Thursday 20 November 2014

Simeon II of Bulgaria

1.  Simeon II, Tsar of Bulgaria 1937-

2.  Boris III, Tsar of Bulgaria 1894-1943
3.  Giovanna of Italy 1907-2000

4.  Ferdinand I, Tsar of Bulgaria 1861-1948
5.  Maria Luisa of Bourbon-Parma 1870-99
6.  Vittorio Emanuele III, King of Italy 1869-1947
7.  Elena of Montenegro 1873-1952

8.  August of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha 1818-81
9.  Clementine of Orleans 1817-1907
10.  Roberto I, Duke of Bourbon-Parma 1848-1907
11.  Maria Pia of Bourbon Two Sicilies 1849-82
12.  Umberto I, King of Italy 1844-1900
13.  Margherita of Savoy 1851-1926
14.  Nikola I, King of Montenegro 1841-1921
15.  Milena Vukotic 1847-1923

16.  Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld 1785-1851
17.  Antonia Kohary de Csabrag 1797-1862
18.  Louis Philippe I, King of the French 1773-1850
19.  Maria Amalia of Bourbon Two Sicilies 1782-1866
20.  Carlo III, Duke of Bourbon-Parma 1823-54
21.  Louise Marie Therese of France 1819-64
22.  Ferdinando II, King of the Two Sicilies 1810-59
23.  Maria Theresa of Austria 1816-67
24.  Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy 1820-78
25.  Adelheid of Austria 1822-55
26.  Fernando of Savoy, Duke of Genoa 1822-55
27.  Elisabeth of Saxony 1830-1912
28.  Mirko Petrovics-Njegos 1820-67
29.  Anastasia Martinovic 1824-95
30.  Peter Vukotic 1826-1904
31.  Jelena Voivodich ?-?

Of the fifth generation, 2 are German, 1 is Hungarian, 2 are French, 5 are Italian, 2 are Austria,  and four are Montenegrin.  16 is the uncle of Queen Victoria.  19 is the aunt of 22.  24 and 26 are brothers.  23 and 25 are first cousins.  The average age at death is 57, rather low.

Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria is unique, in that, having been a hereditary monarch, he was also elected and served as Prime Minister of his country, 50 years after his abdication.  Together with Mihail of Roumania, he is one of only two WW2 heads of state still alive today.  He is popular in Bulgaria, where he is known as Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.  He is of the same lineage as Queen Elizabeth II, the King of the Belgians, and the last kings of Portugal.  In his ancestry, we see for the first time Louis Philippe I of France, from whom most Catholic monarchs are descended.