Astrid of Sweden

Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra, Princess of Sweden

Daughter of Karl Prince of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland and Ingeborg Princess of Danmark

Born: Stockholm 17. Nov 1905

Married: (civ.) Stockholm 4. Nov and (rel.) 10. Nov 1926 Léopold, Duc de Brabant, later King Léopold III of the Belgians (1901-1983), son of Albert I King of the Belgians (1875-1934) and Elisabeth Duchess in Bavaria (1876-1965)

Issue:

• Josephine Charlotte Princess of Belgium (1927-2005) m. 1953 Jean Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921)

• Baudouin I King of the Belgians (1930-1993) m. 1960 Doña Fabiola Mora y Aragón (1928)

• Albert II King of the Belgians (1934) m. 1959 Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria (1937)

Died: Küssnacht, Switzerland 29. Aug 1935 in an automobile accident

Buried: Église Notre-Dame de Laeken, Brussels

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol XVII, Starke Verlag 2004; Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000