Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela
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Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, born on January 6, 1935 in Madrid, Spain, is the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, whom she married after his exile. As such, she is also sometimes styled Tsaritsa Margarita and treated sometimes as if being a empress consort. She is also sometimes extended the titles of empress, princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and duchess in Saxony. During her husband's tenure as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, she was sometimes referred as Mrs Margarita Sakskoburggotska.
She is daughter of Don Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet and Doña María de las Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández, and paternal granddaughter of the 3rd Marquesses of Cortina. Her parents were executed by the Spanish Loyalists in 1936 at the outset of the Spanish Civil War. On January 21, 1962, she married Simeon II of Bulgaria, the Tsar of Bulgaria. Margarita is a first cousin of the late Luis Gómez-Acebo y Duque de Estrada, Viscount of La Torre (son of the 9th Marchioness and brother of the 10th Marquess of la Deleitosa), the husband of Doña Pilar, Infanta of Spain and 1st Duchess of Badajoz. She is styled by courtesy as Her Majesty Margarita, Tsaritsa of the Bulgarians.
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Their home Vrana Palace, near Sofia, Simeon's boyhood home, was returned to them by a Bulgarian Constitutional Court. Simeon has a deal with Sofia Municipality allowing the use of part of the estate as a park. The legality of this transaction is disputed by Bulgarian politicians. They have five children:
- Prince Kardam, styled HRH The Prince of Turnovo (born 1962). Married doña Miriam de Ungría y López styled HRH Princess Miriam of Bulgaria. They have two sons, HRH Prince Boris and HRH Prince Beltran.
- Prince Kyrill, styled HRH The Prince of Preslav (born 1964). Married doña María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster-Puigdórfila styled Princess Rosario of Bulgaria. They have two daughters, HRH Princess Mafalda and HRH Princess Olimpia, and one son, HRH Prince Tassilo.
- Prince Kubrat, styled HRH The Prince of Panagiurishte (born 1965). Married doña Carla María de la Soledad Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu styled HRH Princess Carla of Bulgaria, and have three sons: HRH Prince Mirko, HRH Prince Lukás and HRH Prince Tirso.
- Prince Konstantin-Assen, styled HRH The Prince of Vidin (born 1967). Married doña María García de la Rasilla y Gortázar styled HRH Princess Maria of Bulgaria, and have twins, HRH Prince Umberto and HRH Princess Sofia.
- Princess Kalina, styled HRH The Princess Kalina of Bulgaria (born 1972). Married don Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz y Valcárcel.
