Treaty of London (1913) → signatory → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk → signedBy → Kingdom of Bulgaria ⓘ