Biographies

Click below to read the biographies of the Belgian monarchs and their family. They are divided into Historical Monarchs and Family and Current Monarch and Family.

Historical Monarchs and Family

Leopold I

Queen Louise-Marie, née Princess of Orléans
- Prince Louis-Philippe
- Leopold II
- Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
  - Married Princess Marie, Countess of Flanders, née Princess of Hohenzollern
  - Prince Baudouin
  - Princess Henriette, later Duchess of Vendôme
  - Princess Joséphine Marie
  - Princess Joséphine Caroline, later Princess Joséphine Caroline of Hohenzollern
  - Albert I
- Princess Charlotte, later Archduchess of Austria and Empress Carlota of Mexico

Leopold II

Queen Marie-Henrietta, née Archduchess of Austria
- Princess Louise-Marie, later Princess of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha-Koháry
- Prince Leopold
- Princess Stéphanie, later Crown Princess of Austria
- Princess Clémentine, later Princess Napoleon

Albert I

Queen Elisabeth, née Duchess in Bavaria
- Leopold III
- Prince-Regent Charles
- Princess Marie-José, later Queen of Italy

Leopold III

Queen Astrid, née Princess of Sweden
- Princess Joséphine-Charlotte, later Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
- Baudouin
- Albert II
Princess Lilian de Réthy, née Lilian Baels
- Prince Alexandre
  - Married Princess Léa
- Princess Marie-Christine
  - Married Paul Druker
  - Married Jean-Paul Gourges
- Princess Marie-Esméralda
  - Married Sir Salvador Moncada
  - Alexandra Leopoldine Moncada
  - Leopoldo Daniel Moncada

Baudouin

Queen Fabiola, née doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón

Current Monarch and Family

Albert II
Queen Paola, née donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria

Prince Philippe
- Married Princess Mathilde, née Lady Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz
  - Princess Elisabeth
  - Prince Gabriel
  - Prince Emmanuel
  - Princess Eléonore
Princess Astrid
- Married Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
  - Prince Amedeo
  - Princess Maria Laura
  - Prince Joachim
  - Princess Luisa-Maria
  - Princess Letizia
Prince Laurent
- Married Princess Claire, née Claire Coombs
  - Princess Louise
  - Prince Aymeric
  - Prince Nicolas

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Charlotte of Belgium, daughter of Leopold I (Queen Victoria's maternal uncle), married Maximilian of Austria in 1857; he was offered the Mexican throne in 1864, at which Charlotte became Empress Carlota. By 1867 Maximilian had been executed by revolutionary forces and Carlota was having mental problems. She spent the rest of her life in Europe, dying in Belgium on 19 January 1927.

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