Dynastic History of the Belgian Royal Family

Lila Rose · #1 03-25-2006, 09:00 AM

Leopold 1( *16.12.1790 , + 10.12.1868)
Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Coburg-Saalfeld
King Of The Belgians (21.07.1831-1865)

Married with

-1) 02.05.1816 Charlotte (*07.01.1796 , +06.11.1817)
Princess of Wales

-2) 09.08.1832 Louise-Marie ( *03.04.1812 ,+11.10.1850)
Princess Of Orléans , Queen of the Belgians

Children :

-Louis –Philippe (*24.07.1833, +16.05.1834)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Coburg-Gotha

-Leopold 2

-Filips (* 24.03.1837, +17.11.1905)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Coburg-Gotha,
Count of Flanders
Married with :
25.04.1867 Maria von Hohenzollen-Sigmaringen (*17.11.1845, +26.11.1912)

-Charlotte ( 07.06.1840, +19.01.1927)
Princess of Belgium , Duchess of Saksen , Princess of Saksen-Coburg- Gotha ,Archduchess of Austria , Empress of Mexico(1864-1867)
Married with
27.07.1857 Archduke Maximilian (*06.07.1832, +19.06.1867)
Emperor of Mexico(1864-1867)

Lila Rose · #2 03-25-2006, 09:34 AM

Leopold 2 (* 09.04.1835, +17.12.1909)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Cobrug- Gotha, Duke Of Brabant , King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
Married with

22.08.1853 Marie-Henriette (*23.08.1836, +19.09.1902)
Archduchess of Austria , Queen of the Belgians

-Children :

-Louise (*18.02.1858, +01.03.1924)
Princess of Belgium, Duchess of Saksen , Princess of Saksen-Cobrug-
Gotha
Married with :
04.02.1875( divorced in 1906) Phillippe(*28.03.1844, +04.07.1921)
Prince of Saksen-Cobrug-Gotha
- Leopold(*1878,+1916)
- Dorothea(*1881, +1967)

-Leopold(*12.06.1859, +22.01.1869)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Cobrug-Gotha ,
Count of Henegouwen (1859-1869) , Duke of Brabant ( 1859-1869)

-Stephanie(*21.05.1864, +23.08.1945)
Princess of Belgium, Duchess of Saksen , Princess of Saksen-Coburg-
Gotha , Archduchess of Austria
Married with
1) 10.05.1881 Rodolphe (*21.08.1858, +30.01.1889)
Archduke of Austria
-Elisabeth Marie (*1883, +1963)

2) 22.03.1900 Elemer(*24.08.1863, +1946)
Count of Lonyay de Nagy-Lonya

-Clementine(*30.07.1872, +08.03.1955)
Princess of Belgium , Duchess of Saksen , Princess of Saksen-Coburg-
Gotha
Married with :
14.11.1910 Prince Victor Napoleon Bonaparte(*18.07.1862, +03.05.1926)
- Clotilde(*1912)
- Louis , Prince Napoleon (*1914)

Lila Rose · #3 03-25-2006, 09:58 AM

Because the son of Leopold 2 died , Albert1 ( son of Filips ) became King , he had one brother and 3 sisters .

-Boudewijn(*03.06.1869, +23.01.1891)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Coburg-Gotha

-Henriette (*30.11.1870, +29.03.1948)
Princess of Belgium , Duchess of Saksen , Princess of Saksen-Coburg-
Gotha
Married with :
12.02.1896 Prince Emmanuel of Orléans (*18.01.1872, +01.02.1931)
Duke of Vedome
- Louise(*1896, +1973)
- Geneviève(*1901, +1983)
- Charles-Phillippe(*1905, +1970)

-Josephine (*30.11.1870, +18.01.1871)
Princess of Belgium , Duchess of Saksen , Princess of Saksen-Coburg-
Gotha

