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Princess Marie-Esméralda
HRH Princess Marie-Esmeralda of Belgium, Mrs Moncada.jpg
Spouse Sir Salvador Moncada
Issue
Alexandra Moncada
Leopoldo Moncada
Full name
French: Marie-Esméralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine
House House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Leopold III of Belgium
Mother Lilian Baels
Born (1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 56)
Brussels, Belgium
Belgian Royal Family
Greater Coat of Arms of Belgium.svg

HM The King
HM The Queen



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

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Family [edit]

She is the youngest child of the late Leopold III of Belgium and his second wife Lilian Baels (known as Princess of Réthy). 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 current 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 [edit]

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).

The last decade Princess Marie-Esmeralda seems to be on a quest keeping the memory alive of both her parents. She has participated in documentaries romancing her father King Leopold III and her mother, the Princess of Réthy.

Ancestry [edit]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 [edit]

External links [edit]

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Prinses Maria Esmeralda leaving Ostend in stormy weather (1986)

Prinses Maria Esmeralda leaving Ostend for Dover in stormy weather (1986)

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de princesse marie christine op zee in 1990.

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Oefening aan boord van de ferry Prinses Marie-Christine.

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Storm 10 02 '09

Schade door storm bij springtij blijft beperkt toch was er schade aan de vistrap en was de dijk gebarsten thv het aquarium museum.

Sultan on "Pour la Gloire" in 2002

My first time on television. It was a contest organized by the RTBF (National Belgian Television).

 
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