Regents of Belgium

Updated 9 March 2008.

Belgien blev et selvstændigt kongerige fra 4/10 1830. Riget blev sammenstukket af områder, der i historiens løb havde været forenede i forskellige kombinationer som hertugdømmer og grevskaber.

GENEALOGIES

Abbreviations used:
b = brother of, d = daughter of, m = married to (year), s = son of,
gs = grandson of, ggs = great grandson; † = died; ‡ = buried.

 
Belgium after 1831
 
No. Ruled Ruler's name and relations
Spouse's name and relations
D002 - Johan Ernst of Saxe-Saalsfeld;
* 22/8 1658; † 17/12 1729;
Duke of Saalfeld, Gräfenthal, Probstzella (created 1682);
Duke of Römhild und Themar from 1714;

Princess Sofie of Saxe-Merseburg; * 1660; † 1686; m(1) 18/2 1680;

children :
  1.   Christiane Sofie; * 14/6 1681; † 3/6 1697;
  2.   Duke Christian Ernst of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; * 18/8 1683; † 4/9 1745;
     m 18/8 1724 Christiane Friederike of Koss; * 24/8 1686; † 15/5 1743;
  3.   Charlotte Wilhelmine; * 4/5 1685; † 5/4 1767;
     m 26/12 1705 Count Philipp Reinhard of Hanau-Lichtenberg; † 4/10 1712;

Countess Charlotte Johanna of Waldeck; * 13/12 1664; &3134; 1/2 1699; m(2) 2/12 1690;
children :
  4.   Wilhelm Friedrich; * 16/8 1691; † 28/7 1720;
  5.   Karl Ernst; * 12/9 1692; † /12 1720;
  6.   Sofie Wilhelmine; * 9/8 1690; † 4/12 1727;
     m 8/2 1720 Prince Friedrich Anton of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt; * 14/8 1692; † 1/9 1744;
  7.   Henriette Albertine; * 8/7 1694; † 1/4 1695;
  8.   Luise Emilie; * 24/8 1695; † 21/8 1713;
  9.   Charlotte; * 30/10 1696; † 2/11 1696;
10.   Duke Franz Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (D-003); * 25/9 1697; † 16/9 1764;
11.   Henriette Albertine; * 20/11 1698; † 5/2 1728;
D003 - Franz Josias of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld;
s(D-002); * 25/9 1697; † 16/9 1764;
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld;

Princess Anna Sofie of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt; * 9/9 1700; † 11/12 1780; m 2/1 1723;

children :
1.   Ernst Friedrich (D-004); * 8/3 1724; † 8/9 1800;
2.   Johann Wilhelm; * 11/5 1726; † 4/6 1745; in battle Hohenfriedberg;
3.   Anna Sofie; * 3/9 1727; † 10/11 1728;
4.   Christian Franz; * 15/1 1730; † 18/9 1797;
5.   Charlotte Sofie; * 24/9 1731; † 2/8 1810;
     m 13/5 1755 Duke Ludwig of Mecklenburg-SChwerin; * 6/8 1725; † 12/9 1778;
6.   Frederike Magdalene; * 21/8 1733; † 29/3 1734;
7.   Friederike Karoline; * 24/6 1735; † 18/2 1791;
     m 22/11 1754 Margrave Karl Alexander of Brandenburg-Ansbach; † 1806;
8.   Friedrich Josias; * 26/12 1737; † 26/2 1815;
     m 1789 Therese Stroffeck; they had children;
D004 - Ernst Friedrich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld;
s(D-003); * 8/3 1724; † 8/9 1800;
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld;

Duchess Sofie Antoine of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel; * 23/1 1724; † 17% 1802; m 23/4 1749;

children :
1.   Franz Friedrich Anton (D-005); * 15/7 1750; † 9/12 1806;
2.   Karl Wilhelm Ferdinand; * 21/11 1751; † 16/2 1757;
3.   Frederike Juliane; * 14/9 1752; † 24/9 1752;
4.   Karoline Ulrike Amalie; * 19/10 1753; † 1/10 1829; a nun at Gandersheim;
5.   Ludwig Karl Friedrich; * 2/1 1755; † 5/5 1806;
6.   Ferdinand August Heinrich; * 12/4 1756; † 8/7 1758;
7.   Friedrich; * 4/3 1758; † 26/6 1758;
D005 - Francis Frederik Anton of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha;
s(D-004); * 15/7 1750; † 9/12 1806;
Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from 8/9 1800;

Sophia; * 22/2 1760; † 28/10 1776; m(1) 6/3 1776; d Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Hildburghausen;

