Prince of Tarnovo

Prince of Tarnovo (

heir to the throne.^[1]

Third Rome based on its pre-eminent cultural influence in the Balkans

In 1393 after vigorous resistance to a 3-month siege Turnovo was seized and the whole Bulgarian Tsardom was destroyed by the invading

Ivan Shishman moved his residence to the castle of Nikopol but took the title Prince of Tarnovo (Lord of Tarnovo, Bulgarian

In 1593 a Bulgarian noble and a descendant of the medieval

Theodore Ballina of Nikopol took the title 'Prince of Tarnovo'. He was the leader of the First Tarnovo Uprising against the Ottoman Empire. In 1686 Rostislav Stratimirovic, another descendant of the dynasty and the leader of the Second Tarnovo Uprising, also took the title. During the Third Tarnovo Uprising in 1835, the title was taken by the leader of the uprising, Velcho Atanasov

After his abdication from the Bulgarian throne, Prince

In 1894 the first son of

List

People who have held the title Prince of Tarnovo:

Name	From	To	Dynasty
Prince Ivan	1393	1395	Shishman
Prince Theodore	1593	1593	Shishman
Prince Rostislav	1686	1686	Shishman
Prince Velcho	1835	1835	Atanasov
Prince Paraskeva	1815	1821	Hadzhi Lukov
Prince Alexander	1886	1893	Hesse
Prince Boris	1894	1918	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Simeon	1937	1943	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Since the monarchy's abolition, these are the people who have held the title Prince of Tarnovo in pretense:

Portrait	Name	From	To	Dynasty	Arms
	Prince Kardam	1962	2015	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
	Prince Boris	2015	—	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

^ Black, Floyd H (1958). The American College of Sofia: a chapterin American-Bulgarian relations. Original from the University of California: Trustees of Sofia American Schools, inc. p. 59.