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List of Belgian royal consorts

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As spouses of popular monarchs, all wives of Belgian monarchs have been titled Queen of the Belgians and styled Majesty, with the exception of Leopold III of Belgium's second wife Mary Lilian Baels, who was styled Princess of Belgium and Princess of Réthy. Widows and wives of former kings are styled Queen of Belgium instead. All monarchs so far have been male, so there have only been female consorts.

Picture Name Father Birth Marriage Became Consort Ceased to be Consort Death Spouse
Louise of Orléans Louis Philippe I, King of the French
(Orléans)
3 April 1812 9 August 1832 11 October 1850 Leopold I
Marie Henriette of Austria Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary
(Habsburg-Lorraine)
23 August 1836 22 August 1853 17 December 1865
husband's ascension
19 September 1902 Leopold II
Elisabeth of Bavaria Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
25 July 1876 2 October 1900 23 December 1909
husband's ascension
17 February 1934
husband's death
23 November 1965 Albert I
Astrid of Sweden Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
(Bernadotte)
17 November 1905 4 November 1926 23 February 1934
husband's ascension
29 August 1935 Leopold III
Lilian Baels, Princess of Réthy Henri Baels 28 November 1916 6 December 1941 16 July 1951
husband's abdication
7 June 2002
Fabiola de Mora y Aragón Gonzalo de Mora y Fernández, Riera y del Olmo, 4th Marquess of Casa Riera, 2nd Count of Mora
(Casa Riera)
11 June 1928 15 December 1960 31 July 1993
husband's death
5 December 2014 Baudouin
File:HM Queen Paola, Princess of Belgium.jpg Paola Ruffo di Calabria Prince Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke of Guardia Lombarda
(Ruffo di Calabria)
11 September 1937 2 July 1959 9 August 1993
husband's ascension
21 July 2013
husband's abdication
Albert II
Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz
(d'Udekem d'Acoz family)
20 January 1973 4 December 1999 21 July 2013
husband's ascension
present Philippe

See also