Augusta = Auguste Reuss; * 9/1 1757; † 16/11 1831; m(2) 13/6 1777; d Henry XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf;
children :
1.   Sophie Friederike Karoline Luise; * 19/8 1778; † 9/7 1835;
     m 23/2 1804 Count Emanuel of Mensdorff-Pouilly; * 24/1 1777; † 28/6 1852;
2.   Antoinette Ernestine Amalie; * 28/8 1779; † 14/3 1824;
     m 17/11 1798 Duke Alexander of Württemberg; * 24/4 1771; † 4/7 1833;
3.   Juliane Henriette Ulrike = Anna Feodorovna; * 23/9 1781; † 15/8 1860;
     m 26/2 1796 Grand Duke Konstantin of Russia; * 8/5 1779; † 27/6 1831; divorced 1820;
4.   Duke Ernest I Anton Karl Ludwig of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld; * 2/1 1784; † 29/1 1844;
    Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from 1826;
     m(1) 31/7 1817 Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha; * 21/12 1800; † 30/8 1831; divorced 1826; they got:
     a) Duke Ernest II August Karl of Saxe-Coburg & Gotha; * 21/6 1818; † 22/8 1893;
     b) Franz August Karl Albert Emanuel; * 26/8 1819; † 14/12 1861;
     he becam Prince Consort of Queen Victoria, m 10/2 1840;
     m(2) 23/12 1832 Duchess Marie of Württemberg; * 17/9 1799; † 24/9 1860, d Duke Alexander of Würtzburg;
5.   Ferdinand Georg August; * 28/3 1785; † 27/8 1851;
     m 30/11 1815 Princess Antonia; * 2/7 1797; † 25/9 1862; d Prince Franz Joseph of Kohary; they got:
     a) Ferdinand II; * 29/10 1816; † 15/12 1885, who became King of Portugal;
6.   Mary Louisa Victoria; * 17/8 1786; † 16/3 1861;
     m(1) 21/12 1803 Prince Charles of Leiningen; * 27/9 1763; † 4/7 1814;
     m(2) 29/5 and 11/7 1818 Prince / Duke Edward of Kent, * 2/11 1767; † 23/1 1820; they got:
     a) Queen Victoria;
7.   Marianne Charlotte; * 7/8 1788; † 23/8 1794;
8.   Leopold GeorgChristian Friedrich (D010);
9.   Franz Maximilian Ludwig; * 12/12 1792; † 3/1 1793;
D010 1831-1865 Leopold I = Leopold Georg Christian Friederich of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld;
s(D005); * 1790; † 10/12 1865;
Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha;
Duke of Saxony;
King of Belgium from 21/7 1831; elected 4/6 1831;

Charlotte, Princess of Wales; * 7/1 1796; † 6/11 1817 in childbirth; m(1) 2/5 1816; d George IV of England, then crown prince;

Princess Louise-Marie d'Orleans; * 3/4 1812; † 11/10 1850; m(2) 9/8 1832; d Louis-Philippe of France;
children :
1.   Louis Philippe Leopold Victor Ernest; * 24/7 1833; † 16/5 1834;
2.   Leopold Louis Philippe Victor, (D020); * 9/4 1835; † 17/12 1909;
3.   Philip Eugène Ferdinand, (D030); Count of Flanders; * 24/3 1837; † 17/11 1905;
4.   Marie Charlotte Amalie Auguste Victoire Clementine Leopoldine; * 7/6 1840; † 19/1 1927;
     m 27/7 1857 Archduke of Austria, Emperor Maximilian of Mexico; * 6/7 1832; † 19/6 1867;
D020 1865-1909 Leopold II = Leopold II Louis Philippe Marie Victor;
s(D010); * 9/4 1835; † 17/12 1909;
Duke of Brabant;
King of Belgium from 17/12 1865;

Archduchess Marie Henriette; * 23/8 1836; † 19/9 1902; gd Emperor Leopold II of Austria; d of Arch Duke Joseph;
children :
1.   Leopold Ferdinand, Duke of Brabant; * 12/6 1859; † 22/1 1869;
2.   Louise Marie Amelie; * 18/2 1858; † 1/3 1924;
     m 4/2 1875 Prince Philip of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha; * 28/3 1844; † 3/7 1921;
3.   Stephanie Clotilde Louise; * 21/5 1864; † 23/8 1945;
     m(1) 10/5 1881 Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria; * 21/8 1858; † 30/1 1889;
     m(2) 22/3 1900 Count / Prince Elemér of Lónyaz; * 24/8 1863; † 20/7 1946;
4.   Clementine Albertine Marie; * 30/7 1872; † 8/3 1955;
     m 14/11 1910 Prince Victor Napoleon; * 18/7 1862; † 3/5 1926;

Blanche Delacroix; m(2) 14/12 1909 "in articulo mortis";
D030 - Philip Eugen Ferdinand marie Clement Baudoin Leopold Georges;
s(D010); * 24/3 1837; † 17/11 1905;
Count of Flanders;

