Alexander of Battenberg, born Alexander Joseph in 1857, was the first prince of the autonomous Principality of Bulgaria, reigning from 1879 until his forced abdication in 1886. A nephew of Tsar Alexander II of Russia, he was elected by the Bulgarian Grand National Assembly in 1879. He suspended the constitution in 1881 and restored it in 1883, which led to open conflict with Russia. After the union with Eastern Rumelia in 1885 he rallied the Bulgarian army, deprived of its Russian officers, and led it to a decisive victory over Serbia at Slivnitsa, which sealed the union. Pro-Russian army officers seized him in a coup in August 1886 and compelled him to abdicate. He later became a general in the Austrian army and died at Graz in 1893.
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Defining ContributionLed the Bulgarian army to victory over Serbia at Slivnitsa in 1885, securing the union with Eastern Rumelia 1 Rank Reached Connections
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Alexander Joseph (Bulgarian: Александър I Батенберг; 5 April 1857-17 November 1893)
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known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince (knyaz)
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where he died of a ruptured appendix on 17 November 1893
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was the first prince (knyaz)
Reign, Slivnitsa
Although the intervention of Austria protected Serbia from the consequences of defeat, Prince Alexander's success sealed the union with Eastern Rumelia.
Fought In: Serbo-Bulgarian War, Reign, Serbo-Bulgarian War
Alexander mobilised his troops standing at the Turkish frontier and ordered them to go north to Slivnitsa as fast as possible.
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