Princess Miriam Ghazi

Miriam was born Miriam Ungría y López on 2 September 1963 in Madrid to Bernardo Ungría y Goiburu and María del Carmen López y Oleaga.[3][4] She is of Basque descent.[5]

Miriam has a degree in history and geography, with a concentration in art history, from the Complutense University of Madrid. She later studied gemology, jewellery manufacturing, wax molding, gemstone setting and jewellery design at the University of Oviedo's European Centre of Gemology and Jewellery.[6]

In 1991 she launched her first jewellery collection and founded the Spanish Jewellery Appraiser's Association, serving as the association's president.[7]

In 2000 she joined Carrera y Carrera as the brand's director of fine jewellery. She launched the Garden of Roses collection in New York in July 2002.[7]

In 2014 she launched own jewellery line, MdeU. Her collection, including rings, pendants, bracelets and earrings, is sold at El Corte Inglés.[8][9] In 2017, with support from members of the Jordanian royal family, she opened an exhibition of jewels and MdeU pieces at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.[10]

In February 2017 Miriam presented her jewellery design collections in Bulgaria for the first time, with a three-day exhibit titled Miriam de Ungria: Exquisite Touch at the Radisson Blu Hotel.[11]

On 11 July 1996 she married Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo, the eldest son of Simeon II of Bulgaria and Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela and heir to the defunct throne of Bulgaria, in an Eastern Orthodox ceremony at St. Andrey and St. Dimitar Orthodox Church in Madrid.[12][13] Her wedding dress is on display in an exhibit in the Museo del Traje.[14] Upon their marriage, Miriam was titled as Princess of Tarnovo and Duchess in Saxony.[3] They have two sons, Prince Boris and Prince Beltrán.[13]

On 15 August 2008 Miriam and her husband were involved in a serious car accident in El Molar. Miriam was taken to the Hospital Universitario La Paz to be treated for her injuries. Her husband sustained a serious brain injury.[15][16] Miriam's husband died in 2015.[17]

She lives in South Kensington, London.[8]

On 3 September 2022, Miriam married Prince Ghazi bin Muhammad, a first cousin of King Abdullah II of Jordan, at Raghadan Palace[18][19] and was given the title of Her Royal Highness Princess Miriam Ghazi.

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