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Kiril, Prince of Preslav

1895–1945

Born
17 Nov 1895, Sofia
Country of birth
Principality of Bulgaria, today Bulgaria
Died
1 Feb 1945, Sofia
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  1. Born · Sofia

    Birth, Sofia

  2. Died · Sofia

    Death, Sofia

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The world around Sofia, 1895: who ruled, who else was alive, how people lived. This is general history, not a record about the family, and every item shows where it comes from.

Kiril, was born the same year as Buster Keaton, Rudolph Valentino, and Marcel Pagnol.

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Prince Kiril of Bulgaria, Prince of Preslav was the second son of Ferdinand I of Bulgaria and his first wife Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma. He was a younger brother of Boris III of Bulgaria and a prince regent of the Kingdom of Bulgaria from 1943 to 1944. He was sentenced to death by the People's Court and executed on the night of 1 February 1945.

Titles held

  • regent
Born the same year

  • Buster Keaton

    American motion picture director, motion picture producer, motion picture producers and director, comedian, actor

  • Rudolph Valentino

    Italian actor (1895–1926)

  • Marcel Pagnol

    novelist, playwright and filmmaker from France (1895-1974)

  • George VI

    King of the United Kingdom from 1936 to 1952

  • Sergei Yesenin

    Russian poet (1895–1925)

  • Jiddu Krishnamurti

    Indian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer (1895–1986)

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