Personal_Union_with_Eastern_Rumelia History_of_Bulgaria_(1878–1946)
balkan states around 1900.
the bulgarians adopted advanced democratic constitution, , power passed liberal party led stefan stambolov. prince alexander had conservative leanings, , @ first opposed stambolov s policies, 1885 had become sufficiently sympathetic new country change mind, , supported liberals. supported unification of bulgaria , eastern rumelia, brought coup in plovdiv in september 1885. powers did not intervene because of power struggles between them. shortly after, serbia declared war on bulgaria in hope of grabbing territory while bulgarians distracted. bulgarians defeated them @ slivnitsa , used momentum launch counterattack. serbian army pushed serbian territory, bulgaria forced halt advance after austro-hungarian empire threatened intervene on serbian side. unification accepted powers in form of personal union.
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