Word: baudouine
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Born fortnight ago, Baby Prince Baudouin, second in succession to the Belgian crown, son of Crown Prince Leopold and Princess Astrid of Sweden, was almost immediately invested with six names, honoring both his parents' royal families. But Belgian editors scanning the catalog of names were scandalized to note that the founder of the Belgian royal house, King Leopold I (Queen Victoria's "wise Uncle Leopold") had been omitted. Next day little Prince Baudouin was officially amended to read: "Baudouin Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave," gained a pound...
...Baudouin was the sixth name of Phillipe, Duc de Saxe, father of King Albert, brother of late King Leopold...
Born. A son, heir apparent to the Belgian throne; to the Crown Princess Astrid Sophie Louise Thrya, niece of King Gustaf V of Sweden; and Crown Prince Leopold Philippe Charles Albert Meinrad Hubertus Marie Miguel, Due de Brabant. Weight: 8 Ib. 11 oz. Name: Baudouin* Albert Axel Marie Gustave...