fwo_618373 - BELGIQUE - ROYAUME DE BELGIQUE - BAUDOUIN Ier Module de 20 Francs Or, 25e anniversaire de règne de Baudouin Ier 1976 Bruxelles

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.