note:
As of July 2020.
The Bulgarian monarchy was abolished in 1946.[1] The last monarch to reign was Tsar Simeon II, who remains head of the former Bulgarian Royal Family.[2] The law of succession for the dynasty was constitutionally established as Salic primogeniture: only Orthodox males born of approved marriages and descended in the male-line from the first tsar (king) of the Saxe-Coburg line, Ferdinand I of Bulgaria, by seniority of birth with provision for substitution were eligible to occupy Bulgaria’s throne.[2]
After Simeon II’s deposition those who meet the criteria of that order of succession are enumerated as follows:[2]
- Tsar Simeon II (born 1937)
- Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo (1962–2015)[3]
- (1) Boris, Prince of Tarnovo (b. 1997)[3]
- (2) Prince Beltrán of Bulgaria (b. 1999)
- (3) Kyril, Prince of Preslav (b. 1964)
- (4) Prince Tassilo of Bulgaria (b. 2002)
- (5) Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte (b. 1965)
- (6) Prince Mirko of Bulgaria (b. 1995)
- (7) Prince Lukás of Bulgaria (b. 1997)
- (8) Prince Tirso of Bulgaria (b. 2002)
- (9) Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin (b. 1967)
- (10) Prince Umberto of Bulgaria (b. 1999)
- Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo (1962–2015)[3]
