Prince Charles, Count of Flanders

Prince Charles
Count of Flanders
The Count of Flanders c. 1944
Regent of Belgium
Regency	20 September 1944 – 20 July 1950
Monarch	Leopold III
Born	(1903-10-10)10 October 1903 Brussels, Belgium
Died	1 June 1983(1983-06-01) (aged 79) Raversijde, Belgium
Burial	Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Spouse	Jacqueline Peyrebrune
Issue	Isabelle
Names French: Charles Théodore Henri Antoine Meinrad Dutch: Karel Theodoor Hendrik Anton Meinrad
House	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (until 1920) House of Belgium (1920 onwards)
Father	Albert I of Belgium
Mother	Elisabeth of Bavaria

Prince Charles, Count of Flanders (Dutch: Karel, German: Karl; 10 October 1903 – 1 June 1983) was a member of the Belgian royal family who served as regent of Belgium from 1944 until 1950, while a judicial commission investigated his elder brother, King Leopold III of Belgium, as to whether he betrayed the Allies of World War II by an allegedly premature surrender in 1940 and collaboration with the Nazis during the occupation of Belgium. Charles' regency ended when Leopold was allowed to return to Belgium. Shortly after returning and resuming his monarchical duties, Leopold abdicated in favour of his son, Baudouin.

During the Second World War Charles was known as General du Boc, in order to hide his identity for security reasons. He had an association with RAF Hullavington where many top officers from Allied nations were based or transported to and from.^[1]