Battle of Slivnitsa
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The Battle of Slivnitsa was a battle between the Bulgarian Army and the Royal Serbian Army from 17 to 19 November 1885, in the Serbo-Bulgarian War. The Bulgarian victory solidified the unification bet
Alexander of Battenberg on the battlefield of Dragoman
Alexander of Battenberg
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Alexander Joseph, known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria from 1879 until his abdication in 1886.
Battle of Slivnitsa
…between the Balkan and Rhodope mountains gained semi-autonomous status with an Ottoman-appointed Christian governor. The Bulgarian Assembly chose Prince Alexander Battenberg as its ruler and continued to press for the reunification of the country. Political changes in 1883 caused a cooling in relations between Bulgaria and…
Formal portrait, c. 1879–1893
Battenberg family Mausoleum in Sofia, Bulgaria (2011)