Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin

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Prince Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria, Prince of Vidin (born December 5, 1967), is the fourth son of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela. He is known also as Konstantin-Assen of Bulgaria and Konstantin-Assen of Vidin, the latter being the title of the fourth son of Bulgarian kings. He was born in Madrid.

In Madrid on July 7, 1994 Konstantin-Assen married doña María García de la Rasilla y Gortázar, daughter of Alvaro de la Rasilla y Piñeda and wife María de Gortázar e Ybarra, and maternal granddaughter of Manuel María de Gortazar y Landecho, 9th Count of Superunda, City Councilor of the Ayuntamiento of Bilbao, and wife (m. Algorta, Getxo, Biscay, 8 November 1932) María del Rosario de Ybarra y Bergé (Bilbao, 13 June 1908 -), niece of Ignacio de Gortázar e Ybarra, 10th Count of Superunda.[1]

Her maternal grandmother was a sister of Francisco Javier de Ybarra y Bergé, born in 1913, Spanish businessman, who after the Spanish Civil War became President of the Diputación of Biscay (1947-1950) and afterwards Alcalde of Bilbao (1963-1969), Academic of the Real Academía de la Historia, President of daily nespwaper Informaciones and President of Bilbao Editorial, editor company of El Correo Español-El Pueblo Vasco, sequestrated for a ransome and murdered executed with a gunshot in the back of the head by ETA in June 1977,[2] whose sons are genealogists Juan Antonio de Ybarra e Ybarra, writer and author and Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta[3] and Francisco Javier de Ybarra e Ybarra, author among others of books Los Ybarra, in which he tells the story of his family, which includes businessmen Gabriel de Ybarra and Emilio de Ybarra, and author of La Casa de Salcedo de Aranguren, Bilbao, 1944, from which family they descend.

They have twins:

  • HRH Prince Umberto Vidinski of Bulgaria, born November 20, 1999
  • HRH Princess Sofia Vidinska of Bulgaria, born November 20, 1999

He is the godfather of Infanta Sofía of Spain. The Infanta's father, Felipe, Prince of Asturias, is the godfather to Konstantin's own daughter, Sofia.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/gen_bascas/gortazar.htm
  2. ^ http://cacho.gmxhome.de/apc/apc26.htm
  3. ^ http://www.jaybarra.net/ (in Spanish)
Konstantin-Assen, Prince of Vidin
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 5 December 1967
Bulgarian royalty
Preceded by
Prince Tirso of Bulgaria		 Line of succession to the Bulgarian Throne
10th position		 Succeeded by
Prince Umberto of Bulgaria
Line of succession to the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Throne
20th position
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