Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium

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Princess Marie-Esméralda
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Born (1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 68)
Brussels, Belgium
Spouse Sir Salvador Moncada
Issue Alexandra Moncada
Leopoldo Moncada
Full name
French: Marie-Esméralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Leopold III of Belgium
Mother Lilian Baels

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Lady Moncada (Marie-Esméralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine, born 30 September 1956 in Laeken, Belgium) is a member of the Belgian Royal Family.

Family

She is the youngest child of the late Leopold III of Belgium and his second wife, Lilian Baels (known as Princess of Réthy).[1] Her full siblings are the late Prince Alexander of Belgium and Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium. Her half-siblings include the late King Baudouin of Belgium, Belgium's former monarch King Albert II, who is also Marie-Esméralda's godfather, and the late Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium (Grand Duchess of Luxembourg).

Personal life

Princess Marie-Esméralda is a journalist, writing under the name Esméralda de Réthy. She married Sir Salvador Moncada, a Honduran-British pharmacologist, in London on 4 April 1998. They have a daughter, Alexandra Leopoldine (born in London on 4 August 1998), and a son, Leopoldo Daniel (born in London on 21 May 2001).


Titles, styles, and honours

Styles of
Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium
State Coat of Arms of Belgium.svg
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Madame

Titles and styles

  • 30 September 1956 – 4 April 1998: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium
  • 4 April 1998 – present: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Lady Moncada

Ancestry

Family of Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Leopold I of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Louise-Marie of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Albert I of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Princess Josephine of Baden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Leopold III of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Ludovika of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Miguel of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Petrus Paulus Baels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Julius Ludovicus Baels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Barbara Francisca de Vos
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Henri Baels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Jean Baptiste Mauricx
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Delphina Alexandrina Mauricx
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Joanna Theresia Thuyn
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Mary Lilian Baels
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Charles Joseph de Visscher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. Adolphe Auguste De Visscher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Maria Geers
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Anne Marie De Visscher
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Jozef August Opsomer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Alice Victoria Céline Opsomer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Nathalia de Meulenaere
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. "H R H Princess Liliane of Belgium", Daily Telegraph, 10 June 2002. Retrieved 10 August 2014


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