Rayna Knyaginya

This article is about the revolutionary from the April Uprising of 1876. For the woman known as the "Rayna Knyaginya of Kastoria" from the Ilinden Uprising of 1903, see Maslina Grancharova.
Rayna Popgeorgieva Futekova
Rayna (aka Raika) Knyaginya
Born(1856-01-06)6 January 1856
Panagyurishte, Ottoman Empire
Died29 July 1917(1917-07-29) (aged 61)
Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria
Resting placeCentral Sofia Cemetery
42°42′46.9″N 023°19′53.3″E / 42.713028°N 23.331472°E / 42.713028; 23.331472
Occupation(s)teacher; maternity nurse

Rayna Popgeorgieva Futekova (Bulgarian: Райна Попгеоргиева Футекова), better known as Rayna (aka Raika) Knyaginya (Райна Княгиня), aka "Queen of the Bulgarians" (Panagyurishte, Ottoman Empire, 6 January 1856 OS – Sofia, Kingdom of Bulgaria, 29 July 1917) was a Bulgarian teacher and revolutionary born in Panagyurishte who is famous for having sewn the flag of the April Uprising of 1876.[1][2]

A Monument of Rayna Knyaginya in Panagyurishte
  1. ^ MacGahan, Januarius A. (1876). Turkish Atrocities in Bulgaria, Letters of the Special Commissioner of the "Daily News," J.A. MacGahan, Esq.; with an Introduction and Mr. Schuyler's Preliminary Report. London: Bradbury Agnew and Co. pp. 33–48. Retrieved 9 July 2018 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Stoyanoff, Zachary (1913). Pages from the Autobiography of a Bulgarian Insurgent. Translated by Potter, M.W. London: Edward Arnold. p. 118. Retrieved 13 July 2018 – via Internet Archive.