Monarchy of Belgium - List of Kings of The Belgians

List of Kings of The Belgians

To date all have belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

Their arms are traced on the French Wikipedia.

Their family tree is:

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
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–present


The 1991 act of succession
created full cognatic primogeniture,
altering the order of succession
from eldest son to eldest child
Prince Philippe
(b.1960)
Duke of Brabant
Princess Astrid of Belgium
(b.1962 )
Archduchess of Austria-Este
Prince Laurent of Belgium
(b.1963 )


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