King Ferdinand in Slovakia: through the Eyes of Historical Facts and Fiction

Abstract

The article presents less known information from the life of Tsar Ferdinand I of Bulgaria. It also points out the differences in the perception of his person in the Bulgarian and Slovak environment. In the introduction, the author mentions the noble family of the Coburgs, from which Ferdinand came, and in the context of the socio-political situation traces his life path from his accession to the Bulgarian throne to his abdication. The work is based on the publications of renowned historians Roman Holec and Jan Rychlík, on the memoirs of Dobri Ganchev Spomeni za knjazheskoto vreme (Memories of princely times), Jaroslav Chudík and Klára Jarunková Horehronský talizman (The Talisman of Horehron), as well as on the historical novel by Anton Hykisch Spomeň si na cára (Remember the Tsar), which has also been translated into Bulgarian.