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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 hospital in ...
- 6 December 1941 – 16 July 1951
Apr 27, 2018 · Keystone Press / Alamy Stock Photo. Mary Lilian Baels was born on 28 November 1916 as the daughter of Henri Baels and his wife, Anne Marie de Visscher. She was born in London, where the family was living at the time after fleeing the First World War. The family originally lived in Ostend in Belgium. She was their sixth child, and two more would ...
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. Lilian married King Leopold III in 1941 and became consort of the Belgian monarch. The couple produced three children ...
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. Henri Baels was a shipowner from Belgium and later rose in the ranks of government ...
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Jun 7, 2002 · Fiancée of Peter Graf Draskovich de Trakostjan. Mother of Prince Alexander of Belgium; Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium and Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium. 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 ...
Nov 28, 2021 · Princess de Réthy’s Köchert Emerald Brooch. November 28, 2021 ~ Saad719. Today marks the 105th Anniversary of the Birth of Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Réthy, who was born on this day in 1916! The commoner who controversially married the widowed King Leopold III of Belgium in house arrest during the Second World War, Princess ...
