King Albert of Belgium

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HM The King of the Belgians
Titles King of Belgium
Reign 17 December 1909 - 17 February 1934
Coronation 17 July 1910
Predecessor Leopold II
Successor Leopold III
Biographical Information
Born 8 April 1875

Brussels, Belgium

Died 17 February 1934 (aged 58)

Marche-les-Dames, Belgium

Spouse Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria

(m. 1900; d. 1934)

Issue Leopold III

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
Princess Marie Jose

Name Albert Leopold Clemens Maria Meinrad
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Mother Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Religion Roman Catholic

General

Life[edit | edit source]

TBA

Marriage and Issue[edit | edit source]

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
Leopold III 3 November 1901 25 September 1983 (aged 81) (1) Princess Astrid of Sweden (m. 1926); had issue

(2) Lilian Baels (m. 1941); had issue

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders 10 October 1903 1 June 1983 (aged 79) Died unmarried and without issue
Princess Marie Jose 4 August 1906 27 January 2001 (aged 94) King Umberto II of Italy (m. 1930); had issue

Titles and Honours[edit | edit source]

  • 1875-1909 Prince Albert of Belgium
  • 1909-1934 Albert, King of the Belgians

Ancestry[edit | edit source]

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders King Leopold I of Belgium

Princess Louise of France

Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Countess Augusta of Ebersdorf

King Louis Philippe I of France

Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Princess Sophie Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel

Heinrich XXIV, Count of Ebersdorf

Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg

Duke Louis Philippe II of Orleans


Marie Adelaide de Bourbon

King Ferdinand of the Two Sicilies

Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria

Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern

Princess Josephine of Baden

Karl, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Marie Antoinette Murat
Grand Duke Charles of Baden
Stephanie de Beauharnais

Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Princess Amalie Zephyrine of Salm-Kyrburg
Pierre Murat
Louise d'Astorg
Hereditary Prince Charles Louis of Baden
Princess Amalie of Hesse-Darmstadt
Claude, Count of Roches-Baritaud
Adrienne de Lezay-Marnezia