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Baudouin of Belgium. Baudouin [a] ( US: / boʊˈdwæ̃ /; [1] [2] 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 17 July 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo, before it became independent in 1960 and became the Democratic Republic of the Congo (known from 1971 to 1997 as Zaire ).
Baudouin I (born Sept. 7, 1930, Stuyvenberg Castle, near Brussels, Belg.—died July 31, 1993, Motril, Spain) was the king of the Belgians from 1951 to 1993, who helped restore confidence in the monarchy after the stormy reign of King Leopold III. The son of Leopold III and Queen Astrid, Baudouin shared his father’s internment by the Germans ...
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At the beginning of April, the Chamber and the Senate approved a draft law on the liberalisation of abortion. On 30 March, King Baudouin had notified the Prime Minister that he was prevented by his conscience from sanctioning this law, as it is incumbent on the third branch of the legislative power.
Prince Baudouin of Belgium (3 June 1869 – 23 January 1891) was the first child and eldest son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and his wife, Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. After Baudouin's death, his younger brother eventually became heir presumptive after the death of their father, and later succeeded their uncle Leopold ...
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Jul 31, 2023 · Thirty years later, King Baudouin caused an unprecedented political crisis in Belgium by refusing to approve the abortion law. Through a legal diversion, it was ruled that the king was in "de facto incapacity to govern" for two days, allowing the council of ministers to approve the law.
Mar 11, 2024 · By Samuel Vandeputte on March 11, 2024. read. 7 min. To this day, Catholic Belgians remember King Baudouin as a saint. Baudouin’s refusal to legalize abortion, which led him to temporarily abdicate the throne, continues to be topic of conversation today. As its last colonial king, Baudouin was also actively involved in Belgium’s foreign affairs.
Aug 1, 1993 · Baudouin I, the King of Belgium for 42 years and one of the more reclusive of Europe's dwindling monarchs, died yesterday while vacationing in Motril, a town in the province of Granada in...
