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Baudouin of Belgium

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Baudouin of Belgium

Baudouin (US: ; 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire). Baudouin was the elder son of King Leopold III (1901–1983) and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935). Because he and his wife, Queen Fabiola, had no children, at Baudouin's death the crown passed to his younger brother, King Albert II. In 2024, the Holy See opened the cause for his beatification, which gave him the title Servant of God.

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Reign
17 July 1951 – 31 July 1993
Predecessor
Leopold III
Successor
Albert II
Prime ministers
See list Joseph PholienJean Van HoutteAchille Van AckerGaston EyskensThéo LefèvrePierre HarmelPaul Vanden BoeynantsEdmond LeburtonLeo TindemansWilfried MartensMark EyskensJean-Luc Dehaene
Born
(1930-09-07)7 September 1930Château of Stuyvenberg, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died
31 July 1993(1993-07-31) (aged 62)Villa Astrida, Motril, Spain
Burial
Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Spouse
mw- Fabiola de Mora y Aragón (m. 1960)
Names
Names Dutch: Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria GustaafFrench: Baudouin Albert Charles Léopold Axel Marie GustaveGerman: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Maria Gustav
House
Belgium
Father
Leopold III of Belgium
Mother
Astrid of Sweden

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Royal titles
Royal titles
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
Royal titles
Preceded byLeopold
Preceded byLeopold
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
Preceded byLeopold
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
Duke of Brabant 1934–1951
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
VacantTitle next held byPhilippe
Regnal titles
Regnal titles
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
Regnal titles
Preceded byLeopold III
Preceded byLeopold III
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
Preceded byLeopold III
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
King of the Belgians 1951–1993
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
Succeeded byAlbert II
Baudouin of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 7 September 1930 Died: 31 July 1993
Royal titles
Preceded byLeopold
Duke of Brabant 1934–1951
VacantTitle next held byPhilippe
Regnal titles
Preceded byLeopold III
King of the Belgians 1951–1993
Succeeded byAlbert II

References

  1. French: Baudouin Albert Charles Léopold Axel Marie Gustave, pronounced [bodwɛ̃ albɛʁ ʃaʁl leɔpɔld aksɛl maʁi ɡystav]; Du
  2. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
    https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=Baudouin+I
  3. Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Baudouin
  4. "King Baudouin"
    https://www.monarchie.be/en/royal-family/history/king-baudouin
  5. Cleeremans, Jean. Léopold III, sa famille, son peuple sous l'occupation; Keyes, Roger. Echec au Roi, Léopold III, 1940–1
  6. "Europe's Most Slandered Princess"
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  7. Wilsford 1995, pp. 25-26
  8. monarchie.be
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  9. Conway 2012, p. 29
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  11. Wilsford 1995, pp. 26-27
  12. Glasenapp, Jörn (2008) '"Der Degendieb von Léopoldville. Robert Lebecks Schlüsselbild der Dekolonisation Afrikas" In Pau
  13. "La photo du sabre du Roi Baudouin, le 30 juin 1960"
    http://www.mbokamosika.com/article-la-photo-du-sabre-du-roi-baudouin-le-30-juin-1960-41525491.html
  14. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouXas0XYHxM
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouXas0XYHxM
  15. "U.S. foreign policy and its Deadly Effect on Patrice Lumumba"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20170505203910/http://history105.libraries.wsu.edu/spring2015/2015/01/16/white-privilege-and-its-effect-on-america/
  16. www.brusselstimes.com
    https://www.brusselstimes.com/news/magazine/50661/facing-the-truths-of-belgium-s-colonial-past-the-unresolved-case-of-patrice-lumumba-s-death
  17. Verslag namens de Onderzoekscommissie van de Belgische Kamer van Volksvertegenwoordigers van het parlementair onderzoek
  18. Afrique XXI
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  19. Four Days
    https://archive.org/details/fourdayshistoric00unit
  20. The New York Times
  21. The Sunday Telegraph
    https://www.newspapers.com/image/751619649/
  22. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1993/08/01/obituaries/baudouin-i-king-of-belgium-dies-at-62.html
  23. "1993 Spa 24 Hours"
    http://touringcarracing.net/Races/1993%20Spa.html
  24. British Pathé
    https://www.britishpathe.com/video/baudouin-engaged/
  25. Getty Images
    https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/king-baudouin-of-belgium-and-his-fiance-dona-fabiola-de-news-photo/172013683
  26. "Koningin Fabiola had vijf miskramen"
    https://web.archive.org/web/20140727074013/http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?articleID=DMF21042008_144
  27. The New York Times
    https://www.nytimes.com/1990/04/05/world/belgian-king-unable-to-sign-abortion-law-takes-day-off.html
  28. Chevaliers De La Toison D'or – Toison espagnole (spanish fleece)
    http://www.antiquesatoz.com/sgfleece/knights8.htm
  29. Heraldica
    http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/garterlist.htm
  30. "Paus Franciscus start procedure tot zaligverklaring van wijlen koning Boudewijn"
    https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2024/09/29/boudewijn-zaligverklaring-paus-start-de-procedure/
  31. Aletia
    https://aleteia.org/2024/12/27/anti-abortion-king-praised-by-pope-being-considered-for-sainthood?utm_medium=email&utm_source=sendgrid&utm_campaign=EM-EN-Newsletter-Daily-&utm_content=Newsletter&utm_term=20241227
  32. moriendi.be
    https://web.archive.org/web/20080919101650/http://www.ars-moriendi.be/BOUDEWIJN.HTM
  33. Slobodna Dalmacija
    https://arhiv.slobodnadalmacija.hr/pvpages/pvpages/viewPage/?pv_page_id=101328&pv_issue_no=701007_A
  34. "It was created as a Royal State Order of the Kingdom of Rwanda, registered with the Vatican State in 1947 (through the
    https://royalhouseofrwanda.org/royal-order-of-the-lion-of-rwanda
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