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Fabiola began undertaking official engagements immediately, accompanying the king to lay a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier in
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Within hours the Royal Palace gates and enclosure were covered with flowers that people brought spontaneously. A viewing of the body was held at the Royal Palace in central
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Belgian government, as well as from Belgian companies with business interests in Katanga. King Baudouin strengthened his relationships with the Katangese politician
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Baudouin was nearly five, his mother died in 1935 in Switzerland in the accident of an automobile that his father was driving. Later, in 1941, his father remarried to
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of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms (the only foreign state funeral ever attended by her in person as monarch), as did Emperor
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Léopold III, sa famille, son peuple sous l'occupation
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459:, the elder son and second child of
3148:Lyons, Richard D. (1 August 1993).
2979:Sherer, Lindsey (16 January 2015).
2933:"List of the Knights of the Garter"
2579:. Belgian Monarchy Official Website
1722:Bintang Republik Indonesia Adipurna
24:
4748:Belgian expatriates in Switzerland
4683:
3974:Tsar Ferdinand I of the Bulgarians
3553:Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
3306:
2903:
2616:"Europe's Most Slandered Princess"
2190:Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
1922:Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
1803:Order of the Royal House of Chakri
1699:Asian and Middle-East distinctions
1183:Order of the White Rose of Finland
600:and the royal family lived at the
551:various Belgian Scout associations
25:
4889:
4778:Belgian people of Swedish descent
3600:Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
3375:, Royal museum for central Africa
3348:
2953:Montgomery, Paul (5 April 1990).
2930:
2100:Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
1837:Sovereign Military Order of Malta
1615:National Order of the Ivory Coast
1509:Grand Cross with Diamonds of the
1477:Extraordinary Grand Cross in the
1410:Stranger Knight Companion of the
1157:Grand Cross Special Class of the
832:In 1990, when a law submitted by
793:He was the 1,176th Knight of the
668:
510:during the opening months of the
4758:Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
4214:Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold
3741:Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3117:Purnell, Sonia (1 August 1993).
2688:Kroonenberg, Piet (1 May 2012).
2409:(Marshal of the Royal Household)
1897:Ancestors of Baudouin of Belgium
1865:
1853:
1841:
1830:
1808:
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1749:
1738:
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1704:
1689:
1681:
1673:
1661:
1653:
1642:
1630:
1626:Order of the Pioneers of Liberia
1619:
1608:
1596:
1584:
1572:
1564:
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1164:
1152:
1140:
1129:
1111:
1100:
1089:
1078:
1067:
676:
545:Leopold had established a royal
400:Democratic Republic of the Congo
363:
4688:Coat of arms of Duke of Brabant
3699:Royal Decree of 2 December 1991
3569:Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
3257:
3215:
3197:
3167:
3141:
3120:"King of Belgium dies in Spain"
3110:
3084:
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2856:
2829:
2817:. Mbokamosika. 20 December 2009
2807:
2789:
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2707:
2681:
2419:Jacques van Ypersele de Strihou
646:, during a 1964 visit to Israel
467:, and his first wife, Princess
255:
4619:Dukes and Duchesses of Brabant
3780:King Leopold I of the Belgians
3388:House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
3314:La fonction royale en Belgique
2906:"Society of the Golden Fleece"
2777:. Nieuwsblad.be. 21 April 2008
2672:
2630:
2607:
2591:
2569:
2554:Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary
2541:
2513:
2452:
1560:Order of Central African Merit
1388:Order of Isabella the Catholic
1034:and former American President
771:, Baudouin was accompanied by
409:Baudouin was the elder son of
13:
1:
4863:Knights of the Holy Sepulchre
4723:20th-century Belgian monarchs
3264:Wilsford, David, ed. (1995).
