Prince of Turnovo or Prince of Tarnovo is the title held by the first born son of the Bulgarian monarch. This title is held only by the heir to the throne.

Tarnovo (Veliko Tarnovo)

Veliko Tarnovo

Veliko Tarnovo is a city in north central Bulgaria and the administrative centre of Veliko Tarnovo Province. Often referred to as the "City of the Tsars", Veliko Tarnovo is located on the Yantra River and is famous as the historical capital of the Second Bulgarian Empire, attracting many tourists...

  was an old Bulgarian capital and a strongest Bulgarian fortification of the Middle Ages between the 12th and 14th century and the most important political, economic, cultural and religious centre of the empire. In the 14th century as the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire

The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...

 weakened Tarnovo claimed to be the Third Rome

Third Rome

The term Third Rome describes the idea that some European city, state, or country is the successor to the legacy of the Roman Empire and its successor state, the Byzantine Empire ....

 based on its preeminent cultural influence in the Balkans

Balkans

The Balkans is a geopolitical and cultural region of southeastern Europe...

 and the Slavic Orthodox

Slavic Orthodox

Slavic Orthodox Church or Slavonic Orthodox Church is an umbrella term for East Orthodox churches that use Church Slavonic in liturgy, the latter being of Byzantine Rite...

 world.

In 1393 after vigorous resistance to a 3-month siege Tarnovo was seized and the whole Bulgarian Tsardom was destroyed by the invader - The Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...

. The Bulgarian tsar Ivan Shishman to move the his residence to the castle of Nikopol

Nikopol, Bulgaria

Nikopol is a town in northern Bulgaria, the administrative center of Nikopol municipality, part of Pleven Province, on the right bank of the Danube river, 4 km downstream from the mouth of the Osam river. It spreads at the foot of steep chalk cliffs along the Danube and up a narrow valley...

 but take a title Prince of Tarnovo (Lord of Tarnovo, , Gospodin Tarnovski).

In 1686 a Bulgarian noble and a descendant of the medieval Shishman

Shishman

Shishman , also Shishmanids or Shishmanovtsi , was a medieval Bulgarian royal dynasty of partial Cuman origin.The Shishman dynasty consecutively ruled the Second Bulgarian Empire for approximately one century, from 1323 to 1422, when it was conquered by the Ottomans...

 dynasty, Rostislav Stratimirovic

Rostislav Stratimirovic

Rostislav Stratimirovic belongs to the Bulgarian nobility from the 17th century. Prince of Tarnovo and descendant of the medieval Bulgarian Shishman dynasty, he is the leader of the Second Tarnovo Uprising of the Bulgarians against the Ottoman Empire in 1686....

 also take a title Prince of Tarnovo. He was the leader of the Second Tarnovo Uprising

Second Tarnovo Uprising

The Second Tarnovo Uprising was a Bulgarian uprising against Ottoman rule based in the former Bulgarian capital, Tarnovo, that broke out in 1686 and was severely crushed by the Ottoman authorities....

 against the Ottoman Empire.

In 1908 Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Ferdinand I of Bulgaria

Ferdinand , born Ferdinand Maximilian Karl Leopold Maria of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry, was the ruler of Bulgaria from 1887 to 1918, first as knyaz and later as tsar...

 became Tsar of Bulgaria upon that country's declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire. 14 years ago proclamation of The Independence, in 1894 the first son of Ferdinand, Boris

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...

 take the old title Prince of Tarnovo with sense a Crown Prince

Crown Prince

A crown prince or crown princess is the heir or heiress apparent to the throne in a royal or imperial monarchy. The wife of a crown prince is also titled crown princess....

, the heir apparent

Heir apparent

An heir apparent or heiress apparent is a person who is first in line of succession and cannot be displaced from inheriting, except by a change in the rules of succession....

 to the throne

Throne

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 in a Bulgarian monarchy

Monarchy

A monarchy is a form of government in which the office of head of state is usually held until death or abdication and is often hereditary and includes a royal house. In some cases, the monarch is elected...

. The wife of a Prince of Tarnovo is also titled Princess of Tarnovo . The current Prince of Tarnovo is Prince Kardam, the eldest son of Tsar Simeon II.

People who to have held the title Prince of Tarnovo:

Portrait	Name	From	To	Dynasty	Arms
	Prince Shishman	1393	1395	Sratsimir Sratsimir dynasty The House of Sratsimir, also Sracimir or Sratsimirovtsi was a medieval Bulgarian dynasty that ruled the Tsardom of Tarnovo and Tsardom of Vidin, the Principality of Valona and Kanina, and the Despotate of Lovech...
	Prince Rostislav Rostislav Stratimirovic Rostislav Stratimirovic belongs to the Bulgarian nobility from the 17th century. Prince of Tarnovo and descendant of the medieval Bulgarian Shishman dynasty, he is the leader of the Second Tarnovo Uprising of the Bulgarians against the Ottoman Empire in 1686....	1686	1686	Sratsimir Sratsimir dynasty The House of Sratsimir, also Sracimir or Sratsimirovtsi was a medieval Bulgarian dynasty that ruled the Tsardom of Tarnovo and Tsardom of Vidin, the Principality of Valona and Kanina, and the Despotate of Lovech...
	Prince Boris 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...	1894	1918	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...
	Prince Simeon	1937	1943	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...
	Prince Kardam	1962	present	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Saxe-Coburg and Gotha or Saxe-Coburg-Gotha served as the collective name of two duchies, Saxe-Coburg and Saxe-Gotha, in Germany. They were located in what today are the states of Bavaria and Thuringia, respectively, and the two were in personal union between 1826 and 1918...