Back بودوان الأول ملك بلجيكا Arabic بودوان الاول ملك بلجيكا ARZ Boduen (Belçika kralı) Azerbaijani بودوئن AZB Бадуэн I (кароль Бельгіі) Byelorussian Бодуен Bulgarian Baldoen Iañ a Velgia Breton Baldovin, kralj Belgijanaca BS Balduí de Bèlgica Catalan Baudouin I. Belgický Czech
| Baudouin | |||||
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 King Baudouin in 1960 | |||||
| King of the Belgians | |||||
| Reign | 17 July 1951 – 31 July 1993 | ||||
| Predecessor | Leopold III | ||||
| Successor | Albert II | ||||
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| Born | 7 September 1930 Château of Stuyvenberg, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium | ||||
| Died | 31 July 1993 (aged 62) Villa Astrida, Motril, Spain | ||||
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| 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 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.
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