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| King Simeon, Queen Margarita, Alexandra Chrobok, Jorge de Magalhães, and their children. Photograph (c) HM King Simeon II of the Bulgarians |
Members of the Bulgarian royal family recently gathered in Assisi, Italy, to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the death of Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria.
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| Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria in 1937 |
Born a Princess of Savoy, Giovanna was a daughter of King Vittorio Emanuele III and Queen Elena of Italy. In 1930, Giovanna married King Boris III of Bulgaria, who died prematurely in 1943. The couple had two children: King Simeon II and Princess Marie Louise. Queen Giovanna of Bulgaria died in Portugal on 26 February 2000; she was ninety-two years-old.
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| Photograph (c) HM King Simeon II of the Bulgarians |
On 26 February, King Simeon and Queen Margarita of Bulgaria were joined at Assisi by the king’s niece Alexandra Chrobok, Alexandra’s husband Jorge de Magalhães, and their three children.
