Princess Kalina of Bulgaria
| Princess Kalina | |
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| Princess of Bulgaria Countess of Murany |
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| Born | 19 January 1972 |
| Spouse | Kitín Muñoz (m. 2002) |
| Issue | Simeon Hassan Muñoz |
| House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry |
| Father | Simeon II of Bulgaria |
| Mother | Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Her Royal Highness Kalina, Knyaginya (Princess) of Bulgaria, Duchess of Saxony (born 19 January 1972 in Madrid, Spain), is the fifth child and only daughter of the former Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife, Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela. Simeon II left Bulgaria as a child in 1945 when the country ceased to be a monarchy by referundum. He was then elected Prime Minister of the Republic of Bulgaria in 2001.
Kalina earned her secondary education in the Lycée Francais de Madrid and in addition to her native Spanish, she speaks French, English, Italian, German and some Bulgarian. She is an unconventional Royal, often expressing herself through fashion which includes unusual clothing, hairstyle, and makeup. She is a vegetarian, and her interests include fashion, art, furniture restoration, painting, and animal rights. She was baptised a Catholic.
On 26 October 2002, at 30 years old, Kalina married Antonio "Kitín" Muñoz y Valcárcel, a noted Spanish sea explorer, born in 1958 in Sidi Ifni, Morocco. They have 14 years of difference. The royal wedding was the subject of a television documentary. The wedding ceremony was Roman Catholic at Tsarska Bistritsa, but was followed by an Eastern Orthodox blessing.
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