Baudouin of Belgium

Baudouin
King Baudouin in 1960
King of the Belgians
Reign	17 July 1951 – 31 July 1993
Predecessor	Leopold III
Successor	Albert II
Prime 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 Château of Stuyvenberg, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died	31 July 1993(1993-07-31) (aged 62) Villa Astrida, Motril, Spain
Burial	Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Spouse	Fabiola de Mora y Aragón ​ ​ (m. 1960)​
Names Flemish: Boudewijn Albert Karel Leopold Axel Maria Gustaaf French: Baudouin Albert Charles Léopold Axel Marie Gustave German: Balduin Albrecht Karl Leopold Axel Maria Gustav
House	Belgium
Father	Leopold III of Belgium
Mother	Astrid of Sweden
Religion	Roman Catholicism

Baudouin^[a] (US: /boʊˈdwæ̃/;^[1][2] 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).

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.

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