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Baudouin of Belgium

1930 - 1993

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Baudouin (US: ; 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 to 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. In 2024, the Holy See opened the cause for his beatification, which gave him the posthumous title "Servant of God". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Baudouin of Belgium is the 943rd most popular politician (down from 680th in 2019), the 34th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 27th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Belgian Politician.

Baudouin of Belgium is most famous for being the king of Belgium from 1993-2013.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Baudouin of Belgium ranks 943 out of 19,576. Before him are Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy, Jerome Powell, Sargon II, Isabella II of Spain, Halime Sultan, and John III of Sweden. After him are Thutmose II, Ahab, Albert I of Belgium, Emperor Gaozu of Tang, Rashid-al-Din Hamadani, and Kliment Voroshilov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Baudouin of Belgium ranks 21. Before him are Steve McQueen, Mobutu Sese Seko, Antony Armstrong-Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, Jean-Luc Godard, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, and Ray Charles. After him are Pete Conrad, John Young, Buzz Aldrin, Ed White, Jean-Louis Trintignant, and Tu Youyou. Among people deceased in 1993, Baudouin of Belgium ranks 7. Before him are Pablo Escobar, Audrey Hepburn, Federico Fellini, Ferruccio Lamborghini, Rudolf Nureyev, and James Hunt. After him are William Golding, Erich Hartmann, Frank Zappa, Turgut Özal, Zviad Gamsakhurdia, and Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Baudouin of Belgium ranks 34 out of 1,190. Before him are Eddy Merckx (1945), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), César Franck (1822), Jules Bordet (1870), Abraham Ortelius (1527), and Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480). After him are Albert I of Belgium (1875), Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), Georges Lemaître (1894), and William III of the Netherlands (1817).

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Among POLITICIANS In Belgium

Among politicians born in Belgium, Baudouin of Belgium ranks 12. Before him are Leopold II of Belgium (1835), Mary of Burgundy (1457), Auguste Beernaert (1829), Albert II of Belgium (1934), Leopold III of Belgium (1901), and Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy (1480). After him are Albert I of Belgium (1875), Mary of Hungary (1505), Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor (1697), Eleanor of Austria (1498), William III of the Netherlands (1817), and Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864).

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