-Josephine (18.10.1872, +06.01.1958)
Princess of Belgium , Duchess of Saksen , Princess of Saksen-Coburg-
Gotha
Married with :
28.05.1894 Karl Anton(01.09.1868, +1919)
Prince of Hohenzollern
- Stefanie(*1895, +1975
- Marie-Antoinette(*1896, +1965)
- Albert(*1898, +1977)

-Albert 1

**Marengo** · #4 03-25-2006, 10:07 AM

Thanks for posting this! I ahve a book on several of them: Q. Marie-Henriette, Princess Clementine, The book of Css Anna Sparre about Q. Astrid, 'the Coburgs of Belgium' etc. A very interesting family. My favourites thus far are Empress Charlotte of Mexico and Queen Elisabeth. I like excentrics

Lila Rose · #5 03-25-2006, 10:18 AM

-Albert 1 (*08.04.1975, +17.02.1934)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Coburg-Gotha ,
King of the Belgians (23.12.1909, +17.02.1934)
Married with;

02.10.1900 Elisabeth (*25.07.1876, +23.11.1965)
Duchess of Beieren , Princess of Belgium , Oueen of the Belgians

Children :

-Leopold 3 (*03.11.1901, +25.09.1983)

-Karel-Theodore ( Karel ) (*10.10.1903, +01.06.1983)
Prince of Belgium , Count of Flanders , Regent of the Kingdom(1944-1950)

-Marie-José (*04.08.1906 )
Oueen of Italy
Married with :
08.01.1930 Umberto (*1904, +1983)
Prince of Piémont , King of Italy (09.05.1946-13.06-1946)
- Maria-Pia (*1934)
- Victor-Emmanuel (*1937)
- Maria-Gabrielle (*1940)
- Maria Beatrice (*1943)

Lila Rose · #6 03-25-2006, 10:39 AM

Leopold 3 (*03.11.1901, +25.09.1983)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Brabant ,
King of the Belgians (23.02.1934, +16.07.1983)

Married with :
1) 04.11.1926 Astrid (* 17.11.1905, +29.08.1935)
Princess of Sweden , Princess of Belgium , Queen of the Belgian

2) 11.09.1941 Mary-Lilian Baels (*28.11.1916, 2002)
Princess of Belgium , Princess de Réthy
- Alexander (*18.07.1942)
- Marie-Christine (*06.02.1951)
- Maria-Esmeralda (*30.09.1956)
Princes of Belgium

Children :

-Josephine-Charlotte (*11.10.1927, + 2005)
Princess of Belgium , Grand Duchess of Luxemburg ( 1964-2000)
and
Married with :
09.04.1953 Prince Jan van Nassau (*05.01.1921)
Prince of Bourbon-Parma , Grand Duke of Luxembourg ( 1964-2000)
-Marie-Astrid (*1954)
- Henri (*1955)
- Jean (*1957)
- Margarethe (*1957)
- Guillaume (*1963)

-Boudewijn 1 (*07.09.1930, +31.07.1993)
Prince of Belgium , Count of Henegouwen (1930-1934) ,
Duke of Brabant (1934-1950) , Royal Prince (1950-1951) ,
King of the Belgians ( 17.06.1951-31.07.1993)

Married with
15.12.1960 dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon (*11.06.1928)
Oueen of the Belgians

-Albert 2

Lila Rose · #7 03-25-2006, 10:55 AM

Albert 2 became King because his brother Boudewijn and Fabiola didn't have children;

-Albert 2 (*06.06.1934)
Prince of Belgium, Prince of Luik , King of the Belgians (09.08-1993)

Married with :
02.07.1959 Prinses Paola Ruffo di Calabria(* 11.09.1937)
Princess of Luik , Queen of the Belgians

Children :

-Filip(*15.04-1960)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Brabant

-Astrid (*05.06.1962)
Princess of Belgium
Married with;
22.09.1984 Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este(*16.12.1955)
Prince of Belgium
- Prince Amedeo (*1986)
- Princess Maria-Laura(*1988)
- Prince Joachim (*1991)
- Princess Luisa-Maria(*1995)
- Princess Letitea- Maria(*2003)

