 When the Second Bulgarian Empire was created in 1185 the rulers again adopted the title tsar and their consorts were therefore called tsarinas.In the Third Bulgarian State Ferdinand I of Bulgaria adopted the title tsar after he proclaimed Bulgaria's Independence in 1908, and his wife, Eleonore Reuss of Köstritz, known as "knyaginya" before that, became tsarina.The last Bulgarian tsarina was Giovanna of Italy, the wife of Tsar Boris III of Bulgaria.