Belgian branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

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royal dynasty royal house

The Belgian branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha is the royal dynasty that has provided Belgium’s monarchs since its establishment in the 19th century.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Belgian royal family	11

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	royal dynasty ⓘ royal house ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Belgian Saxe-Coburgs NERFINISHED ⓘ Belgian royal family NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithInstitution	Belgian monarchy NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithResidence	Castle of Laeken NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Palace of Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ
coatOfArms	Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Belgium ⓘ
currentHead	Philippe of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynasticOriginPlace	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicOrigin	Belgian ⓘ German ⓘ
firstMonarch	Leopold I of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	Leopold I of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundingDate	21 July 1831 ⓘ
foundingEvent	election of Leopold I as King of the Belgians ⓘ
foundingLocation	Brussels NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMonarch	Albert I of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Albert II of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Baudouin of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold I of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold II of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Leopold III of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippe of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
heirPresumptive	Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
houseNameChangeContext	World War I anti-German sentiment ⓘ
languageUsed	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ
linkedToEvent	Belgian independence ⓘ Royal Question in Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Prince Laurent of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Astrid of Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant NERFINISHED ⓘ
parentHouse	House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedHouse	British branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ Bulgarian branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startTime	1831 ⓘ
successionLaw	absolute primogeniture ⓘ
successionLawChangeYear	1991 ⓘ
titleHeld	King of the Belgians NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesDynasticName	Saxe-Coburg and Gotha NERFINISHED ⓘ
usesTerritorialName	of Belgium ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Onze-Lieve-Vrouwkerk van Laken → burialPlaceOf → Belgian branch of the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha ⓘ