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     Philippe Léopold Louis Marie de Belgique, Roi des Belges was born on 15 April 1960 at Château de Belvédère, Brussels, Belgium^G.¹ He is the son of Albert II, Roi des Belges and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria, dei Principi Ruffo des Calabria. He married Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, daughter of Comte Patrick Paul François Marie Ghislain d'Udekem d'Acoz and Countess Anna Maria Komorowska, on 4 December 1999.
     He gained the title of Prince Philippe de Belgique.¹ He succeeded as the Roi Philippe des Belges on 21 July 2013.²

     Astrid Josephine-Charlotte de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique was born on 5 June 1962 at Château de Belvédère, Brussels, Belgium^G.¹ She is the daughter of Albert II, Roi des Belges and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria, dei Principi Ruffo des Calabria. She married Lorenz Otto Erzherzog von Österreich, son of Robert Karl Erzherzog von Österreich and Margerita di Savoia-Aoste, Principessa di Savoia, on 22 September 1984.
     She gained the title of Princesse Astrid de Belgique.¹ She was given the name of Astrid Josephine-Charlotte Fabriza Elisabeth Paola Marie at birth.

     Laurent Benoît Baudouin Marie de Belgique, Prince de Belgique was born on 19 October 1963 at Château de Belvédère, Brussels, Belgium^G.¹ He is the son of Albert II, Roi des Belges and Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria, dei Principi Ruffo des Calabria. He married Claire Coombs on 12 April 2003 at Brussels, Belgium^G.²
     He was a member of the House of Wettin. He gained the title of Prince Laurent de Belgique.¹

     Gertrud Erzherzogin von Österreich was born on 19 November 1900 at Schloss Wallsee, Austria^G. She was the daughter of Franz Salvator Erzherzog von Österreich and Marie Valerie Erzherzogin von Österreich.¹ She married Georg Julius Kaspar Konrad Graf von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg on 29 December 1931 at Bad Ischl, Austria^G. She died on 20 December 1962 at age 62 at Ravensburg, Wurttemberg, Germany^G.

     Mary Liliane Baëls was born on 28 November 1916 at Highbury, London, England^G.² She is the daughter of Henri Baëls and Anne Marie de Visscher.² She married Léopold III, Roi des Belges, son of Albert I, Roi des Belges and Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie Herzogin in Bayern, on 6 December 1941 at Château de Laeken, Brussels, Belgium^G, in a civil marriage.² Mary Liliane and Léopold III were also married in a religious ceremony on 11 September 1941 at Château de Laeken, Brussels, Belgium^G.³
     After her marriage, Mary Liliane Baëls was styled as Princess Mary de Rethy on 11 September 1941.²

     Alexandre Emmanuel de Belgique, Prince de Belgique was born on 18 July 1942 at Château de Laeken, Brussels, Belgium^G.¹ He was the son of Léopold III, Roi des Belges and Mary Liliane Baëls.² He married Lea Wolman in 1991 at London, England^G.³ He died on 29 November 2009 at age 67, from an acute lung-emboly.³
     He was a member of the House of Wettin. He gained the title of Prince Alexandre de Belgique.¹ He gained the title of Prince Alexandre de Rethy.¹ He was given the name of Alexandre Emmanuel Henri Albert Marie Léopold at birth.²

     Marie Christine de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique was born on 6 February 1951 at Château de Laeken, Brussels, Belgium^G.¹ She is the daughter of Léopold III, Roi des Belges and Mary Liliane Baëls.² She married, firstly, Paul Druker on 23 May 1981 at Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.^G. She and Paul Druker were divorced in July 1981.³ She married, secondly, Jean Paul Gourgue on 28 September 1989 at Westwood, California, U.S.A.^G.
     She was a member of the House of Wettin. She gained the title of Princess Marie Christine de Belgique.¹ She gained the title of Princess Marie Christine de Rethy.¹ She was given the name of Marie-Christine Daphné Astrid Elisabeth Léopoldine at birth.²

     Marie Esmeralda de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique was born on 30 September 1956 at Château de Laeken, Brussels, Belgium^G.¹ She is the daughter of Léopold III, Roi des Belges and Mary Liliane Baëls. She married Salvador Enrique Moncada in April 1998 at London, England^G.²
     She was a member of the House of Wettin. She was given the name of Marie Esmeralda Adélaïde Lilian Anne Léopoldine at birth.³ She gained the title of Princess Marie-Esmeralda de Rethy.¹ She gained the title of Princess Marie-Esmeralda de Belgique.¹ From April 1998, her married name became Moncada.²

     Paul Druker was born in 1938 at Montreal, Quebec, Canada^G.¹ He married Marie Christine de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique, daughter of Léopold III, Roi des Belges and Mary Liliane Baëls, on 23 May 1981 at Coral Gables, Florida, U.S.A.^G. He and Marie Christine de Belgique, Princesse de Belgique were divorced in July 1981.¹

     Auguste Wilhelmine Prinzessin von Hessen-Darmstadt was born on 14 April 1765 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany^G.² She was the daughter of Georg Wilhelm Landgraf von Hessen-Darmstadt and Marie Luise Gräfin zu Leiningen-Dagsburg-Heidesheim.³ She married Maximilian IV (I) Joseph König von Bayern, son of Friedrich Michael Pfalzgraf von Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld and Maria Franziska Dorothea Pfalzgräfin von Sulzbach, on 30 September 1785 at Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany^G.² She died on 30 March 1796 at age 30 at near Heidelberg, Baden-Württemburg, Germany.²
     She gained the title of Prinzessin Wilhelmine von Hessen-Darmstadt.¹