Baudouin of Belgium

Baudouin Léopold Philippe Marie Charles Antoine Joseph Louis, Prince of Belgium

Named for his paternal grandfather, King Léopold I of the Belgians, his father Prince Philippe of Belgium, and his maternal grandfather Karl Anton, Fürst von Hohenzollern. Marie is for the Holy Virgin Mary, a name that every member oft he Catholic royal family of Belgium bears.  

Son of Philippe Prince of Belgium, Comte de Flandre (1837-1905) and his wife Marie Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845-1912).

Born: Brussels 3. Jun 1869

Died: Brussels 23. Jan 1891 from influenza

Buried: Notre Dame de Laeken (Église Notre-Dame de Laeken), Brussels

Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000