An assassin comes for Stefan Stambolov, triggering a major political shakeup in Bulgaria as Prince Ferdinand begins the search for a...

Both Serbia and Austria-Hungary face dramatic changes in their royal families as Russia continues its campaign to overthrow and replace...

As Ferdinand and Stambolov settle into their roles running the country, their opponents foreign and domestic continue to try and take...

As Ferdinand searches for a man to lead his first government, there seems to be only one possible candidate. With his appointment as...

Ferdinand has finally accepted and Bulgaria finally has a monarch once again. But that doesn't mean his becoming Prince of Bulgaria will...

Bulgaria's newly elected Grand National Assembly scours Europe for a suitable monarch while the great powers find themselves on the brink...

In the aftermath of Stambolov's counter-coup, the new regency tries to repair relations with Russia. However, Tsar Alexander III has his...

Despite his military and political victories, nothing seems enough to save Alexander Battenberg from his bad relationship with the Tsar...

After turning back the initial Serbian attack, Bulgarian forces enter Serbia. But while the Bulgarian army is advancing in the field,...

The Serbian declaration of war came as a shock to Bulgaria, who now has to rush its soldiers from the Ottoman border to meet the...

As Bulgarian unification with Eastern Rumelia rushes ahead, forcing politicians and royals alike to quickly adapt, Bulgaria waits to see...

After years of chaos, some level of stability finally comes to Bulgarian politics. However, while this allows the government in Sofia to...

Now that every possible faction in Bulgaria's chaotic political system has angered every other faction, it seems only two things can now...

Now that Prince Alexander's coup has in theory given him everything he wanted, the question of what he can do with his new power remains....

As a far-off assassination rocks Bulgaria, Prince Alexander finally sees an opening to achieve his aims to govern as he wishes. However,...

As the Liberal Party finally get the chance to govern, it quickly makes enemies at home and abroad. Political fights get ugly and...

As Bulgaria and Eastern Rumelia each face the many problems associated with their new independence, they take very different approaches....

In this episode, we dive into the first Bulgarian political factions and the complex political environment into which the young Prince...

In this episode, Bulgaria's Constituent Assembly begins the work of agreeing on a Constitution and finding a foreign prince. As this...

Even as the ink on the Treaty of Berlin is drying, Bulgarians are up in arms about its provisions. Soon, new uprisings are planned,...