General Notes

Baudouin I, b. Sept. 7, 1930, d. July 31, 1993, was the oldest son of King
Leopold III and Queen Astrid and the fifth king of the Belgians.  On Aug. 11,
1950, the Belgian parliament granted him royal prerogatives, as regent, and
after his father's abdication on July 16, 1951, Baudouin took the oath as
king.  On Dec. 15, 1960, in Brussels, he wed a Spanish noblewoman, Fabiola de
Mora y Aragon.  The couple was childless.  On Baudouin's death his brother
Albert assumed the throne.