Princess Maria Louise of Bulgaria (born 13 January 1933, Sofia

Sofia

Sofia is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria and the 12th largest city in the European Union with a population of 1.27 million people. It is located in western Bulgaria, at the foot of Mount Vitosha and approximately at the centre of the Balkan Peninsula.Prehistoric settlements were excavated...

) is the daughter of Tsar Boris III

Boris III of Bulgaria

Boris III the Unifier, Tsar of Bulgaria , originally Boris Klemens Robert Maria Pius Ludwig Stanislaus Xaver , son of Ferdinand I, came to the throne in 1918 upon the abdication of his father, following the defeat of the Kingdom of Bulgaria during World War I...

 and Tsaritsa Ioanna and the older sister of Simeon II of Bulgaria. Her baptism in the Bulgarian Orthodox Church

Bulgarian Orthodox Church

The Bulgarian Orthodox Church - Bulgarian Patriarchate is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church with some 6.5 million members in the Republic of Bulgaria and between 1.5 and 2.0 million members in a number of European countries, the Americas and Australia...

 caused controversy at the time.

Biography

After the abolition of the monarchy in 1946, Princess Maria Louise left the country with her mother and brother. They first lived in Egypt

Egypt

Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...

 and then moved to Spain.

Marriage and issue

She married Prince Karl of Leiningen

Prince Karl of Leiningen

Karl Vladimir Ernst Heinrich, Prince of Leiningen was the son of Karl, 6th Prince of Leiningen and Maria Kirillovna of Russia. Maria was the daughter of Princess Victoria Melita of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, a paternal granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, and Cyril...

 in a civil ceremony on 14 February 1957 in Amorbach

Amorbach

Amorbach is a town in the Miltenberg district in the Regierungsbezirk of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany, with some 4,100 inhabitants .- Location :...

 and in a religious ceremony on 20 February 1957 in Cannes

Cannes

Cannes is one of the best-known cities of the French Riviera, a busy tourist destination and host of the annual Cannes Film Festival. It is a Commune of France in the Alpes-Maritimes department....

. The couple had two sons:

• Boris
  Prince Boris of Leiningen
  Prince Karl Boris Frank Markwart of Leiningen is the elder son of Prince Karl of Leiningen and of his wife Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria. He is currently 128th in line to the British Throne.-Biography:...
  
   (born 1960)
• Hermann
  Prince Hermann Friedrich of Leiningen
  Prince Hermann of Leiningen is the younger son of Prince Karl of Leiningen and of his wife Princess Marie Louise of Bulgaria....
  
   (born 1963)

Karl and Maria Luisa divorced on 4 December 1968.

On 16 November 1969, she married Bronislaw Chrobok (27 August 1933 Katowice

Katowice

Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...

), in Toronto, Canada. They currently live in Madison, New Jersey

Madison, New Jersey

Madison is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, in the United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the population was 16,530. It also is known as "The Rose City".-Geography:Madison is located at ....

, and have a daughter and a son:

• Alexandra Nadejda (born 14 September 1970)
• Paul Alastair Antoni (born 3 May 1972)

Professional life

Princess Maria-Louise is a member of the Board of Trustees of the American University in Bulgaria

American University in Bulgaria

American University in Bulgaria is a private, selective, residential liberal arts university located in Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria. Courses are taught in English by high-quality faculty coming from four continents, experienced in teaching in a multicultural, learner-centered environment...

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In 2001, she visited and toured the church of St John of Rila the Wonderworker in Chicago's Portage Park

Portage Park, Chicago

Portage Park is located on the northwest side of the City of Chicago, Illinois and is one of 77 officially designated Chicago community areas. Portage Park is bordered by the community areas of Jefferson Park and Forest Glen to the north, Dunning and the suburb of Harwood Heights to the west,...

 community area

Community areas of Chicago

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