Princess Marie-Esméralda 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

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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.

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]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Royal House of Belgium

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