Dynastic History of the Belgian Royal Family


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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)
 
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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)
 
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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
 
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 ;)
 
-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)
 
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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
 
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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)
 
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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
 
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I found this Genealogy of the Royal Belgium family in my book about Filip and Mathilde written by Louise-Marie Libert-Vandenhove
 
Marengo said:
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 ;)
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Of the past , my favourite is Queen Astrid:)
 
Lila Rose, thank you for all the time and effort you have put into this. :)
 
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.
 
Marengo said:
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 ;)
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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!
 
Cathérine Bergeyck said:
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.
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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.
 
The Complete Belgian Royal Family

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
 
Fie said:
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
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I believe Empress Charlotte of Mexico also adopted a son, Agustin de Iturbide y Green (purely out of political reasons). When she arrived back form Mexico she was also pregnant and t5he child was adopted. Some say the child was of her and Maximilian, others say that it was hers and of a lover. The son grew up to be one of the most important French generals in the first World War. I forgot his name (and do not remember in which of my books I found this info, but I will check it) but he was referred to as cousin by King Albert I. His last name started with a W. so maybe other posters know.
 
Thanks, but I still have an unread book on Maximilian and Charlotte in English at home, will finish that one first.

The people who believe in the theory claim that Charlotte was able to give children. Some say that Maximilian was the father, other say that she had a lover. Several authors and other royalty experts think the claim is right, or at least possible. It is curious that he was referred to as 'cousin' by King Albert I.
Another theory (less supported) was that he was a son of Leopold II btw.
 
He wasn't a son of any royal, he probably was the true son of his "adoptive" mother, this has to be seen in the light of the the Dreyfus affaire.
 
How is that? I read that he was very 'anti-Dreyfus', but know not much more, helas.
 
Yes, Charlotte (or Carlotta) and her husband did adopt, the one you mention (Agustín de Iturbide y Green (1863-1925)) but also his nephew Salvador de Iturbide y Marzan (1849-1895). They were both grandsons of Mexico's previous emperor. The two boys were indeed adopted for dynastic reasons.

Maxime Weygand was born on January 21 1867 in Brussels. But Charlotte didn't arrive in Brussels untill July 31 1867, that is stated in the book on Marie-Henriette written by Mia Kerckhove (same author as the one that wrote a book about Charlotte and Louise-Marie). That would mean that she either isn't the mother of Maxime Weygand or there was a 'mistake' in the birth certificate.


Any other information on other illegimate children one has read about?
 
Joan Haslip, in "Imperial Adventurer - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico and his Empress" has an interesting Appendix where she covers this issue. Jacques Weygand, the General's son, wrote in his book on his father that when Charlotte died in 1927, Weygand snr received letters advising that his mother had just died. The father of Weygand may have been Colonel Alfred Van der Smissen, and M. Sabbé, a former curator of the Royal Archives in Brussels told Ms Haslip that he "had not the slighest doubt of Van der Smissen having been the father." In his early youth Weygand had his education and fees for board and lodgings regularly paid by a Count Duchatel, a member of the Belgian Royal Household. Haslip discounts Leopold II as the father, as "the King made no mystery of his bastards, most of whom were openly acknowledged and provided for."

Haslip's conclusion: "So again we come back to Charlotte and those months of seclusion at Miramar [where her pro-Habsburg minders refused to allow visits from Charlotte's friends], of which so little is known, but where she may well have given birth to a child, who was secretly brought back to Belgium."
 
You are right about that Warren. There is indeed a period of time where no-one had access to Princess Charlotte. So she could indeed have given birth during that time.
I also discount Leopold II as Weygand's father as king Leopold II did recognize two sons born out of wedlock and made sure they had enough money to live.
 
So far, I've found this

Leopold I had 2 illegitimate children with Arcadie Claret (1826-1897): Georg Meyer von Eppinghoven (1849-1904) and Arthur Meyer von Eppinghoven (1852-1940).

Leopold II had 2 illegitimate children with Blanche Delacroix (1883-1948): Lucien Delacroix (1906-1984) and Philippe Delacroix (1907-1914)

There are rumours that king Albert I (1875-1934) also had an illegitime son, but thus far I haven't found a name nor a name of the so called mistress.

Leopold III (1901-1983) is suspected to be the father of Michel Didisheim (°1930), whose mother is Claire Maigret de Priches, but nothing is known about her. This accusation is based solemly to the fact that he resembles Leopold III and he got a title in the 1990's.

There's also a rumour of an illegitimate daughter (or was it son) with a Swedish lady-in-waiting of his wife Queen Astrid. The relationship is said to have started after Queen Astrid's death. No name is known to me at this point in time.

Prince Charles (or Karel in Flemmish)(1903-1983) had a relationship with a Jacqueline Wehrli (deferent spellings are known) in the 1930's and had a daughter with her: Isabelle (°1938), who was later adopted and named "Isabelle Wybo". Charles wasn't allowed to marry Jacqueline because she was just the daughter of a baker. That's why later on he had serious difficulties in accepting Lilian Baels as his sister-in-law, because she was the daughter of a fish-seller/politician and this seems to be one of the main reasons why there was some serious tension between Ostend and Laeken.

And last but not least we've got Delphine Boël (°1969), the illegitime daughter of King Albert II.

My question now is if somebody has some other information they would like to share. Thanks a lot!
 
I recommend to read two books: " News of the Empire " of Fernando Del Paso and " Juarez and Maximiliano, the rock and the dream ", they are two important books it brings over of Maximiliano's empire in my country and is a history. Two books that for my, are documented well.
 
Lila Rose said:
-Albert 1 (*08.04.1975, +17.02.1934)
Prince of Belgium , Duke of Saksen , Prince of Saksen-Coburg-Gotha ,




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Thank you for the extensive genealogy here. I think, however, that a typo may have crept in: I underline it above.
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Belgium could have had a King Louis as its first king.
Prince Louis Charles d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours was the son of King Louis Philippe I and Queen Amelie of the French.
Louis Charles was nominated to be the first King of Belgium.
 
CyrilVladisla said:
Belgium could have had a King Louis as its first king.

Prince Louis Charles d'Orleans, Duke of Nemours was the son of King Louis Philippe I and Queen Amelie of the French.

Louis Charles was nominated to be the first King of Belgium.
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Instead his sister, Princess Louise, became independent Belgium's first queen when she married King Leopold in 1831.
 
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