fme_568813 - BELGIQUE - ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE - BAUDOUIN Ier Médaille, Mariage d’Albert II, futur roi des Belges, et de Paola

BELGIUM - KINGDOM OF BELGIUM - BAUDOUIN I

(07/17/1951-07/31/1993)

Baudouin (7/09/1930-31/07/1993) is the eldest son of Leopold III and Astrid of Sweden. He was deported in 1944 with his father and delivered by the Americans. Appointed Prince Royal of Belgium on August 3, 1950, he became King of the Belgians on July 17, 1951, after the abdication of his father. Married in 1960 to Fabiola, childless, his brother Albert succeeded him in 1993.