Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

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Prince of Bulgaria Tsar of Bulgaria human monarch

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria was the ruler who transformed Bulgaria from a principality into an independent kingdom, serving as its prince and later tsar from 1887 to 1918 and leading the country through the Balkan Wars and World War I.

Aliases (1)

Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria ×1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Prince of Bulgaria → Tsar of Bulgaria → human → monarch →
abdicatedInFavorOf	Boris III of Bulgaria →
abdicationDate	1918-10-03 →
alliance	Central Powers →
birthDate	1861-02-26 →
birthName	Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →
birthPlace	Austrian Empire → Vienna →
child	Boris III of Bulgaria → Prince Kiril of Bulgaria → Princess Eudoxia of Bulgaria → Princess Nadezhda of Bulgaria →
countryOfCitizenship	Austro-Hungarian Empire NERFINISHED → Bulgaria →
deathDate	1948-09-10 →
deathPlace	Bavaria → Coburg NERFINISHED → Germany →
endTime	as Prince: 1908-10-05 → as Tsar: 1918-10-03 →
event	First Balkan War → Second Balkan War → World War I →
father	Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →
givenName	Ferdinand →
honor	Order of St. Stephen of Hungary → Order of the Golden Fleece →
languageSpoken	Bulgarian → French → German →
mother	Princess Clémentine of Orléans NERFINISHED →
name	Ferdinand I of Bulgaria →
nobleFamily	House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →
notableFor	leading Bulgaria during World War I → leading Bulgaria during the Balkan Wars → proclaiming the independence of Bulgaria in 1908 → transforming Bulgaria from an autonomous principality into an independent kingdom →
occupation	military leader → ruler →
positionHeld	Prince of Bulgaria → Tsar of the Bulgarians →
predecessor	Alexander of Battenberg →
reasonForEndOfReign	abdication →
religion	Roman Catholicism →
residence	Coburg NERFINISHED → Sofia →
spouse	Princess Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz NERFINISHED → Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma →
startTime	as Prince: 1887-07-07 → as Tsar: 1908-10-05 →
successor	Boris III of Bulgaria →
title	His Majesty Tsar Ferdinand I, Tsar of the Bulgarians → Knyaz (Prince) of Bulgaria →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Boris III of Bulgaria →	father
Bulgarian royal family →	firstMonarchFromHouseOfSaxeCoburgAndGotha
Bulgarian royal family →	founderOfDynastyInBulgaria
Ernestine branch of the House of Wettin →	hasMember
Bulgarian royal family →	member
Kingdom of Bulgaria →	monarch
Ferdinand I of Bulgaria →	name
Ferdinand →	notableBearer
Central Powers ("Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria") →	notableLeader
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →	notableMember
Boris III of Bulgaria →	predecessor