State
Kingdom of Bulgaria
state on the Balkan Peninsula between 1908 and 1946
- This boundary
- 1908–1945
- Founded
- 1908
- Ended
- 1946
- Capital
- Sofia
- Government
- constitutional monarchy
- Languages
- Bulgarian
- Religion
- Bulgarian Orthodox Church
- Preceded by
- Principality of Bulgaria
- Succeeded by
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
Overview
The Tsardom of Bulgaria, also known as the Third Bulgarian Tsardom, commonly known in English as the Kingdom of Bulgaria, or simply Bulgaria, was a constitutional monarchy in Southeastern Europe, which was established on 5 October [O.S. 22 September] 1908, when the Bulgarian state was raised from a principality to a tsardom.
Prince Ferdinand, founder of the royal family, was crowned as tsar at the Declaration of Independence, mainly because of his military plans and for seeking options for unification of all lands in the Balkans region with an ethnic Bulgarian majority (lands that had been seized from Bulgaria and given to the Ottoman Empire in the Treaty of Berlin). He and his successors were reckoned as kings internationally.
Records (13)
- 1912–1913 — First Balkan WarWar
- 1912 — Battle of Kirk KilisseBattle
- 1912 — Battle of KaliakraNaval battle
- 1913 — Second Balkan WarWar
- 1913 — Siege of AdrianopleSiege
- 1913 — Battle of KresnaBattle · Greece ▸ Bulgaria
- 1915–1918 — Serbian campaignCampaign
- 1918 — Treaty of BucharestTreaty
- 1919 — Treaty of Neuilly-sur-SeineTreaty
- 1938 — Salonika AgreementTreaty
- 1940 — Treaty of CraiovaTreaty
- 1941–1944 — World War II in Yugoslav MacedoniaWar
- 1941 — Battle of BalkansBattle · Germany ▸ Yugoslavia, Greece, United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand
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