On This Day: Belgian Royal Family

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 16, 1790 ~ Birth of King Leopold I of the Belgians at Ehrenburg Castle in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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[Linda_26]

On this day 90 years ago (23 February 1934) Prince Leopold, the Duke of Brabant, became King Leopold III, the 4th King of the Belgians, 6 days after his father's sudden death.
A depiction of his swearing-in ceremony in a tapestry from 1947:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1505180349705461767

 

[Adda]

And here's a photo of the swearing-in:

 

[maria-olivia]

Queen Elisabeth did not attend in 1934
She was very angry to attend Prince Charles , her second Son swearing in ,in 1945

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, March 24, 1837 ~ Birth of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders at the Royal Castle of Laeken in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, April 8, 1875 ~ Birth of Albert I, King of the Belgians at the Palais de la Regence in Brussels, Belgium

 

[Linda_26]

On this day, 65 years ago (12 April 1959), the engagement announcement of Prince Albert, Prince of Liège to Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria.
A pic from that day, taken by King Baudouin (it was shared by the Royal Palace in 2019, for their 60th wedding anniversary):

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-pB-c_XoAEr0Go?format=jpg&name=900x900

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, June 3, 1869 ~ Birth of Prince Baudouin of Belgium, son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, July 25, 1876 ~ Birth of Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen Consort of King Albert I of the Belgians at Possenhofen Castle in the Kingdom of Bavaria

 

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, August 23, 1836 ~ Birth of Queen Marie Henriette of the Belgians, wife of King Leopold II of the Belgians, born Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria at Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary

 

[Linda_26]

On this day, 25 years ago, 13 September 1999, Philippe and Mathilde's engagement:

https://twitter.com/x/status/1834449426460389723