List of Belgian monarchs

This is a list of Belgian monarchs since 1831, when the first Belgian King Leopold I ascended the throne, after Belgium declared independence from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in the Belgian Revolution of 1830.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

# Name Portrait Birth and death Reign started Reign ended Marriages Succession right
1 Leopold I
Saksen-Koburg Leopold-2a.jpeg
16 December 1790
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (Holy Roman Empire)

10 December 1865
Laeken
(aged 74)
21 July 1831 10 December 1865
(700134000000000000034 years, 7002142000000000000142 days)
(1) Charlotte of Wales
∞ 2 May 1816
[1 child (stillborn)]
(2) Louise of Orléans
∞ 9 August 1832
[4 children]
2 Leopold II
Leopold ii garter knight.jpg
9 April 1835
Brussels

17 December 1909
Laeken
(aged 74)
17 December 1865 17 December 1909
(700144000000000000044 years, 50000000000000000000 days)
Marie-Henriette of Austria
∞ 22 August 1853
[4 children]
Son of
Leopold I
3 Albert I
Albert I Koning der Belgen.jpg
8 April 1875
Brussels

17 February 1934
Marche-les-Dames
(aged 58)
23 December 1909 17 February 1934
(700124000000000000024 years, 700156000000000000056 days)
Elisabeth of Bavaria
∞ 2 October 1900
[3 children]
Nephew of
Leopold II
4 Leopold III
Princess Astrid engaged in 1926.jpg
3 November 1901
Brussels

25 September 1983
Woluwe-Saint-Lambert
(aged 81)
23 February 1934 16 July 1951
(abdicated)
(700117000000000000017 years, 7002143000000000000143 days)
(1) Astrid of Sweden
∞ 4 November 1926
[3 children]
(2) Lilian Baels
∞ 6 December 1941
[3 children]
Son of
Albert I
Prince Charles
Regent for Leopold III
10 October 1903
Brussels

1 June 1983
Raversijde
(aged 79)
20 September 1944 20 July 1950 Unmarried
[childless]
Son of
Albert I /
Brother of
Leopold III
5 Baudouin
Baudouin of Belgium 1969.jpg
7 September 1930
Laeken

31 July 1993
Motril (Spain)
(aged 62)
17 July 1951 31 July 1993
(700142000000000000042 years, 700113000000000000013 days)
Fabiola of Mora and Aragón
∞ 15 December 1960
[childless]
Son of
Leopold III
6 Albert II
Albert II.jpg
6 June 1934
Laeken
9 August 1993 Present Paola of Calabria
∞ 2 July 1959
[3 children]
Son of
Leopold III /
Brother of
Baudouin
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