Baudouin of Belgium

King of the Belgians

7 September 1930 Stuyvenberg Castle, Laeken, Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium

31 July 1993(1993-07-31) (62) Villa Astrida, Motril, Kingdom of Spain

NamesDutch: Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria Gustaaf French: Baudouin Albert Charles Léopold Axel Marie Gustave German: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Marie Gustav

King of Belgium from 1951 to 1993"Baudouin" redirects here. For other uses, see Baudouin (disambiguation). "Boudewijn" redirects here. For other uses, see Boudewijn (given name). King of the Belgians BaudouinKing Baudouin in 1960King of the BelgiansReign17 July 1951 – 31 July 1993PredecessorLeopold IIISuccessorAlbert IIPrime ministers See list Joseph Pholien Jean Van Houtte Achille Van Acker Gaston Eyskens Théo Lefèvre Pierre Harmel Paul Vanden Boeynants Edmond Leburton Leo Tindemans Wilfried Martens Mark Eyskens Jean-Luc Dehaene Born(1930-09-07 ) 7 September 1930 Stuyvenberg Castle, Laeken, Brussels, Kingdom of BelgiumDied31 July 1993(1993-07-31) (aged 62) Villa Astrida, Motril, Kingdom of SpainBurialChurch of Our Lady of LaekenSpouseDoña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón ​ ​(m. 1960 )​HouseBelgiumFatherLeopold III of BelgiumMotherAstrid of SwedenReligionRoman Catholicism Baudouin (US: /b oʊ ˈ d w æ̃ / ; 7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993) was King of the Belgians from 1951 until his death in 1993. He was the last Belgian king to be sovereign of the Congo. Baudouin was the elder son of King Leopold III (1901–1983) and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935). Because he and his wife, Queen Fabiola, had no children, at Baudouin's death the crown passed to his younger brother, King Albert II.