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Ferdinand, youngest sort of the late Prince Augustus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, and the late Princess Clémentine of Bourbon-Orléans (daughter of King Louis Philippe), born February 26, 1861, was elected Prince of Bulgaria by unanimous vote of the National Assembly, July 7, 1887 ; assumed the government August 14, 1887, in succession to Prince Alexander, who had abdicated September 7, 1886. His election was confirmed by the Porte and the Great Powers in March, 1896. Married (1) April 20, 1893, to Marie Louise (died January 31, 1899), eldest daughter of Duke Robert of Parma ; issue, Boris, born January 30, 1894 ; Cyril, born November 17, 1895 ; Eudoxia, born January 17, 1898 ; Nadejda, born January 30, 1899. (2) On February 28, 1908, to Princess Eleonore of Reuss Köstritz.
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Keltie, J.S. (1910). Bulgaria. In: Keltie, J.S. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270398_15
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