- Prince of Tarnovo
Prince of Tarnovo or Prince of Turnovo (Bulgarian: "Княз Търновски", "Knyaz Tarnovski") is the title held by the first born son of the
Bulgarian monarch . This title is held only by theheir to the throne .cite book
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title =The American College of Sofia: a chapterin American-Bulgarian relations
publisher =Trustees of Sofia American Schools, inc.
date =1958
location =Original from the University of California
pages =page 59
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id = ]Tarnovo (Veliko Tarnovo) was an old Bulgarian capital and a strongest Bulgarian fortification of the Middle Ages between the 12th and 14th century and the most important political, economic, cultural and religious centre of the empire. In the 14th century as the
Byzantine Empire weakened Tarnovo claimed to be theThird Rome based on its preeminent cultural influence in theBalkans and theSlavic Orthodox world.In 1393 after vigorous resistance to a 3-month siege Tarnovo was seized and the whole Bulgarian Tsardom was destroyed by the invader - The
Ottoman Empire . The bulgarian tsarIvan Shishman to move the his residence to the castle of Nikopol but take a title Prince of Tarnovo (Lord of Tarnovo, Bulgarian: "Господин Търновски", "Gospodin Tarnovski").In 1686 a Bulgarian noble and a descendant of the medieval
Shishman dynasty,Rostislav Stratimirovic also take a title Prince of Tarnovo. He was the leader of theSecond Tarnovo Uprising against the Ottoman Empire.In 1908 Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha became Tsar of Bulgaria upon that country's declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire. 14 years ago proclamation of The Independence, in 1894 the first son of Ferdinand, Boris take the old title Prince of Tarnovo with sense a
Crown Prince , theheir apparent to thethrone in a Bulgarianmonarchy . The wife of a Prince of Tarnovo is also titledPrincess of Tarnovo (Bulgarian: "Княгиня Търновска", "Knyagina Tarnovska"). The current Prince of Tarnovo is Prince Kardam, the eldest son of Tsar Simeon II.People who to have held the title Prince of Tarnovo, after 1894:
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