Princess Marie von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen; * 17/11 1845; † 26/11 1912; m 25/4 1870; d Prince Charles Anthony;
children :
1.   Baudouin; * 3/6 1869; † 23/1 1891;
2.   Albert (D040); * 8/4 1875; † 17/2 1934;
3.   Henriette Marie; * 30/11 1870; † 28/3 1948;
     m 12/2 1896 Prince Emanuel of Orleans, Duke of Vendôme; * 18/1 1872; † 1/2 1931;
4.   Josephine Marie Stephanie Victoire; * 30/11 1870; † 18/1 1871;
5.   Josephine Caroline Marie Albertine; * 18/10 1872; † 6/1 1958;
     m 28/5 1894 Prince Karl Anton = Charles Anthony of Hohenzollern (jnr.); * 1/9 1868; † 21/2 1919;
D040 1909-1934 Albert I Leopold Clemens Marie Meinrad;
s(D030); * 8/4 1875; † 17/2 1934 in mountain climbing accident;
King of Belgium from 17/12 1909;

Duchess Elizabeth; * 25/7 1876; † 23/11 1963 or 1965; d Duke Charles Theodor of Bavaria;
children :
1.   Leopold; (D050); * 1901;
2.   Charles Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad (D050a), Count of Flanders; * 10/10 1903; † 1/6 1983;
     Regent of Belgium from 1944 to 1950;
     m 4/9 1977 Jacqueline Peyrebrune; * 16/2 1921; not confirmed;
3.   Princess Marie-José Charlotte Sophie Amelie Henriette Gabrielle; * 4/8 1906; † 27/1 2001;
     m 8/1 1930 King Humbert II of Italy = Umberto II; * 15/9 1904; † 18/3 1983;
D050 1934-1951 Leopold III Philipp Karl Albert Meinrad Hubertus Maria Miguel;
s(D040); * 3/11 1901; † 25/9 1983;
King of Belgium from 23/2 1934;
Deposed or abdicated 16/7 1951;

Princess Astrid of Schweden; * 17/11 1905; † 29/8 1935; m(1) 4/11 + 10/11 1926; d Duke Charles of Västergötland (Sw054-3c);
children :
1.   Josephine-Charlotte Ingeborg Elisabeth; * 11/10 1927;
     m 9/4 1953 Grand Duke John = Jean of Luxembourg; * 5/1 1921;
2.   Baudouin; (D070); * 7/9 1930; † 31/7 1993;
3.   Albert II; (D060); * 6/6 1934;

Princess Mary Lilian of Rethy; * 28/11 1916; m(2) 11/9 + 6/12 1941; d Henry Baels;
children :
4.   Alexandre Emanuel Henry Albert; * 18/7 1942;
     m 14/3 1991 Lea Inga Dora Wolman; * 2/12 1951;
5.   Marie-Christine Daphné Astrid; * 6/2 1951;
     m(1) 23/5 1981 Paul Druker; * 1938; divorced 9/7 1981;
     m(2) 28/9 1989 Jean Paul Gourgues;
6.   Marie-Esmeralda Adelaide Lilian Anna; * 30/9 1956;
     m 4/4 1998 Salvador Moncada; * 2/12 1944;
D050a - Charles Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad = Karl von Flandern;
s(D040); * 10/10 1903; † 1/6 1983;
Count of Flanders;
Regent of Belgium from 20/9 1944 to 22/7 1950;

Jacqueline Peyrebrune; * 16/2 1921; m 4/9 1977; not confirmed;
D060 1951-1993 Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustav = Balduin;
s(D050); * 7/9 1930; † 31/7 1993;
King of Belgium from 17/7 1951;

Fabiola Mora y Aragon; * 11/6 1928; m 15/12 1960; d Gonzalo Mora y Fernandez of Casa Riera;
no children;
D070 1993- Albert II Felix Humbert Theodor Christian Eugène Marie;
s(D050); * 6/6 1934;
Prince of Liège;
King of Belgium from 9/8 1993;

Paola Ruffo di Calabria; * 11/9 1937; m 2/7 1959; d Prince Fulco of Ruffo de Calabria;
children:
1.   Philippe Leopold Louis Marie; Duke of Brabant; * 14/4 1960;
     m 4/12 1999 Mathilde Marie Christine Ghislaine; * 20/1 1973; they got:
     a) Elisabeth Thérese; * 25/10 2001;
     b) Gabriel Baudouin; * 20/8 2003;
     c) Emmanuel Leopold; * 4/10 2005;
2.   Laurent Benoit Baudoin; * 19/10 1963;
     m 12/4 2003 Claire Louise Coombs; * 18/1 1974; they got:
     a) Louise Sophie Mary; * 6/2 2004;
     b) Aymeric Auguste Marie; * 13/12 2005;
     c) Nicolas Casimir Marie; * 13/12 2005;
3.   Astrid Josephine-Charlotte; * 5/6 1962;
     m 22/9 1984 Archduke Lorenz = Laurent of Austria; * 16/12 1955;


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