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Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Réthy (born Mary Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine Baels; () 28 November 1916 – () 7 June 2002) was the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Belgium, she became a volunteer as a car driver that transported wounded Belgian and French to the ...
- 6 December 1941 – 16 July 1951
Apr 27, 2018 · Lilian was created Her Royal Highness The Princess of Réthy. Any children would be excluded from the line of succession. When the marriage became public, the public’s response was mixed. The country was at war, and many believed that the marriage was incompatible with the King’s status as a prisoner of war.
Jun 7, 2002 · Lilian Princess of Réthy. b.28 November 1916 d.7 June 2002. Hon FRCP (1989) Lilian, Princess of Réthy, the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium, was an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. She was born in Highbury, north London, one of six daughters and two sons of Hendrik Lodewijk Baels, from Ostend, Belgium and Delphina ...
Jun 7, 2002 · Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Réthy was the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Belgium, she became a volunteer as a car driver that transported wounded Belgian and French to the hospital in Bruges during World War II.
Jun 7, 2002 · Sister of Hedwige Baels. Occupation: Liliane Baels (1916-2002), Princess of Rethy, second wife of Leopold III, married in 1941, Princess of Rethy (declined title of Queen of Belgium) Managed by: Noah Tutak.
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Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess de Réthy, was the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. She was born Mary Lilian Baels, on November 28, 1916, in Highbury, London, England. Lilian was one of eight children of Henri Baels and Anne Marie de Visscher.
Jun 7, 2017 · Today is the fifteenth anniversary of the death of Lilian, Princess of Réthy, second wife of Belgium’s King Leopold III. She died at the age of 85 at the home she had shared with her husband, Domaine d’Argenteuil, in Waterloo.
