HM King Baudoin I, King of Belgium
✶ 7 September 1930 at the Palace of Stuyvenberg, Brussels
✟ 31 July 1993 in Villa Astrid, Montril at Malaga, Spain
Appointed
The Royal Palace of Stockholm 17 July 1951
Assigned the collar 6 May 1964
motto
L’union fait la force (Unity gives strenght)
shield
Painted 1968 by David Friefeldt. Date of death added 1993 by Bengt Olof Kälde.
other awards
None
Biography
Oldest son of King Léopold III of Belgium.
Regent 1950
Succeeded his father as King at his abdikation 1951.
Assigned the collar in conjunction with his state visit to Sweden.
Placement
