Leopold III of Belgium

E38679

King of the Belgians human

Leopold III of Belgium was the King of the Belgians from 1934 to 1951, whose controversial conduct during World War II led to a national crisis and his eventual abdication.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	King of the Belgians → human →
abdicatingMonarch	true →
alsoSpokeLanguage	Dutch → German →
birthName	Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel →
burialPlace	Royal Crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken →
capturedBy	Nazi Germany →
child	Albert II of Belgium → Baudouin of Belgium → Prince Alexandre of Belgium → Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium → Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium → Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium →
countryOfCitizenship	Belgium →
dateOfAbdication	1951-07-16 →
dateOfBirth	1901-11-03 →
dateOfDeath	1983-09-25 →
educatedAt	Eton College →
familyName	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →
father	Albert I of Belgium →
givenName	Leopold →
honor	Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold → Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece →
house	House of Belgium → House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha →
militaryRank	general →
monarchOf	Belgium →
mother	Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium →
nativeLanguage	French →
notableEvent	Belgian royal question → World War II →
placeOfBirth	Brussels → Kingdom of Belgium →
placeOfDeath	Belgium → Brussels-Capital Region → Woluwe-Saint-Lambert →
positionHeld	King of the Belgians →
predecessor	Albert I of Belgium →
reasonForAbdication	political crisis over conduct during World War II →
reignEnd	1951-07-16 →
reignStart	1934-02-23 →
religion	Roman Catholic Church →
spouse	Astrid of Sweden → Lilian Baels →
succeededBy	Baudouin of Belgium →
successor	Baudouin of Belgium →
title	Duke of Brabant →
wasPrisonerOfWar	true →

Referenced by (9)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Albert II of Belgium → King Baudouin of Belgium →	father
Boulevard Léopold III → Boulevard Léopold III, 1110 Brussels, Belgium →	namedAfter
Albert I of Belgium →	child
House of Belgium →	hasMember
Duke of Brabant →	notableHolder
King Baudouin of Belgium →	predecessor
Albert I of Belgium →	successor