HM Queen Astrid of the Belgians

Queen consort of Belgium


Date & place of birth November 17, 1905 Palace of the Hereditary Prince, Stockholm
Born as HRH Princess of Sweden
Names Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra

Father Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Vastergotland
Mother Princess Ingeborg of Denmark





Royal house Bernadotte (born) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (marriage)
Consort Duchess of Brabant November 4, 1926-February 23, 1934
Queen consort February 17, 1934-August 29, 1935
Tenure 1 years 254 days
Predecessor Duchess Elisbeth in Bavaria
Successor Fabiola de Mora y Aragon





Siblings (3)
Second of four children (1 brother, 2 sisters)
Princess Margareta of Sweden (Princes Axel of Denmark)
Princess Martha of Sweden (Crown Princess Olav of Norway)
Prince Carl of Sweden (Prince Carl Bernadotte)





Married November 4, 1926 Royal Palace, Stockholm (civil) November 10, 1926 St. Michiel & St. Goedele Church, Brussels
Spouse King Leopold III of the Belgians (then Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant)





Issue (3)
(2 sons, 1 daughter)
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)





Grandchildren (8)
(5 grandsons, 3 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

Twins*





Died August 29, 1935 Kussnacht am Rigi, near Lake Lucerne, Switzerland (age 29)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels

*Killed in a car accident, Queen Astrid was eight months pregnant with her fourth child when she died





Titles
HRH Princess of Sweden
HRH Duchess of Brabant, Princess Leopold of Belgium, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony, Princess of Sweden
HRH Duchess of Brabant, Princess Leopold of Belgium, Princess of Sweden (from 1918)
HM Queen of the Belgians





Paternal grandparents
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Sophie of Nassau (Queen Sofia of Sweden and Norway)

Paternal great-grandparents
King Oscar I of Sweden and Norway
Princess Josephine of Leuchtenberg (Queen Josefina of Sweden and Norway)
Duke Willem of Nassau
Princess Pauline of Wurttemberg





Maternal grandparents
King Frederik VIII of Denmark
Princess Lovisa of Sweden (Queen Louise of Denmark)

Maternal great-grandparents
King Christian IX of Denmark
Princess Luise of Hesse-Kassel (Queen Louise of Denmark)
King Carl XV of Sweden and Norway
Princess Louise of the Netherlands (Queen Lovisa of Sweden and Norway)