Family tree of Belgian monarchs

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This is a family tree of the Kings of the Belgians, hereditary, constitutional monarchs of Belgium as defined by the Belgian Constitution.

Family tree

Leopold I
(1790 † 1865)
Prince of Saxe-Cobourg & Gotha
& Duke of Saxony,

1st King of the Belgians
1831–1865


Leopold II
(1835 † 1909)
King of the Belgians
1865–1909

Prince Philippe
(1837 † 1905)
Count of Flanders

to 1869 after 1869
Prince Leopold
(1859–1869)
Duke of Brabant
Prince of Belgium
Albert I
(1875 † 1934)
King of the Belgians
1909–1934



(pre 1921) (post 1921)
family name changed to
"de Belgique"/"van België"
all Saxon titles renounced
Prince Baudouin of Flanders
(1869–1891)
Prince of Belgium
Leopold III
(1901 † 1983)
King of the Belgians
1934–1951 (abdicated)

Prince Charles
(1903 † 1983)
Count of Flanders
Prince Regent, 1944–1950
Baudouin I
(1930 † 1993)
King of the Belgians
1951–1993

Albert II
(b. 1934)

King of the Belgians
1993–2013 (abdicated)


The 1991 act of succession
created full cognatic primogeniture,
altering the order of succession
from eldest son to eldest child
Philippe
(b. 1960)
King of the Belgians
2013–present

Princess Astrid of Belgium
(b. 1962 )
Archduchess of Austria-Este
Prince Laurent of Belgium
(b. 1963 )

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, Crown Princess
(b.2001)
Prince Gabriel of Belgium
(b.2003)

Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
(b.2005)

Princess Eléonore of Belgium
(b.2008)


See also