Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo

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Kardam
Кардам
Kingdom of Spain
Burial
Vrana Palace, Sofia
Spouse
Miriam Ungría y López
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(m. 1996)​
Bulgarian Orthodoxy

Kardam,

Bulgarian monarchy. As such, it was only by courtesy that he was sometimes styled as if being a crown prince. He was known also as Kardam of Bulgaria and Kardam of Tarnovo, the latter being the title of the heir apparent
of the Bulgarian throne.

Life

He was born in

Penn State University
.

Marriage and issue

In

gemologist and daughter of Bernardo Ungría y Goiburu, a patent and trademark attorney[2] and honorary president of the Colegio Heráldico de España y de las Indias[2] and his wife, María del Carmen López y Oleaga, both of Basque
descent.

They had two sons, who are first and second, respectively, in the line of succession to the now-defunct Bulgarian throne:[citation needed]

Car wreck and death

On 15 August 2008, Kardam and his wife were involved in a serious car wreck in El Molar, near Madrid. Prince Kardam was taken by helicopter to the Doce de Octubre Hospital, while his wife was taken to the La Paz Hospital. The car they were in crashed into a tree, then turned over just ten metres away from a nearby house.[citation needed]

Kardam suffered severe

lung infection in a hospital in Madrid on 7 April 2015.[6][7] After an Eastern Orthodox funeral, he was buried at Saint Isidore Cemetery in Madrid.[8]

In May 2010, Bulgarian authorities issued a summons to the comatose Kardam over issues relating to the management of property returned to him, to his father and to his aunt (as heirs to Kings Ferdinand and Boris III) by the post-communist government. Former King and Prime Minister Simeon II and his sister Princess Maria Louisa objected to the summons on the grounds that Kardam was incapacitated.[9]

On 6 April 2024 his body was reburied in Vrana Palace.

Ancestors

References

  1. ^ Biography HRH Prince Kardam of Tuarnovo Archived 15 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine – Official website of H.M. King Simeon II
  2. ^ a b Vivar del Riego, José Antonio. "Ilmo. Sr. Don Bernardo de Ungría y Goiburu". Real Academia Matritense de Heráldica y Genealogía (in Spanish). Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Bulgarian prince in coma after Madrid car crash". In.reuters.com. 16 August 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Bulgarian Prince Kardam kept in artificial coma". Novinite.com. 18 August 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  5. ^ "Bulgaria Prince Kardam Out of Hospital with Improved Health Condition". Novinite.com. 10 January 2009. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  6. ^ "Kardam, son of Bulgaria's last king, dies at 52". Sofia Globe. 7 April 2015. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  7. ^ "Bulgaria Prince Kardam Deteriorates Year and Half after Hellish Crash". Novinite.com. 28 January 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
  8. ^ "Memorial Service for Prince Kardam was held yesterday at the orthodox church in Rabat, Marocco | H.M. King Simeon II". Memorial Service for Prince Kardam was held yesterday at the orthodox church in Rabat, Marocco | H.M. King Simeon II. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
  9. ^ "Sofia Court Summons Comatose Bulgarian Prince Kardam". Novinite.com. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 2 December 1962
Bulgarian royalty
Vacant
Title last held by
Simeon II of Bulgaria 		Prince of Tarnovo
1962–2015 		Succeeded by
Prince Boris of Bulgaria
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