Biographical entries of most of the reigning monarchs and of certain other members of the reigning royal families will be found in their appropriate alphabetical order in the biographical section of this site.

The name under which they can be found in the text of the site is listed and hyperlinked in this section in bold UPPERCASE type.

BELGIUM

Reigning King:

HM KING ALBERT II
b. 6 June 1934; succeeded to the throne 9 August 1993, on the death of his brother, King Baudouin I; married 2 July 1959, Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria (Queen Paola) (b. 11 September 1937).

Children of the King:

Crown Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, b. 15 April 1960; married 4 December 1999, Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz; daughter, Princess Elisabeth, b. 25 October 2001; son, Prince Gabriel, b. 20 August 2003; son, Emmanuel, b. 4 October 2005.

Princess Astrid, b. 5 June 1962; married 22 September 1984, Archduke Lorenz; son, Prince Amedeo, b. February 1986; daughter, Princess Maria Laura, b. August 1988; son, Prince Joachim, b. December 1991; daughter, Princess Louisa-Maria, b. October 1995; daughter, Princess Laetitia Maria, b. 23 April 2003.

Prince Laurent, b. 19 October 1963; married 12 April 2003, Claire Coombs; daughter, Princess Louise, b. February 2004; son, Prince Aymeric, b. December 2005; son, Prince Nicolas, b. December 2005.

Parents of the King:

King Léopold III, b. 3 November 1901, died 25 September 1983; married 1st 4 November 1926, Princess Astrid of Sweden (Queen Astrid) (b. 17 November 1905, died 29 August 1935); married 2nd 11 September 1941, Mary Lilian Baels (died 7 June 2002); three children.

Brother and Sister of the King:

Joséphine Charlotte, Princess of Belgium, b. 11 October 1927, died January 2005; married 9 April 1953, Prince (later Grand Duke) Jean of Luxembourg (b. 5 January 1921, died 10 January 2005); three sons, two daughters.

King Baudouin I, b. 7 September 1930, died 31 July 1993; married 15 December 1960, Fabiola Fernanda María de las Victorias Antonia Adelaida de Mora y Aragón.