2529:(5th ed.). HarperCollins
2506:
1579:National Order of the Leopard
1424:Order of the Yugoslavian Star
1262:Order of the Netherlands Lion
951:Death, succession, and legacy
858:opposes all forms of abortion
652:Doña Fabiola de Mora y Aragón
438:
4788:20th-century Roman Catholics
2310:Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
2068:Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria
2042:Duke Karl Theodor in Bavaria
1885:Kings of Belgium family tree
1603:Order of the Equatorial Star
1591:Order of the Seal of Solomon
1386:Knight of the Collar in the
1374:Knight of the Collar in the
1043:Church of Our Lady of Laeken
1030:, Canadian Governor General
817:. Through the influence of
744:by Congolese Prime Minister
402:(known from 1971 to 1997 as
231:Church of Our Lady of Laeken
7:
4768:Alumni of Institut Le Rosey
3858:Crown Prince Louis Philippe
3543:Crown Prince Louis-Philippe
3373:Archive Baudouin of Belgium
3364:20th Century Press Archives
3291:. Oxford University Press.
3211:(7959): 12. 7 October 1970.
2985:Washington State University
2893:. 1 April 1969. p. 32.
2390:
1878:
1848:Order of the Holy Sepulchre
1813:Knight Grand Cordon in the
1455:Order of the Southern Cross
1431:Latin-American distinctions
1124:Other European distinctions
840:that liberalized Belgium's
838:Lucienne Herman-Michielsens
736:. The photograph, taken by
627:
532:Belgian government in exile
528:surrendered unconditionally
506:Despite maintaining strict
69:17 July 1951 – 31 July 1993
10:
4894:
3231:
2864:United Press International
2749:"Dona Fabiola in Brussels"
2694:crossoflaeken.blogspot.com
2614:White, Sam (3 July 1953).
2257:
2141:
2015:
1909:
1882:
1846:Knight Grand Cross of the
1756:Order of the Chrysanthemum
1709:Knight Grand Cross of the
1364:Order of the Golden Fleece
1260:Knight Grand Cross in the
1248:Knight Grand Cross in the
1228:Knight Grand Cross in the
1048:
795:Order of the Golden Fleece
631:
556:Immediately following the
32:Prince Baudouin of Belgium
29:
4681:
4625:
4514:
4465:
4440:
4424:
4412:
4405:
4380:
4359:
4343:
4327:
4320:
4290:
4274:
4253:
4232:
4206:
4165:
4158:
4133:
4112:
4076:
4055:
4019:
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3956:
3918:
3887:
3880:
3850:
3819:
3796:
3789:
3760:
3747:
3694:
3661:
3634:
3608:
3587:
3561:
3535:
3524:
3475:
3466:
3458:
3453:
3438:
3429:
3421:
3416:
3381:
2839:Speeches in World History
2342:Princess Louise of Sweden
2327:
2319:
2291:
2269:
2265:
2248:Princess Astrid of Sweden
2229:
2222:Princess Sophia of Nassau
2207:
2199:
2171:
2149:
2145:
2107:
2085:
2077:
2049:
2027:
2023:
1987:
1965:
1957:
1929:
1913:
1549:Order of Merit (Cameroon)
1085:Order of the African Star
854:has long been a formality
777:Prime Minister of Belgium
340:
330:
320:
308:
278:
273:
269:
237:
225:
207:
179:
175:
93:
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73:
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4351:Prince Johannes Heinrich
4037:Hereditary Prince Alfred
3068:Rowman & Littlefield
2713:Wilsford 1995, pp. 26-27
2636:Wilsford 1995, pp. 25-26
2445:
2397:Crown Council of Belgium
2284:Frederik VIII of Denmark
1815:Order of Chula Chom Klao
1780:Order of Merit (Lebanon)
1768:Grand Order of Mugunghwa
1511:Order of the Sun of Peru
1491:Order of the Aztec Eagle
1333:Sash of the Three Orders
1322:Military Order of Christ
943:and the Katangese rebel
788:King Baudouin Foundation
644:Fabiola de Mora y Aragón
618:referendum in March 1950
524:campaign lasting 18 days
497:Princess Marie-Esméralda
244:Fabiola de Mora y Aragón
4773:Belgian Roman Catholics
4738:Belgian anti-communists
4520:Baron Surlet de Chokier
4224:Prince Friedrich Josias
4099:Prince Joseph Ferdinand
3285:Conway, Martin (2012).
