Editing List of Bulgarian monarchs (section)

=== House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1887–1946) ===
{{Main|House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Bulgarian royal family}}
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|'''[[Ferdinand I of Bulgaria|Ferdinand I]]'''<br /><small>Фердинанд I</small>
|7 July 1887 –<br />3 October 1918<br /><small>(31 years and 87 days)</small>
|Chosen as ''knyaz'' (prince)<ref name="Jones-2022">{{Cite book |last=Jones |first=Barry |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-RCfEAAAQBAJ |title=Dictionary of World Biography: Ninth edition |date=2022 |publisher=ANU Press |isbn=978-1-76046-552-0 |pages=99, 306, 789 |language=en}}</ref> after [[Prince Valdemar of Denmark]] declined the throne after being approached.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Evans |first=Stanley George |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BENpAAAAMAAJ |title=A Short History of Bulgaria |date=1960 |publisher=Lawrence & Wishart |pages=140 |language=en}}</ref> Secured Bulgaria's complete independence from the [[Ottoman Empire]] in 1908, whereafter he adopted the style of ''tsar'' (king). Leading figure in the [[First Balkan War]] (1912–1913) though Bulgaria's actions after victory led to the [[Second Balkan War]] (1913) which deprived the country of most of its gains. Aligned with the [[German Empire]] in [[World War I]] (1914–1918) and was forced to abdicate after the war's conclusion.<ref name="Jones-2022" />
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|[[File:BASA-3K-7-342-28-Boris III of Bulgaria.jpeg|80px]]
|'''[[Boris III of Bulgaria|Boris III]]'''<br /><small>Борѝс III</small>
|3 October 1918 –<br />28 August 1943<br /><small>(24 years and 330 days)</small>
|Son of Ferdinand I. Succeeded to the throne after his father's abdication.<ref name="Jones-2022" /> Bestowed near-dictatorial powers by a pro-monarchical regime in 1935.<ref name="Crowe-2018">{{Cite book |last=Crowe |first=David M. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rR-yDwAAQBAJ |title=The Holocaust: Roots, History, and Aftermath |date=2018 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-0-429-96498-5 |pages=299–300 |language=en}}</ref> Aligned with [[Nazi Germany]] during [[World War II]] (1939–1945),<ref name="Jones-2022" /><ref name="Beorn-2018">{{Cite book |last=Beorn |first=Waitman Wade |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_VBDDwAAQBAJ |title=The Holocaust in Eastern Europe: At the Epicenter of the Final Solution |date=2018 |publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing |isbn=978-1-4742-3222-7 |pages=196 |language=en}}</ref> mainly out of a desire to increase Bulgarian territory.<ref name="Beorn-2018" /> Bulgaria participated in the invasions of [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] and [[German invasion of Greece|Greece]],<ref name="Crowe-2018" /> though Boris refused to send Bulgarian soldiers to aid the [[Operation Barbarossa|German invasion of Russia]].<ref name="Jones-2022" /> His government oversaw [[the Holocaust in Bulgaria]].<ref name="Crowe-2018" /><ref name="YUP-2001">{{Cite encyclopedia |title=The Holocaust Encyclopedia |publisher=Yale University Press |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nPbr0XzlTzcC |date=2001 |editor-last1=Laqueur |editor-first1=Walter |pages=98–104 |language=en |isbn=978-0-300-13811-5 |editor-first2=Judith Tydor |editor-last2=Baumel}}</ref><ref name="Stone-2004">{{Cite book |last=Stone |first=D. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0h_uCwAAQBAJ |title=The Historiography of the Holocaust |date=2004 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-0-230-52450-7 |pages=459–460 |language=en}}</ref>{{efn|After the conclusion of World War II, royalists and nationalists began to hail Boris as a "rescuer of the Bulgarian Jews", though scholars consider this a dubious honour.<ref name="Stone-2004" /> Under Boris III's regime, thousands of Jews were deported to Germany from Bulgarian-occupied lands in [[Thrace]] and [[Macedonia (region)|Macedonia]],<ref name="Stone-2004" /> resulting in 11,343 deaths.<ref name="YUP-2001" /> It was further intended to also deport the Jews of Bulgaria proper, though the regime abandoned these plans following intense public outcry.<ref name="Stone-2004" /> 48,000 Jews of Bulgaria's pre-war territory consequently survived the Holocaust,<ref name="YUP-2001" /><ref name="Stone-2004" /> though were subjected to other forms of discrimination, including being forbidden from holding public office,<ref name="Crowe-2018" /> forcible internal deportation, and dispossession.<ref name="YUP-2001" /> Bulgaria was the only country to sign a written agreement "to supply Jews to Germany".<ref name="Crowe-2018" /> [[Romani people]] were also subject to discrimination, being forced to register for forced labor and being barred from marrying Bulgarians.<ref name="Crowe-2018" />}}<!-- For oppositions to this line, see the attached note; this does not appear to be a topic that is much disputed among historians --> Died in mysterious circumstances shortly after a visit to [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref name="Jones-2022" />
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|[[File:BASA-3K-15-302-26-Simeon-The Prince of Turnovo.jpeg|80px]] <!--It is in this context preferrable to use an image of Simeon close in time to when he actually reigned; he did not look as he does now when he was tsar-->
|'''[[Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha|Simeon II]]'''<br /><small>Симеон II</small>
|28 August 1943 –<br />15 September 1946<br /><small>(3 years and 17 days)</small>
|Son of Boris III. Underage at the time of his accession and thus placed under a regency for the entire duration of his reign, until the Bulgarian monarchy was abolished<ref name="Jones-2022" /> through a [[1946 Bulgarian republic referendum|referendum]]<ref name="East-2014">{{Cite book |last1=East |first1=Roger |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gJG3AwAAQBAJ |title=Profiles of People in Power: The World's Government Leaders |last2=Thomas |first2=Richard J. |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-317-63939-8 |language=en |chapter=Bulgaria}}</ref> by [[Georgi Dimitrov]]'s communist government. Went to exile in Spain and later returned to Bulgaria as a politician.<ref name="Jones-2022" /> Has never formally renounced his claim to the throne.<ref name="East-2014" />{{efn|Simeon operating as a politician within the Bulgarian republican framework and swearing allegiance to the republic has however been interpreted as effectively rejecting the restitution of the monarchy.<ref name="East-2014" />}} Simeon's party [[National Movement for Stability and Progress|NDSV]] was victorious in the [[2001 Bulgarian parliamentary election]] and Simeon served as [[Prime Minister of Bulgaria]] 2001–2005.<ref name="Jones-2022" />
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