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'''Baudouin I, King of the Belgians''' was born '''Boudewijn Albert Charles Leopold Axel Marie Gustave''' on [[September 7]], [[1930]] and died on [[July 31]], [[1993]]. He became King when his father [[Leopold III of Belgium|King Leopold III]] abdicated on [[July 16]] [[1951]].

On [[December 15]], [[1960]] he was married at Brussels to '''Doña Fabiola Fernanda Maria de las Victorias Antonia Adelaïda Mora Y Aragon''', who was born at [[Madrid]], ([[Spain)]] on [[June 11]], [[1928]].

During his reign the colony of [[Belgian Congo]] was given its independence. In [[1976]], on the 25th anniversary of Baudouin's coronation the [[King Baudouin Foundation]] was formed, with the aim of improving the living conditions of the Belgian people.