List of Monarchs
Leopold I (1831-1865)
Born 16 December 1790. Married Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales on 2 May 1816, who died the next year after giving birth to a stillborn child. Married Caroline Bauer in 1829, this morganatic marriage was annulled in 1830. Took the oath as King of Belgium on 21 July 1831. Married Princess Louise of Orléans on 9 August 1932. Died 10 December 1865.
Leopold II (1865-1909)
Son of Leopold I, born 9 April 1835. Married Archduchess Marie Henriette of Habsburg-Lorraine on 22 August 1853. Became King of the Belgians on 17 December 1865. Reigned until his death on 17 December 1909.
Albert I (1909-1934)
Second son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, the brother of Leopold II. Born 8 April 1875. Married Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria on 2 October 1900. Took the oath as King of the Belgians on 23 December 1909. Reigned until his death on 17 February 1934.
Leopold III (1934-1951)
Eldest son of Albert I, born 3 November 1901. Married Princess Astrid of Sweden on 4 November 1926, who died in a car accident on 29 August 1935. Became King of the Belgians on 23 February 1934. Married Lilian Baels, later Princess of Réthy, on 6 December 1941. In exile from 1945 until 1950. Abdicated on 16 July 1951. Died 25 September 1983.
Baudouin (1951-1993)
Eldest son of Leopold III, born 7 September 1930. Became King of the Belgians on 17 July 1951, following the abdication of his father. Married doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón on 15 December 1960. Reigned until his death on 31 July 1993.
Albert II (1993-present)
Second son of Leopold III, born 6 June 1934. Married Donna Paola, Princess Ruffo di Calabria, on 2 July 1959. Became King of the Belgians on 9 August 1993. Current monarch of Belgium.
