Alexander of Battenberg

Names
	Alexander Joseph von Battenberg; Bulgarian: Александър Йозеф фон Батенберг;

Alexander I
Александър I
Alexander I; Александър I
Prince of Bulgaria
Reign	29 April 1878 – 7 September 1886
Predecessor	Vacant; (previously Constantine II)
Successor	Ferdinand I
Born	5 April 1857; Verona, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
Died	17 November 1893 (aged 36); Graz, Duchy of Styria, Austria-Hungary
Burial	Battenberg Mausoleum, Sofia
Spouse	Johanna Loisinger
Issue	Count Assen of Hartenau; Countess Tsvetana of Hartenau;
Names
Names
	Alexander Joseph von Battenberg; Bulgarian: Александър Йозеф фон Батенберг;
House	Battenberg
Father	Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine
Mother	Julia, Princess of Battenberg
Religion	Lutheran

Alexander Joseph GCB (Bulgarian: Александър I Батенберг; 5 April 1857 – 17 November 1893), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince (knyaz) of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria from 1878 until his abdication in 1886.^[1]

The Bulgarian Grand National Assembly elected him as Prince of autonomous Bulgaria, in 1878. He dissolved the assembly in 1880 and suspended the Constitution in 1881, considering it too liberal. He restored the Constitution in 1883, leading to open conflict with Russia that made him popular in Bulgaria. Unification with Eastern Rumelia was achieved and recognised by the powers in 1885. A coup carried out by pro-Russian Bulgarian Army officers forced him to abdicate in September 1886. He later became a general in the Austrian army.^[2]

^ Bourchier, James David (1911). "Political History" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Bulgaria . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 782.
^ John Belchem and Richard Price, eds. A Dictionary of 19th-Century World History (1994) p 66.

[1] Bourchier, James David (1911). "Political History" . In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Bulgaria . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 4 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 782.

[2] John Belchem and Richard Price, eds. A Dictionary of 19th-Century World History (1994) p 66.

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