Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria

Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Княгиня Мария Луиза Българска; born 13 January 1933, Sofia) also known as Marie Louise Borisova Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, is the daughter of Tsar Boris III and Tsaritsa Ioanna and the older sister of Simeon II of Bulgaria.[1] Her baptism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church caused controversy at the time because her mother had promised to raise her children as Catholics.[2] After the change in house laws into absolute primogeniture by her brother King Simeon II, Princess Marie Louise became the head of the house of House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry.[3]

For other people called Princess Marie Louise, see Princess Marie Louise (disambiguation).

Princess Marie Louise
Princess Marie Louise in Bulgarian costume
Born (1933-01-13) 13 January 1933
Vrana Palace, Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Spouse
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(m. 1957; div. 1968)​
    Bronisław Chrobok
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    (m. 1969)​
    IssuePrince Boris
    Prince Hermann Friedrich
    Princess Alexandra
    Prince Pawel
    HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry
    FatherBoris III of Bulgaria
    MotherGiovanna of Italy
    Bulgarian royal family
    Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bulgaria
    Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Bulgaria

    The Tsar
    The Tsaritsa

    The Princess of Koháry

    Biography

    Her godfather was Aleksandar Malinov.[4]

    She was enrolled at the Medical Nurse College of the Spanish Red Cross Society, which she graduated with honours.

    After the abolition of the monarchy in 1946, Princess Maria Louise left the country with her mother and brother. They first lived in Egypt and then moved to Spain.[5]

    Marriage and issue

    She married Prince Karl of Leiningen (1927–1990) in a civil ceremony on 14 February 1957 in Amorbach and in a religious ceremony on 20 February 1957 in Cannes.

    The couple had two sons:[1]

    • Prince Boris of Leiningen (17 April 1960) married firstly Milena Manov on 14 February 1987; divorced 9 July 1994, with issue. He wed secondly Cheryl Ann Riegler 11 September 1999, with issue
    • Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen (16 April 1963) married Deborah Cully 16 May 1987, with issue

    Karl and Marie Louise divorced on 4 December 1968.

    On 16 November 1969, she married Bronisław Tomasz Andrzej Chrobok (born 27 August 1934 in Katowice, Poland), in Toronto, Canada. Subsequently they lived in New Jersey, United States and have a daughter and a son:

    • Princess Alexandra-Nadejda of Koháry[6] (born 14 September 1970),[1] married Jorge Champalimaud Raposo de Magalhães (born 16 September 1970, scion of two Portuguese industrial families, grandnephew of António Champalimaud) on 8 September 2001. They have three children.
    • Prince Pawel Alastair Antoni of Koháry (born 3 May 1972),[1] married Ariana Oliver Mas in 2014. They have two children.

    Princess of Koháry

    The title "Princess of Koháry" was nominally ceded to Princess Maria-Louise and the descendants of her second marriage, by her brother King Simeon II, in September 2015.[3]

    Professional life

    Princess Maria-Louise is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Bulgaria.[7]

    On 13 May 2012, at the 18th commencement ceremony, Princess Maria-Louise received an honorary doctoral degree in Humane Letters from the American University in Bulgaria.[8]

    In 2001, she visited and toured the church of St John of Rila the Wonderworker in Chicago's Portage Park community area.

    Titles, styles, honours and awards
    Styles of
    Princess Maria Louisa
    Reference styleHer Royal Highness
    Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

    Titles
    • 13 January 1933 – 11 June 2012: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Louisa of Bulgaria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, Duchess in Saxony
    • 11 June 2012 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Maria Louisa of Bulgaria, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, Duchess in Saxony, The 9th Princess of Koháry

    Dynastic

    Foreign

    Ancestors

    References
    1. Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, pp. 245–246, 296. ISBN 0-220-66222-3
    2. "Protest Baptism of Marie Louise". Spokane Daily Chronicle. AP. 16 January 1933. p. 1. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
    3. НИЕ СИМЕОН II-
    4. Kingsimeon Archived 31 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine/
    5. "King Simeon". Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
    6. "Техни Величества Цар Симеон и Царица Маргарита посетиха гр. Асизи и се поклониха на гроба на Царица Иоанна | Н.В. Цар Симеон II".
    7. "University Council". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2012.
    8. Honorary Degree Recipients
    9. "H.R.H. Princess Maria Luisa of Bulgaria Presented with the Dame Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion".
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