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  1. Astrid of Sweden (17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Following her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of Brabant.

  2. Born Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra Bernadotte, princess of Sweden, on November 17, 1905, in Sweden; died in an automobile accident on August 29, 1935, near Küssnacht, Switzerland; buried in Laeken, Brussels, Belgium; daughter of Charles of Sweden and Ingeborg of Denmark (1878–1958); married Leopold III (b.

  3. Astrid of Sweden (17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was Queen of the Belgians and the first wife of King Leopold III. She was born a princess of Sweden and became the Duchess of Brabant after her marriage to Leopold in November 1926. [2]

  4. Estrid (or Astrid) of the Obotrites (ca. 979 – 1035) was a Medieval and Viking age Swedish Queen consort and West Slavic Princess, married to Olof Skötkonung, the King of Sweden, ca. 1000–1022, mother of king Anund Jacob of Sweden and the Russian Saint and Queen (Grand Princess) Ingegerd Olofsdotter.

  5. Jun 20, 2018 · Her funeral took place on 3 September 1935, and people lined the streets from Brussels to Laeken, where she would be interred in the royal crypt. The outpouring of love and mourning only confirmed Astrid’s place in the hearts of the Belgian people.

  6. Tragically, Queen Astrid died the following year in a car accident in Switzerland, at the age of just thirty. The Swedish and Belgian royal families after the church ceremony in Brussels at which Princess Astrid married the heir to the Belgian throne, Crown Prince Leopold, in 1926.

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  8. Astrid of Sweden (17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) was a member of the Swedish House of Bernadotte and later became Queen of the Belgians as the first wife of King Leopold III. Following her marriage to Leopold in November 1926, she assumed the title of Duchess of Brabant.

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