Royal Crypt (Belgium)

The Royal Crypt is underneath the Church of Our Lady in Laeken and the members of the royal family are buried here. There are several members of the family who are buried elsewhere because they are married with foreign royalty or nobility.

Leopold I and Louise of Orléans
Leopold III, Astrid of Sweden and Lilian Baels
Albert I and Elisabeth of Bavaria

Tombs of family members

  1. Crown Prince Louis Philippe (24 July 1833 – 16 May 1834) - (Son of King Leopold I)
  2. Queen Louise of Orléans (3 April 1812 – 11 October 1850) - (Second wife of King Leopold I)
  3. King Leopold I (16 December 1790 – 10 December 1865)
  4. Crown Prince Leopold (12 June 1859 – 22 January 1869) - (Son of King Leopold II)
  5. Princess Joséphine (30 November 1870 – 18 January 1871) - (Daughter of Prince Philippe)
  6. Prince Baudouin (3 June 1869 – 23 January 1891) - (Son of Prince Philippe)
  7. Queen Marie Henriette (23 August 1836 – 19 September 1902) - (Wife of King Leopold II)
  8. Prince Philippe (24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905) - (Son of King Leopold I)
  9. King Leopold II (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909)
  10. Princess Marie (17 November 1845 – 26 November 1912) - (Wife of Prince Philippe)
  11. Empress Charlotte (7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927) - (Wife of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico, Daughter of King Leopold I)
  12. King Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934)
  13. Queen Astrid (17 November 1905 – 29 August 1935) - (First wife of King Leopold III)
  14. Queen Elisabeth (25 July 1876 – 23 November 1965) - (Wife of King Albert I)
  15. Prince Charles (10 October 1903 – 1 June 1983) - (Son of King Albert I)
  16. King Leopold III (3 November 1901 – 25 September 1983)
  17. Prince Leopold of Liechtenstein (20 May 1984 – 20 May 1984) - (Grandson of Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg, Princess of Belgium)
  18. King Baudouin (7 September 1930 – 31 July 1993)
  19. Princess Lilian (28 November 1916 – 7 June 2002) - (Second wife of King Leopold III)
  20. Prince Alexander (18 July 1942 – 29 November 2009) - (Son of King Leopold III) - In a chapel next to the real crypt.
  21. Queen Fabiola (11 June 1928 – 5 December 2014) - (wife of King Baudouin)

Coordinates: 50°52′45″N 4°21′20″E / 50.8791°N 4.3555°E / 50.8791; 4.3555

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