Monarchy of Belgium

Monarchy in Belgium is constitutional and popular in nature. The monarch is the head of state. The Monarch is officially called King of the Belgians. The current leader is Philippe I. Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the first King of the Belgians. To date all have belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.

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from: start till: 1831 color:regent text:"Erasme Louis Surlet de Chokier" fontsize:5
from: 1831 till: 1865 color:king text:"Leopold I" fontsize:10
from: 1865 till: 1909 color:king text:"Leopold II" fontsize:10
from: 1909 till: 1934 color:king text:"Albert I" fontsize:10
from: 1934 till: 1951 color:king text:"Leopold III" fontsize:10
from: 1944 till: 1951 color:regent shift:(25,-4) text:"Charles" fontsize:5
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from: 2013 till: end color:king text:"Philippe I" fontsize:10

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List

This is a list of Belgian monarchs since 1831.

House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

#	Name	Portrait	Birth and death	Reign started	Reign ended	Marriages	Succession right
1	Leopold I	File:Saksen-Koburg Leopold-2a.jpeg	16 December 1790 Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld – 10 December 1865 Laeken (aged 74)	21 July 1831	10 December 1865	(1) Princess Charlotte 2 May 1816 [1 child (stillborn)] (2) Queen Louise 9 August 1832 [4 children]
2	Leopold II	File:Leopold ii garter knight.jpg	9 April 1835 Brussels – 17 December 1909 Laeken (aged 74)	17 December 1865	17 December 1909	Queen Marie-Henriette 22 August 1853 [4 children]	Son of Leopold I
3	Albert I	File:Albert I Koning der Belgen.jpg	8 April 1875 Brussels – 17 February 1934 Marche-les-Dames (aged 58)	23 December 1909	17 February 1934	Queen Elisabeth 2 October 1900 [3 children]	Nephew of Leopold II
4	Leopold III	File:Leopold III w 1926.JPG	3 November 1901 Brussels – 25 September 1983 Woluwe-Saint-Lambert (aged 81)	23 February 1934	16 July 1951 (abdicated)	(1) Queen Astrid 4 November 1926 [3 children] (2) Princess Lilian 6 December 1941 [3 children]	Son of Albert I
—	Prince Charles Regent for Leopold III	File:Wappen Deutsches Reich - Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha (Grosses).png	10 October 1903 Brussels – 1 June 1983 Ostend (aged 79)	20 September 1944	20 July 1950	Unmarried [childless]	Son of Albert I / Brother of Leopold III
5	Baudouin	File:Baudouin of Belgium 1969.jpg	7 September 1930 Laeken – 31 July 1993 Motril (Spain) (aged 62)	17 July 1951	31 July 1993	Queen Fabiola 15 December 1960 [childless]	Son of Leopold III
6	Albert II	File:Albert II, King of Belgium.jpg	(1934-06-06) 6 June 1934 Laeken	9 August 1993	21 July 2013	Queen Paola 2 July 1959 [3 children]	Son of Leopold III / Brother of Baudouin
7	Philippe I	File:Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant cropped.jpg	(1960-04-15) 15 April 1960, Laeken	21 July 2013	Present	Queen Mathilde 2 July 1959 [4 children]	Son of Albert II/