-Laurent(*19.10.1963)
Prince of Belgium
Married with
12.04.2003 Claire Coombs (*19.01.1974)
Princess of Belgium
- Princess Louise(*2004)
- Prince Nicolas(*2005)
- Prince Aymeric(*2005)

Lila Rose · #8 03-25-2006, 10:58 AM

Filip (*15.04.1960)
Crownprince of Belgium , Duke Of Brabant

Married with :
04.12.1999 Mahtilde d’Udekem D’Acoz(*20.01.1973)
Princess of Belgium , Duchess of Brabant
children :

- Elisabeth(*25.10.2001)
Princess of Belgium

- Gabriel (*20.08.2003)
Prince of Belgium

- Emmanuel (*04.10.2005)
Prince of Belgium

Lila Rose · #9 03-25-2006, 11:00 AM

I found this Genealogy of the Royal Belgium family in my book about Filip and Mathilde written by Louise-Marie Libert-Vandenhove

Lila Rose · #10 03-25-2006, 11:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marengo

Thanks for posting this! I ahve a book on several of them: Q. Marie-Henriette, Princess Clementine, The book of Css Anna Sparre about Q. Astrid, 'the Coburgs of Belgium' etc. A very interesting family. My favourites thus far are Empress Charlotte of Mexico and Queen Elisabeth. I like excentrics

Of the past , my favourite is Queen Astrid:)

**Warren** · #11 03-25-2006, 11:02 AM

Lila Rose, thank you for all the time and effort you have put into this. :)

Cathérine Bergeyck · #12 03-25-2006, 03:18 PM

I don't know why all spouses of crownprinces are suddenly called crownprincess. At least for Belgium this isn't correct. Crownprince is the one who inherits the throne, so Philippe in this case. Mathilde will never be on the throne. The first Belgian crownprincess will be princess Elisabeth, because she'll be a reigning queen.

Cathérine Bergeyck · #13 03-25-2006, 03:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Marengo

Thanks for posting this! I ahve a book on several of them: Q. Marie-Henriette, Princess Clementine, The book of Css Anna Sparre about Q. Astrid, 'the Coburgs of Belgium' etc. A very interesting family. My favourites thus far are Empress Charlotte of Mexico and Queen Elisabeth. I like excentrics

Charlotte is also one of my favorites! More than an eccentric she was a woman who tried very hard to become a good empress for Mexico, but had a husband who wasn't up to the task and foreign aid that just abandoned her when they could no longer benefit from it themselves. I believe she went "mad" from despair.

Which book have you read on her? I've read one written by Mia Kerckvoorde, a very good one!

Emily · #14 03-25-2006, 08:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cathérine Bergeyck

I don't know why all spouses of crownprinces are suddenly called crownprincess. At least for Belgium this isn't correct. Crownprince is the one who inherits the throne, so Philippe in this case. Mathilde will never be on the throne. The first Belgian crownprincess will be princess Elisabeth, because she'll be a reigning queen.

I didn't realize that. Except for the English and Spanish that use titles P/Pcess of Wales and P/Pcess of Asturias -- I thought all of those that were to become the King/Queen were "technically" (even as in the aforementioned they use different titles) Crown Prince and Crown Princess. I will have to change my comments some. Glad to have this information, Catherine.

Fie · #15 11-03-2006, 10:55 AM

I'm currently working on a project on the Belgian Royal Family, and I have decided to include children born out of wedlock and even adopted children.
It's known that king Leopold I had two children out of wedlock, Leopold II also had two children out of wedlock, Charlotte and Maximilian seem to have adopted two children. King Albert II also had a child born out of wedlock (Delphine) and the Prince-Regent Charles (or Karel in Dutch) also had a child out of wedlock. Some sources state that king Leopold III also had a child born out of wedlock but other sources mention that child but aren't really sure. So what's true and what's false?

I'm interested in all information you guys might have.

Thanks a lot