BORIS III. (1894- ), king of the Bulgarians, was born at Sofia on Jan. 30 1894, the eldest son of Tsar Ferdinand I. and Princess Marie Louise of Bourbon-Parma. He received at birth the title of prince of Trnovo. In 1896 his religion was changed, for political reasons, from Roman Catholic to Orthodox. He was educated at the military academy of Sofia, and served as a major in the first Balkan War (1912), and on his father's staff in the World War. He succeeded his father in 1918. In 193o he married Giovanna, daughter of King Victor Emmanuel of Italy, and has a daughter, Marie Louise ), and a son, Simeon (1937— ) . He has a younger brother Cyril, prince of Preslav (1895— ), and two sisters, Eudoxia (1898— ) and Nadejda ) , who married (1925) Albert Eugene, duke of Wurttemberg.