List of Kings of the Belgians[edit]

Main article: List of Belgian monarchs

To date all have belonged to the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Their family tree is:
Leopold I
(1790 1865)
Prince of Saxe-Cobourg & Gotha
& Duke of Saxony,

1st King of the Belgians

18311865

Leopold II
(1835 1909)
2nd King of the Belgians
18651909

Prince Philippe
(1837 1905)
Count of Flanders

to 1869 after 1869

Albert I
(1875 1934)
3rd King of the Belgians
19091934

Prince Leopold
(18591869)
Duke of Brabant
Prince of Belgium

Prince Baudouin of Flanders

(18691891)
Prince of Belgium

(pre 1921) (post 1921)

family name changed to
"de Belgique"/"van Belgi"
all Saxon titles renounced

Leopold III
(1901 1983)
4th King of the Belgians

Prince Charles
(1903 1983)
Count of Flanders

19341951 (abdicated)

Prince Regent, 19441950

Albert II
(b. 1934)

Baudouin I
(1930 1993)
5th King of the Belgians
19511993

6th King of the Belgians

19932013 (abdicated)

The 1991 act of succession

created full cognatic primogeniture,
altering the order of succession
from eldest son to eldest child

Philippe I
(b. 1960)
7th King of the Belgians
2013present

Princess Astrid of Belgium

(b. 1962 )
Archduchess of Austria-Este

Prince Laurent of
Belgium
(b. 1963 )

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of

Brabant, Crown Princess
(b.2001)

Prince Gabriel of Belgium

(b.2003)

Prince Emmanuel
of Belgium
(b.2005)

Princess Elonore of Belgium

(b.2008)