Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte, Duke of Saxony (born 5 November 1965, Madrid

Madrid

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, Spain), known with his civilian name as Kubrat Sajonia-Coburgo-Gotha y Gómez-Acebo (in Spain) or Kubrat Sakskoburggotski (in Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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), is a Spanish surgeon

Surgeon

In medicine, a surgeon is a specialist in surgery. Surgery is a broad category of invasive medical treatment that involves the cutting of a body, whether human or animal, for a specific reason such as the removal of diseased tissue or to repair a tear or breakage...

 and member of the Bulgarian Royal Family. He is the third son of Tsar

Tsar

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 Simeon II of Bulgaria and his wife Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela

Margarita Gomez-Acebo y Cejuela

Doña Margarita Gómez-Acebo y Cejuela, born on 6 January 1935 in Madrid, Spain, is the consort of Tsar Simeon II of Bulgaria, whom she married after his exile...

.

Education and career

After completing his primary and secondary education at the Lycée Français in Madrid, Prince Kubrat studied between 1984 and 1990 at the University of Navarra

University of Navarra

The University of Navarra is a private pontifical university based at the southeast border of Pamplona, Spain. It was founded in 1952 by St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, the founder of Opus Dei as a corporate work of the apostolate of Opus Dei....

 in Pamplona

Pamplona

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, where he obtained a Licentiate

Licentiate

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 Magna Cum Laude in Medicine and Surgery. After his graduation, he worked for five years as a resident physician

Residency (medicine)

Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a medical degree , Podiatric degree , Dental Degree and who practices...

 at Puerta de Hierro Clinic in Madrid

Madrid

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...

, where he made his expertise as a general surgeon. Subsequently he worked for a year at the St. Mark's Hospital

St. Mark's Hospital

St. Mark's Hospital is a hospital in the Harrow and Wembley border as well as the London Borough of Harrow and London Borough of Brent border in northwest London, UK. It is the only hospital in the world to specialise entirely in intestinal and colorectal medicine and is a national and...

 and Northwick Park Hospital

Northwick Park Hospital

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 and further specialized as a surgeon in proctology

Proctology

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. Prince Kubrat worked between 1997 and 2003 as a colorectal surgeon at the Ruber International Clinic in Madrid and was in charge of the Ambulatory Surgery Unit. Since September 2003, he became Head of the Colorectal Unit at the San Camillo Hospital in Madrid, where he also acts as Director of the Team Care Management since June 2006. He was director of Shared Medical Systems between 1999 and 2000, and is currently also part of the advisory board of Tokuda Hospital

Tokuda Hospital

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 (Sofia

Sofia

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, Bulgaria) and a Consultant

Consultant (medicine)

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 for Mensor Health Care, S.L in Madrid.

Marriage and issue

Prince Kubrat married on 2 July 1993 at the Monastery of la Encarnación, Madrid with Doña Carla María de la Soledad Royo-Villanova y Urrestarazu, daughter of Jaime Royo-Villanova y Paya and wife María del Carmen Urrestarazu y Ozueta, both Basque

Basque people

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. Together they have three sons:

• HRH Prince Mirko Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria, born 26 April 1995 in Madrid.
• HRH Prince Lukás Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria, born 15 July 1997 in Madrid.
• HRH Prince Tirso Panagiurishtski of Bulgaria, born 3 June 2002 in Madrid.

He is the godfather of Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón

Pablo Nicolás Urdangarín y de Borbón

Don Pablo Nicolás Sebastián de Todos los Santos Urdangarín y de Borbón is the second son of the Duchess and Duke of Palma de Mallorca, Infanta Cristina of Spain and Iñaki Urdangarín...

, who is the son of the Duchess and Duke of Palma.

Titles and style

• His Royal Highness Kubrat, Prince of Panagyurishte, Prince of Bulgaria, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (since his birth in 1965)
  • Kubrat Sajonia-Coburgo (his civilian name in Spain)
  • Kubrat Sakskoburggotski (his name used in Bulgaria)

Kubrat is shortly styled as HRH The Prince of Panagyurishte.

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