King of Belgium Leopold, III

1901 - 1983  (81 years)

• Name	Leopold   [1]
  Title	King of Belgium
  Suffix	III
  Birth	3 Nov 1901	Brussels, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	25 Sep 1983	Near Brussels, Belgium   [1]
  Burial	Yes, date unknown	Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Belgium   [1]
  Person ID	I46751	The Kingealogy
  Last Modified	4 Apr 2021

  
  

  Father	King of Belgians Albert Lbeopold Clbement Marie, I,   b. 8 Apr 1875, Brussels, Bruxelles, Belgium d. 17 Feb 1934, Marche-les-Dames, Near Namur (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Elisabeth of Bavaria,   b. 25 Jul 1876, Possenhofen d. 23 Nov 1965, Chateau de, Stuyvenberg (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	2 Oct 1900	Munich, Bavaria, Germany   [1]
  Family ID	F16649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Princess Astrid of Sweden,   b. 17 Nov 1905, Vret, Odensjo, Kronoberg, Sweden d. 29 Aug 1935, Kussnacht, Switzerland (Age 29 years)
  Marriage	10 Nov 1926	Brussels, Brussels (Bruxelles), Belgium   [1]
  Children	1. Josephine-Charlotte Ingeborg Elisabeth Belgium     2. King Of Belgium Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold, I,   b. 7 Sep 1930, Stuyvenberg, Belgium d. 31 Jul 1993, Motril, Spain (Age 62 years)  [Father: Birth]  [Mother: Birth] +   3. Prince of Liege Albert F©blix Humbert Th©bodore Of Belgium
  Family ID	F16654	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2015

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Liliane Baels,   b. 28 Nov 1916, Highbury, London, England d. 07 Jun 2002 (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1941	Laeken   [1]
  Children	1. Alexander Emmanuel Henry Albert Marie Leopold     2. Marie-Christine Daphne Astrid Elisabeth Leopoldine     3. Maria-Esmeralda Adelaide Lilian Anne Leopoldine
  Family ID	F16658	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jan 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - 25 Sep 1983 - Near Brussels, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  [royalfam.ged] http:/​/​en​.wikipedia​.org/​wiki/​Leopold_​III_​of_​Belgium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Leopold III King of the Belgians Leopold III, Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel (November 3, 190 1 - September 25, 1983) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicat ed in favour of his Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin. Leopold III was born in Brussels as Prince Leopold of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Goth a, Duke of Saxony, and succeeded to the throne of Belgium on February 23, 1934 on the death o f his father, King Albert I of Belgium. Crown Prince Leopold, just a teenager, fought as a private during World War I with the 12th B elgian Regiment. At the end of the War, in 1919, the Crown Prince Leopold was enrolled at St . Anthony Seminary in Santa Barbara, California. In Stockholm, on November 4, 1926, he married Princess Astrid Sophie Louise Thyra, Princess o f Sweden who became Queen Astrid of the Belgians. She was born in Stockholm on November 17, 1 905, the youngest daughter of Prince Charles of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.

  
  

• Sources

  [S255 ] Gedcom: royalfam.ged. Date of Import: Feb 10, 2006