Crown Prince Leopold Belgium and Princess Astrid of Sweden - 1926

[Josefine]

Leopold III, King of the Belgians married princess Astrid of Sweden
November 1926

pictures from www.corbis.com

 

[Cathérine Bergeyck]

Astrid and Leopold on the balcony and a beautiful official portrait of the couple. On this pic you can see very well how young the bride was (she had only just turned 21).

 

[Hannelore]

Leopold III, King of the Belgians married princess Astrid of Sweden
November 1926

Just a little remark. Leopold wasn't king yet when he married Astrid. He became king in 1934.


princess Astrid in her wedding dress

 

[pdas1201]

Group Photo

 

[pdas1201]

The Beautiful Bride

 

[pdas1201]

1-2)Leopold and Astrid on the balcony

3) Astrid walking down the aisle

After the wedding ceremony

Wedding Group

The couple

 

[KatieLouise]

Thank you for these pics! I love Queen Astrid and she was such a beauty!

 

[pdas1201]

Astrid with her mother, Princess Ingeborg

 

[Alexandria]

I love Princess Astrid's wedding attire -- can anyone provide more information on it? Any information about the veil or the jewellery worn on this day?

 

[marezdote]

from hellomagazine.com

 

[Hannelore]

Astrid and her father pince Carl of Sweden

 

[SND]

Hello - I have looked carefully at these photos - they are two different weddingd.

 

[Carminha Stalker]

What a beautiful couple they were!

 

[Stefan]

Hello - I have looked carefully at these photos - they are two different weddingd.

Yes there were 2 ceremonies. The civil Wedding on 04.11.1926 at the Hall of State at the Royal Palace at Stockholm. This is the one where Astrid wears the myrtle wreath. Then they travelled to Belgium and 10.11.1926 the religious marriage took place at the Cathedral of Brussels.

 

[jinigirl]

Yes there where 2 ceremonies. The civil Wedding on ß4.11.2926 at the Hall of State at the Royal Palace at Oslo. This is the one where AStrid wears the myrtle wreath. Then they travelled to Belgium and 10.11.1926 the religious marriage took place at the Cathedral of Brussels.

The civil wedding wasn't in Oslo, but in Stockholm

 

[Stefan]

The civil wedding wasn't in Oslo, but in Stockholm

Yes ofcourse. Have corrected it now. Don't know why i wrote Oslo.

 

[SND]

Stefan - thank you - she certainly was beautiful.

 

[randomlyKeira]

Astrid would have looked fantastic in a burlap sack. Leopold and Astrid made a truly striking couple though.

 

[indian princess]

she was beautiful...and so tall...

 

[rebbevb]

Soooo beautiful, elegant, classy and romantic

 

[Marengo]

A groupphoto:

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[STEVEN]

Astrid & Leopold

Royal Weddings Message Board: november weddings - Astrid & Leopold

thanks to Chris

 

[espejor]

I think that the crown of Astrid is awful =( Do you know if she was happy with his husband?

Regards!!

 

[stephanievl]

Another pic of the couple
http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/am2.jpg
http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/am3.jpg
http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/am4.jpg

The veil
http://www.noblesseetroyautes.com/nr01/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/am5.jpg

 

[Vasillisos Markos]

What is on her head during one of the ceremonies? (Whatever it is looks like a dark pretzel). It looks out of place to me. Does it have some significance?

 

[Vasillisos Markos]

Okay, I read it another thread that it is a crown made from myrtle and that the royal brides would later plant the myrtle in their new homeland. Nice custom, does anyone know how it arose?

 

[Stefan]

Okay, I read it another thread that it is a crown made from myrtle and that the royal brides would later plant the myrtle in their new homeland. Nice custom, does anyone know how it arose?

The myrtle crown is a swedish Custom. There is also the custom to wear myrtle that came from the UK. Queen Vicotoria did it first and her granddaughter Margaret planted a peace from Victoria's myrtle bush at Sofiero and her daughter Ingrid again planted a peace from her mother's bush at Fredensborg.

 

[Vasillisos Markos]

Yes, I read that both royal brides transplanted pieces of the myrtle in their crowns to their new homes. Very nice custom. IMO, however, the myrtle crowns do not look good perched on top of the veil and seems out of place with the beautiful gowns.

 

[eejm]

Today most royal brides who have separate civil and religious ceremonies have different dresses as well, but the civil wedding ensemble is usually a suit or a very simple dress. While she wore the same veil for her two weddings (although she wore the veil differently for each) Astrid had two very different and very opulent dresses for each ceremony. I wonder if her family paid for one dress and Leopold's paid for the other?

The two were also only allowed four hours alone together after the civil ceremony as they had not yet had their religious wedding.

 

[CyrilVladisla]

Prince Leopold married Princess Astrid in the Cathedral of Sainte-Gudule. How many other members of the Belgian Royal Family got married in the Cathedral of Sainte-Gudule?

Paola, Stefan, and MAfan, Thank you for the locations where the Belgian Royalty married.

Leopold and Astrid drove through illuminated streets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28WxHUlbPy8