Background
She is the daughter of Don Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet, of the Marquesses de Cortina, and his wife Doña María de las Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández, and paternal granddaughter of the 3rd Marqués of Cortina.
Duchess Prime Minister of Bulgaria
She is the daughter of Don Manuel Gómez-Acebo y Modet, of the Marquesses de Cortina, and his wife Doña María de las Mercedes Cejuela y Fernández, and paternal granddaughter of the 3rd Marqués of Cortina.
As such, she is also sometimes styled Tsaritsa Margarita. In this context, she may be styled as Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Duchess in Saxony, due to her husband"s descent from those former ruling families. During her husband"s tenure as Prime Minister of Bulgaria, she was sometimes referred as Mistress
Margarita Sakskoburggotska.
She is styled by courtesy as Her Majesty Margarita, Queen of the Bulgarians. The former Tsar and Tsaritsa currently reside in what was Simeon"s boyhood home, Vrana Palace, near Sofia.
lieutenant was returned to them by the Bulgarian Constitutional Court. The property is operated under an agreement with the Municipality of Sofia, which allows the use of part of the estate as a public park.
In return, the remainder and residence have reverted to the ownership of the family.
The legality of this transaction is disputed by Bulgarian politicians. On 21 January 1962, Doña Margarita married Simeon II of Bulgaria, the King of Bulgaria. National honours Foreign honours.