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![October 25, 1930: Bulgarian King Boris III Marries Princess Giovanna of Savoy]()
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The wedding of King Boris III and Princess Giovanna of Savoy (BTA Archive Photo)
site.btaOctober 25, 1930: Bulgarian King Boris III Marries Princess Giovanna of Savoy
On October 25, 1930, Bulgarian King Boris III marries Princess Giovanna of Savoy, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, in a Catholic wedding in Assisi, Italy.
Giovanna takes the name Ioanna in honor of St. John of Rila.
Their Eastern Orthodox wedding took place on October 31, 1930, in Sofia’s St. Alexander Nevski cathedral.
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