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Marie Henriette of Austria
21 November 2006 - 12:37 @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Henriette_of_Austria
Marie Henriette of Austria
Queen of the Belgians
Titles HM The Queen of the Belgians (1865-1902)
HRH The Duchess of Brabant (1853-1865)
HI&RH Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria (1836-1853)
Born August 23, 1836
Budapest, Hungary
Died September 20, 1902
Spa, Belgium)
Consort December 10, 1865 - September 20, 1902
Consort to Léopold II
Issue Louise Marie, Léopold, Stéphanie, Clémentine
Royal House House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Archduke Josef of Austria
Mother Princess Marie Dorothée of Württemberg

Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians (Princess Imperial & Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary & Bohemia) (August 23, 1836, Pest, now Budapest, Hungary - September 20, 1902, Spa, Belgium) was the queen consort of King Léopold II of Belgium.

She was a daughter of Archduke Josef of Austria and Princess Marie Dorothée of Württemberg. When she was 17 she married 18 year old Prince Léopold of Belgium, the heir to the throne, on August 22, 1853.

They had four children:

  • Princess Louise Marie of Belgium (1858-1924)
  • Prince Léopold of Belgium (1859-1869)
  • Princess Stéphanie of Belgium (1864-1945)
  • Princess Clémentine of Belgium (1872-1955)

This article was originally based on this one from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Henriette_of_Austria .
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