Boris III of Bulgaria

Description: (Former Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria (1918 - 1943))
Boris III became Tsar of the Kingdom of Bulgaria in the wake of Bulgaria's defeat in First World War. He is noted for legitimating the 1923 Bulgarian coup d'état and joining Axis Powers during Second World War. He however refrained from participating in German invasion of Soviet Union and resisted attempts of the Germans in deporting Bulgarian Jews during Holocaust.

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Birthday January 30, 1894 (Aquarius)
Died on August 28, 1943
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