Prince Kyril | |
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Prince of Preslav | |
Count Nikolai Tolstoy, left, and Prince Kyril, right
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Born | 11 July 1964 |
Spouse | María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila (m. 1989; separated 2009) |
Issue | Princess Mafalda-Cecilia Princess Olimpia Prince Tassilo |
House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry |
Father | Simeon II of Bulgaria |
Mother | Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela |
Styles of The Prince of Preslav |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
Kyril, Prince of Preslav, Duke of Saxony (born 11 July 1964), also known as Kyril of Saxe-Coburg, is the second son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria (also Prime Minister of Bulgaria from 2001 to 2005) and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela.
Kyril was born in Madrid, and graduated from Princeton University in 1986, having completed a bachelor degree in Physics.
In 2007 he worked for GLG Partners, the London-based asset management branch of Lehman Brothers.
Kyril of Preslav married Doña María del Rosario Nadal y Fuster de Puigdórfila on 15 September 1989. The religious ceremony was held at Saint Anne's Chapel, Almudaina Palace, Palma de Mallorca. The Spanish tabloids ¡Hola! and Semana covered the event and reported that there were 400 guests, though only 125 could be accommodated in the chapel for the religious ceremony. According to Majesty magazine at the time, King Juan Carlos, Queen Sofía, Infanta Elena, Infanta Cristina, and Felipe, Prince of Asturias, attended the occasion.
The couple have three children:
As Kyril's wife, Rosario, who is a native of Majorca, could use the style of "Princess of Preslav", but she is most often referenced in the media as "Rosario Nadal". She is not a princess in her own right, though she is a maternal descendent of the Counts of Olocau, her grandfather being the 9th Count, and her uncle being the present and 10th Count. Rosario is also a descendant of the Aztec Emperor Moctezuma II.