2724:"Baudouin Engaged 1960"
2431:King Baudouin Ice Shelf
1860:Supreme Order of Christ
1791:Order of King Abdulaziz
1720:Badge of honour of the
1711:Royal Order of Cambodia
1647:Grand Commander of the
1147:Bavarian Order of Merit
1096:Royal Order of the Lion
803:Supreme Order of Christ
642:Baudouin and his wife,
429:Childhood and accession
4689:
4084:Prince Leopold Clement
3238:Boulden, Jane (2001).
2912:. La Confrérie Amicale
2660:. The Belgian Monarchy
2496:
2479:
2462:
2006:Leopold III of Belgium
1822:Religious distinctions
1522:Order of the Liberator
1298:Military Order of Aviz
1250:Order of Saint-Charles
1063:
1016:Richard von Weizsacker
963:
813:Baudouin was a devout
721:
647:
578:106th Cavalry Regiment
449:Château of Stuyvenberg
444:
325:Leopold III of Belgium
193:Château of Stuyvenberg
4708:Belgian royal princes
4687:
4094:Prince August Leopold
4047:Duke Charles Edward I
3518:Belgian royal princes
3060:Prados, John (2006).
1400:Order of the Seraphim
1286:Order of Prince Henry
1206:Order of the Redeemer
1171:Order of the Elephant
1061:
1010:, Egyptian President
996:Boutros Boutros-Ghali
972:mitral valve prolapse
958:
742:a blistering response
711:
641:
436:
142:Paul Vanden Boeynants
53:King Baudouin in 1960
4104:Prince Ludwig Gaston
4089:Prince Pedro Augusto
4027:Prince Albert Victor
3969:Prince Ludwig August
3528:Leopold I of Belgium
3469:King of the Belgians
3393:Cadet branch of the
3383:Baudouin of Belgium
3340:H. le Paige (dir.),
3185:on 19 September 2008
3126:The Sunday Telegraph
1635:Grand Cordon of the
1577:Grand Cordon in the
1529:African distinctions
1376:Order of Charles III
1284:Grand Collar in the
1072:Grand Cordon in the
1054:Belgian distinctions
1028:Oscar Luigi Scalfaro
1026:, Italian President
1022:, Bosnian President
866:Belgian Constitution
819:Leo Cardinal Suenens
809:Religious influences
765:Dwight D. Eisenhower
392:King of the Belgians
60:King of the Belgians
4508:Monarchs of Belgium
3326:Kardinaal Suenens,
3270:. Greenwood Press.
3040:militaryarchives.ie
2931:Velde, François R.
2425:Pierre-Yves Monette
2421:(private secretary)
2415:(private secretary)
2126:Baudouin of Belgium
1948:Albert I of Belgium
1778:Grand Cross in the
1731:Grand Cross in the
1666:Grand Cross in the
1637:Order of the Throne
1624:Grand Cross of the
1613:Crand Cross of the
1601:Grand Cross of the
1558:Grand Cross in the
1547:Grand Cross in the
1453:Grand Cross in the
1441:Grand Cross in the
1412:Order of the Garter
1353:Order of San Marino
1351:Grand Cross in the
1320:Grand Cross in the
1308:Grand Cross in the
1296:Grand Cross in the
1272:Grand Cross in the
1218:Order of the Falcon
1216:Grand Cross in the
1204:Grand Cross in the
1192:Grand Cross in the
1181:Grand Cross in the
1118:Order of Leopold II
1116:Grand Cross in the
1105:Grand Cross in the
1094:Grand Cross in the
1083:Grand Cross in the
1018:, Polish President
1014:, German President
1008:François Mitterrand
1006:, French President
1000:European Commission
799:Order of the Garter
602:Château du Reposoir
473:Albert I of Belgium
4728:People from Laeken
4690:
4240:Prince Luís Filipe
3443:Title next held by
3209:Slobodna Dalmacija
3154:The New York Times
2959:The New York Times
2891:The New York Times
2678:Conway 2012, p. 29
2618:. Pittsburgh Press
2597:Cleeremans, Jean.
