Astrid, Queen of the Belgians (November 17, 1905 - August 29, 1935) was the Queen consort of Léopold III of the Belgians. Princess Astrid of Sweden was born on November 17, 1905. She was the youngest daughter of Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Västergötland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark. Astrid's paternal grandfather was King Oscar II of Sweden and her maternal grandfather was King Frederick VIII of Denmark.

Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Maire Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges, Count of Flanders was the third born (but second surviving) son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise Marie d'Orleans (1812-1850). He was born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium. He was created Count of Flanders on 14 December1840. On 25 April1867 at Berlin, he married Marie Luise Alexandra Caroline, Princess of Hohenzollern, (1845-1912), …

In 1950, his regency ended when Leopold III cou

Louis VI the Roman (May 7, 1328 - May 17, 1365) was the first son of Emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and a member of the House of Wittelsbach. Louis VI was Duke of Bavaria (1347-1365) and Margrave of Brandenburg (1351-1365). He also served as Prince-elector of Brandenburg since 1356. Louis was born at Rome when his parents travelled there for his father's coronation.

Duke Stephen II of Bavaria (1319-13 May 1375, Landshut) (German: "Stephan II mit der Hafte, Herzog von Bayern"), since 1347 Duke of Bavaria. He was the second son of Emperor Louis IV and Beatrix von Silesia-Glogau and a member of the Wittelsbach dynasty. When his father died in 1347, Stephen succeeded him as Duke of Bavaria and Count of Holland and Hainaut together with his five brothers.

William I, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (Frankfurt am Main, May 12 1330 - April 15 1389, Le Quesnoy), was the second son of the emperor Louis IV the Bavarian from his second wife Margaret of Holland and Hainaut. He was also known as William V, Count of Holland, as William III, Count of Hainaut and as William IV, Count of Zeeland. In 1345 William's father was conferring Hainaut, Holland, …

Jean De Bast is a Belgian postage stamps draughtsman and engraver. After a very complete artistic training (drawing, painting, engraving ...), he joined in 1907 the National Postage Stamps Printing-house in Mechelen. Going up step by step in the hierarchy, he finished there his career in 1945, as a senior foreman. His first works in philately are, in 1919, the drawing of the famous series “Helmeted King” and, in 1922, …

Leopold III (November 3, 1901 – September 25, 1983) reigned as King of the Belgians from 1934 until 1951, when he abdicated in favour of his Heir Apparent, his son Baudouin. Leopold III was born in Brussels as Prince Leopold of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony, and succeeded to the throne of Belgium on February 23, 1934 on the death of his father, King Albert I.

Albrecht I of Habsburg (July 1255 - May 1, 1308), sometimes named as Albert I, was King of Germany, Duke of Austria, and eldest son of German King Rudolph I of Habsburg and Gertrude of Hohenburg. The founder of the great house of Habsburg was invested with the duchies of Austria and Styria, together with his brother Rudolph II, in 1282. In 1283 his father entrusted him with their sole government, and he appears to have ruled them with conspicuous success.

Duke Rudolph II of Austria, titular "Duke of Swabia" (1270-May 10, 1290) was the younger son of Rudolph of Habsburg, from 1273 King of the Romans, and Gertrude of Hohenburg. In December 1282 he became Duke of Austria and Styria jointly with his brother Albert I. However, in the Treaty of Rheinfelden (June 1, 1283) he had to waive his share. He married 1289 Agnes of Bohemia (1269-96), daughter of Otakar II of Bohemia and had one son John.

Albert I was the third King of the Belgians. Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels, he was the younger son of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and succeeded his uncle, Leopold II of Belgium, on the throne on December 17, 1909. His grandfather, Leopold I, had been the first King of the Belgians, and his aunt, the first princess of Belgium, was Empress Carlota of Mexico.

Duke William II of Bavaria-Straubing was also count William VI of Holland, count William IV of Hainaut and count William V of Zeeland. He ruled from 1404 to his death in 1417. William was a son of Albert I and married to Margaret, sister of John the Fearless. William, allied with the Hooks, was in conflict with his father until 1394. In 1404 he succeeded him as Count of Holland, …

Otto the Merry (July 23, 1301 - February 17, 1339) was a Duke of Austria and the youngest son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol. Otto was born in Vienna. He had two brothers, namely Frederick the Handsome and Albert II. From 1330 onwards, he ruled jointly with Albert. After the death of Henry of Carinthia, Emperor Louis the Bavarian gave Carinthia and the southern part of the Tyrol as an imperial fief on May 2, 1335, in Linz.

Rudolf I of Habsburg was King of Bohemia (1306–1307), Duke of Austria (as Rudolph III), and titular King of Poland 1306–1307. He was the son of Albert I of Germany and Elisabeth of Tirol. On May 25, 1300, he married Blanche, daughter of Philip III of France by his second wife Maria of Brabant. Their only daughter died young, and Blanche herself died in 1305.

John III the Pitiless, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing of the House of Wittelsbach was first bishop of Liège 1389-1418 and then duke of Bavaria-Straubing and count of Holland and Hainaut 1418-1425. John was the youngest son of Albert I. In 1408 a Burgundian army led by his brother-in-law John the Fearless of Burgundy supported John III against the citizens of Liège, who were in open revolt. On the field of Othée, on Sept. 23, 1408, the men of Liège were decisively defeated, …

Albert the Bear (c. 1100-18 November 1170) was the first Margrave of Brandenburg (as Albert I) from 1157 to his death and was briefly Duke of Saxony between 1138 and 1142.

Captain James Fitz-Morris MC + Bar (6 April 1897 - 14 August 1918) was a British, World War I flying ace. Records record his name in various spellings; Fitz-Morris, JF Morris, Fitzmorris or Fitzmaurice. Born and raised in Polmont, Scotland, James was trained as a motor engineer, joining the Royal Engineers in 1914. Shortly afterwards, he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps and was trained as a Observer. He flew on the Vickers Gunbus with 11 Squadron in 1915, …

Otto (c. 970-1012) was the duke of Lower Lorraine from 993 until his death. He was the son of Charles, son of King Louis IV, and his first wife, a daughter of Robert de Vermandois, count of Meaux and Troyes. When his father left the duchy to fight Hugh Capet for the throne of France in 987, he became regent in Lower Lorraine when still apparently under twenty. Charles was defeated definitively in 991 and died two years later a prisoner in Orléans.