Dona Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela ¹⁶⁹⁹

  General Notes:

Tsaritsa Margarita (Doña Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela) is the queen consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, the last Tsar of Bulgaria. She is daughter of a Spanish marquis who along with his wife were executed by the Spanish Loyalists in 1936 at the outset of the Spanish Civil War. On January 21, 1962, she married Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, the tsar of Bulgaria. Margarita is a cousin of Luis Gomez-Acebo, viscount de la Torre, the husband of Doña Pilar, Infanta of Spain and Duchess of Badajoz. She is styled by courtesy as Her Majesty Tsaritsa Margarita of Bulgaria.

Their home Vrana Palace, near Sofia, Simeon's boyhood home, was returned to them by a Bulgarian court. Simeon had a deal with Sofia Municipality allowing the use of part of the estate as a park. The legality of this transaction is disputed by Bulgarian politicians. ¹⁶⁹⁹

Dona married Simeon II, son of Boris III Czar of Bulgaria and Giovanna Princess of Italy, on 21 Jan 1962.¹⁶⁹⁹ (Simeon II was born on 16 Jun 1937 ¹⁶⁹⁹.)