Editing Alexander of Battenberg (section)

==Later years==
[[File:Battenberg Mausoleum Sofia 7.jpg|thumb|250px|Battenberg Mausoleum in Sofia]]
Alexander then retired into private life. A few years later he married [[Johanna Loisinger]], an actress, and assumed the style of Count von [[Hartenau]] (6 February 1889). They had a son [[Assen, Count von Hartenau|''Assen'', Count von Hartenau]] (1890-1965) and a daughter Countess Marie Therese Vera ''Tsvetana'' von Hartenau (1893-1935).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.geni.com/people/Alexander-I-Prince-of-Bulgaria/6000000003243840415 | title=Alexander I, Prince of Bulgaria | date=5 April 1857 }}</ref> The last years of his life he spent principally at [[Graz]], where he held a local command in the Austrian army, and where he died of a ruptured appendix on 17 November 1893.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.historischerverein-stmk.at/wp-content/uploads/Z_Jg79_Harald-HEPPNER-Die-Grazer-Zeit-Alexanders-von-Battenberg-alias-des-Grafen-Hartenau.pdf|title=Die Grazer Zeit Alexanders von Battenberg alias des Grafen Hartenau|date=1988|author=Harald Heppner|series=Zeitschrift des Historischen Vereines für Steiermark|page=257|language=de|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220109105348/https://www.historischerverein-stmk.at/wp-content/uploads/Z_Jg79_Harald-HEPPNER-Die-Grazer-Zeit-Alexanders-von-Battenberg-alias-des-Grafen-Hartenau.pdf|archive-date=2022-01-09|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-09}}</ref> His remains, brought to Sofia, received a public funeral there, and were buried in a [[Battenberg Mausoleum|mausoleum erected to his memory]].{{sfn|Bourchier|1911}}

Prince Alexander possessed much charm and amiability of manner; he was tall, dignified and strikingly handsome. Many authorities have generally recognised his capabilities as a soldier. As a ruler he committed some errors, but his youth and inexperience and the extreme difficulty of his position account for much. He had some aptitude for diplomacy, and his intuitive insight and perception of character sometimes enabled him to outwit the crafty politicians who surrounded him. His principal fault remained a want of tenacity and resolution; his tendency to unguarded language undoubtedly increased the number of his enemies.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}