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  1. Baudouin (left) and his brother Albert, c. 1940. Prince Baudouin was born on 7 September 1930 at the Château of Stuyvenberg in Laeken, northern Brussels, the elder son and second child of Prince Leopold, then Duke of Brabant, and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden. In 1934, Baudouin's grandfather King Albert I of Belgium was killed in a ...

  2. Learn about the life and achievements of King Baudouin, the fifth King of the Belgians who ruled from 1951 to 1960. Find out how he faced the challenges of the post-war period, such as the schools issue, the Congo crisis and the linguistic frontier, and how he married Queen Fabiola in 1951.

  3. Mar 8, 2024 · 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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  4. 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 ...

  5. 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 southern ...

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  7. Baudouin ( US: / boʊˈdwæ̃ /; 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 1971-1997 as Zaire ).

  8. Jul 31, 2023 · A tribute to the life and legacy of King Baudouin, who died in 1993 at the age of 62 from cardiac arrest in Spain. The article covers his achievements, controversies, and legacy in Belgium and the world. It also highlights the 30th anniversary of his death and the events that followed.

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