Prince Alexander of BattenbergVisualizing Family, Gender Relations, and the Body. The Balkans approx. 1860-1950Anelia KassabovaeditorCentre for Southeast European History, University GrazCentre for Information Modelling in the Humanities, University Grazo:vase.162Национален Военноисторически МузейNational Museum of Military History Sofia26Social PersonalityBehavior Processes and PersonalityPersonal NamesIndividuation and MobilityArmed ForcesMilitary TechnologyStateInternational RelationsStateBulgariaSofiaSofia23.32415,42.69751PhotographPhotographer1880-1886Dimitar AnastasovKarastoyanovKarastoyanov, Dimitar AnastasovHalf length profile portrait of a man in military uniform with insignias of honour.Alexander Joseph (5 April 1857 – 23 October 1893), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the son of Prince Alexander of Hesse and by Rhine (1823–1888) and Countess Julia von Hauke (1825–1885). He was also the nephew of Russia's Tsar Alexander II. He was the first Prince (Knyaz) of the Principality of Bulgaria, reigning from 29 April 1879 until 7 September 1886. After he had resigned the throne and left Bulgaria on September 8, 1886, he married Johanna Loisinger, an actress, and assumed the style of Count von Hartenau (February 6, 1889).Not specifiedCabinet15510112995BulgariaSofia