King Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

1901 - 1983

• Name	King Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
  Prefix	King
  Born	3 Nov 1901	HáUtel d'Assche, 33 Wetenschapsstraat, Brussels, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Title	3 Nov 1901
  	Prince of Belgium
  Title	23 Dec 1909
  	Duke of Brabant
  Title	3 Nov 1901-1918
  	Duke of Saxony
  Title	3 Nov 1901-1918
  	Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
  Title	23 Feb 1934  [2]
  	King of Belgium
  Died	25 Sep 1983	University Clinic St. Luc, 10 Avenue Hippocrate, Woluwe Saint-Lambert
  Person ID	I2608	European Royalty & Nobility
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2005

  
  

  Father	King Albert LáEopold CláEment Marie Meinrad Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,   b. 8 Apr 1875, Regency Palace, Regentschapstraat, Brussels, Belgium ,   d. 17 Feb 1934, "Corbeille", Marche-les-Dames
  Mother	Princess Elisabeth Valerie Gabrielle Maria Wittelsbach,   b. 25 Jul 1876, Schlofl Possenhofen near Starnberg ,   d. 23 Nov 1965, Ch,teau de Stuyvenberg, Laeken
  Married	2 Oct 1900	Throne-room, Royal Palace, Munich, Germany
  Family ID	F3130	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 1	Princess Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra Bernadotte,   b. 17 Nov 1905, Palace of the Hereditary Prince, Stockholm, Sweden ,   d. 29 Aug 1935, Kð ssnacht, Switzerland
  Married	4 Nov 1926	Rikssalet, Royal Palace, Stockholm, Sweden   [1]
  Children	1. Princess JosáEphine Charlotte Ingeborg Elisabeth Marie-JosáE Marguerite Astrid Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,   b. 11 Oct 1927, Bellevue Palace, 7 Palace Square, Brussels, Belgium ,   d. 10 Jan 2005, Fischbach Castle, Luxembourg   2. King Baudouin Albert Charles LáEopold Axel Marie Gustave Saxe-Coburg-Gotha,   b. 7 Sep 1930, Ch,teau de Stuyvenberg, Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium ,   d. 31 Jul 1993, Villa Astrida, Motril   3. King Albert FáElix Humbert TháEodore Christian EugèEne Marie Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
  Last Modified	11 May 2009
  Family ID	F1285	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Lilian Lucy Josepha Monique Baels,   b. 28 Nov 1916, 5 Highbury-New-Park, Islington, London, England ,   d. 7 Jun 2002
  Married	11 Sep 1941	Laeken Castle, near Brussels, Belgium   [1]
  	Morganatic marriage The children from the second marriage don't have the right of succession. They bear the title HRH Prince(ss) of Belgium according to the Royal Decree of March 14th, 1891.
  Children	1. Prince Alexandre Emmanuel Henry Albert Marie LáEopold Saxe-Coburg-Gotha   2. Princess Marie-Christine DaphnáE Astrid Elisabeth LáEopoldine Saxe-Coburg-Gotha   3. Princess Marie-Esmeralda AdelaãOde Lilian Anne LáEopoldine Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
  Last Modified	11 May 2009
  Family ID	F1289	Group Sheet

  
  

• Notes

  The Royal Decree of September 10th, 1930 that granted the title Count of Hainault to Prince Baudouin also stated that the title Count of Hainault would be borne automatically by the eldest son of the Duke of Brabant. By Royal Decree of October 16th, 2001 that provision has been abolished.

  
  

• Sources

  [S68] The Book of Kings, Vol 1, McNaughton, Arnold compiled, (Garnstone Press, London; 1973), 287. [S68] The Book of Kings, Vol 1, McNaughton, Arnold compiled, (Garnstone Press, London; 1973), 109, 287.