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Also Known As Ferdinand Karl Leopold Maria • Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Born February 26, 1861 • Vienna • Austria
Died September 10, 1948 (aged 87) • Coburg • Germany
Title / Office king (1908-1918), Bulgaria
Role In Second Balkan War • World War I • Balkan Wars

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