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Since 1991, Belgium practises absolute primogeniture among the descendants of King Albert II (then Prince of Liège). Descendants of earlier monarchs and princes are only eligible to succeed if male and descended from King Leopold I in male-line (i.e. according to agnatic primogeniture), meaning that descendants of all Belgian princesses not descended from Albert II are barred from the throne.
This page is a list of heirs to the Belgian throne. The list includes all individuals who were considered first in line to inherit the throne of Belgium, either as heir apparent or as heir presumptive. Those who succeeded as King or Queen of the Belgians are shown in bold.
In honor of the special occasion, the Belgian Royal Palace shared new portraits of Her Majesty on Instagram and announced a special tribute from the Belgian Post Group. The caption read, “The ...
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Under the Belgian Constitution, the Belgian monarch is styled "King of the Belgians" (French: Roi des Belges, Dutch: Koning der Belgen, German: König der Belgier) rather than "King of Belgium" in order to reflect the monarchy's constitutional and popular function. Since 1831, there have been seven Kings of the Belgians and two regents.
The Belgian line was founded by Leopold, youngest son of Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. Following Leopold's conversion to Catholicism to take the newly-created Belgian throne, this line of the house is Catholic. [citation needed] Leopold I (1831–1865) Leopold II (1865–1909) Albert I (1909–1934) Leopold III (1934–1951) Baudouin ...
Today, the Belgian Royal Palace announced that Princess Elisabeth will move to the U.S. The 22-year-old was accepted into a master’s program at Harvard University in Boston, which is where she ...
The monarchy of Belgium is the constitutional and hereditary institution of the monarchical head of state of Belgium.As a popular monarchy, the Belgian monarch uses the title king/queen of the Belgians [a] and serves as the country's head of state and commander-in-chief of the Belgian Armed Forces.