HM King Leopold III of the Belgians

Date & place of birth November 3, 1901 Hotel d’Assche, Brussels
Born as HRH Prince of Belgium
Names Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel

Father King Albert I of the Belgians (then Prince Albert, Prince of Belgium)
Mother Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria (Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Heir apparent Duke of Brabant December 23, 1909-February 23, 1934
Reign February 17, 1934-July 16, 1951
Abicated July 16, 1951 Royal Palace, Brussels
Tenure 16 years 133 days
Predecessor King Albert I of the Belgians (father)
Successor King Baudouin I of the Belgians (son)





Siblings (2)
Eldest of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium (Queen Marie-Jose of Italy)





Married November 4, 1926 Royal Palace, Stockholm (civil) November 10, 1926 St. Michiel & St. Goedele Church, Brussels
Spouse Princess Astrid of Sweden

Married December 15, 1960 Royal Palace, Stockholm (civil) November 10, 1926 St. Michiel & St. Goedele Church, Brussels
Spouse Lilian Baels





Issue (6)
(3 sons, 3 daughters)
Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium (Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg)
Prince Baudouin, Duke of Brabant (King Baudouin I of the Belgians)
Prince Albert, Prince of Leige (King Albert II of the Belgians)
Prince Alexander of Belgium*
Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium*
Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium*

* From second marriage





Grandchildren (10)
(6 grandsons, 4 granddaughters)
Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg
Prince Henri of Luxembourg (Grand Duke Henri I of Luxembourg)
Prince Jean of Luxembourg*
Princess Margareta of Luxembourg*
Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant (King Philippe of the Belgians)
Princess Astrid of Belgium (Archduchess Lorenz of Austria)
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
Prince Laurent of Belgium
Alexandra Moncada
Leopold Moncasa

Twins*





Died September 25, 1983 University Clinic, Saint-luc, Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, Brussels (age 81)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HRH Princess of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Belgium (from 1918)
HM King of the Belgians





Paternal grandparents
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Princess Marie-Louise of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Paternal great-grandparents
King Leopold I of the Belgians
Princess Louise-Marie of Orleans (Queen Louise-Marie of the Belgians)
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess Josephine of Baden





Maternal grandparents
Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria
Princess Ludovika in Bavaria
King Miguel of Portugal
Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg