Engraving portrait of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria. 1886 Alexander Joseph GCB (1857 – 1893 ), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince
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Engraving portrait of Prince Alexander of Bulgaria. 1886 Alexander Joseph GCB (1857 – 1893 ), known as Alexander of Battenberg, was the first prince (knyaz) of the Principality of Bulgaria from 1879 until his abdication in 1886. The Bulgarian Grand National Assembly elected him as Prince of autonomous Bulgaria, which officially remained within the Ottoman Empire, in 1879. He dissolved the assembly in 1880 and suspended the Constitution in 1881, considering it too liberal. He restored the Constitution in 1883, leading to open conflict with Russia that made him popular in Bulgaria. Unification with Eastern Rumelia was achieved and recognised by the powers in 1885. A coup carried out by pro-Russian Bulgarian Army officers forced him to abdicate in September 1886. He later became a general in the Austrian army.