Boris III of Bulgaria

Boris III (b. 30 January 1894, d. 28 August 1943) was a Bulgarian tsar and the last monarch to rule Bulgaria (from 1918 to 1943; his son was tsar from 1943-6 but was a child).

Sourced

By him

• "It would not frighten me if I were to lose my throne. If that were to happen, I would go right to America and get a job as a mechanic."
• "My ministers are pro-German, my wife is pro-Italian, my people are pro-Russian — I am the only neutral in the country."

About him

• "Your king is entirely too neutral to suit us. Anyway, there is no place for kings in the new European order."

- Hermann Göring, Third Reich politician, to a Bulgarian correspondent.

Sources

• World War: Lowlands of 1941, The Time, Monday, 20 January 1941