2164:Oscar II of Sweden
1649:Order of the Niger
1422:Great Star of the
1134:Grand Star in the
1107:Order of the Crown
1064:
964:
767:in March 1969. At
722:
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648:
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3485:
3484:
3476:Succeeded by
3344:, Brussels, 1994.
3025:, pp. 35–37.
2904:Herold, Stephen.
2868:American Heritage
2802:978-3-525-30012-1
2557:. Merriam-Webster
2387:
2386:
2383:
2382:
1766:Recipient of the
1668:Order of the Lion
1310:Order of Santiago
1274:Order of St. Olav
1145:Recipient of the
1024:Alija Izetbegovic
769:Kennedy's funeral
757:Charles de Gaulle
706:
705:
558:Normandy landings
489:Mary Lilian Baels
350:
349:
345:Roman Catholicism
304:
303:
122:Achille Van Acker
16:(Redirected from
4885:
4763:House of Belgium
4753:Dukes of Brabant
4743:Belgian monarchs
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4557:
4523:
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4325:
4324:
4308:Prince Alexandre
4173:King Edward VIII
4163:
4162:
4141:King Leopold III
4017:
4016:
3943:Infante Fernando
3885:
3884:
3794:
3793:
3774:Prince Ferdinand
3734:
3727:
3720:
3711:
3710:
3626:Prince Alexandre
3595:King Leopold III
3511:
3504:
3497:
3488:
3487:
3459:Preceded by
3422:Preceded by
3412:
3405:
3404:7 September 1930
3379:
3378:
3316:, Brussels, 1979
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3175:"Z.M. BOUDEWIJN"
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1869:
1857:
1845:
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1733:Order of Pahlavi
1730:
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1194:Legion of Honour
1191:
1180:
1168:
1156:
1144:
1133:
1115:
1104:
1093:
1082:
1074:Order of Leopold
1071:
941:Mobutu Sese Seko
933:Jawaharlal Nehru
917:Mobutu Sese Seko
902:Order of Leopold
893:Katanga Province
862:Wilfried Martens
823:Renewal Movement
773:Paul-Henri Spaak
701:
698:
680:
673:
656:Palace of Laeken
540:prisoners of war
536:Palace of Laeken
512:Second World War
493:Prince Alexandre
475:was killed in a
469:Astrid of Sweden
443:
440:
415:Astrid of Sweden
411:King Leopold III
389:
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335:Astrid of Sweden
271:
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190:7 September 1930
189:
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167:Jean-Luc Dehaene
157:Wilfried Martens
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4453:Prince Emmanuel
4436:
4420:
4418:Prince Hubertus
4397:
4388:King Philippe I
4376:
4355:
4339:
4312:
4298:King Baudouin I
4286:
4270:
4249:
4228:
4219:Prince Hubertus
4202:
4198:Prince Alastair
4150:
4129:
4108:
4072:
4051:
4004:
3995:Prince Baudouin
3978:
3952:
3948:Infante Augusto
3914:
3895:King Edward VII
3872:
3868:Prince Philippe
3863:King Leopold II
3846:
3815:
3785:
3756:
3743:
3738:
3708:
3703:
3690:
3674:Prince Emmanuel
3657:
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3583:
3574:Prince Baudouin
3557:
3548:King Leopold II
3531:
3520:
3515:
3481:
3472:
3464:
3444:
3435:
3432:Duke of Brabant
3427:
3406:
3400:
3399:
3396:House of Wettin
3391:
3384:
3351:
3330:, Leuven, 1995.
3323:, Leuven, 1997.
3309:
3307:Other languages
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2654:"King Baudouin"
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2577:"King Baudouin"
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1701:
1531:
1479:Order of Boyacá
1433:
1126:
1056:
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976:24 Hours of Spa
953:
921:Rajeshwar Dayal
886:Patrice Lumumba
878:
834:Roger Lallemand
827:Paray-le-Monial
811:
761:John F. Kennedy
746:Patrice Lumumba
734:Ambroise Boimbo
716:and First Lady
702:
696:
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686:needs expansion
671:
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606:Pregny-Chambésy
481:Duke of Brabant
465:Duke of Brabant
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117:Jean Van Houtte
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