Elizabeth of Belgium

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For the daughter of Philippe and Mathilde, see Elisabeth, Princess of Belgium
For other people called Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, see Elisabeth von Wittelsbach (disambiguation)

Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie von Wittelsbach (25 July 187623 November 1965), Princess of Belgium, Princess von Wittelsbach, Duchess in Bavaria was the queen consort of Albert I of Belgium and was the mother of Leopold III of Belgium.

A daughter of Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, and his wife, the Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal, she was born at Possenhofen, Bavaria, Germany on July 25, 1876. She was a niece and namesake of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.

In 1900, she married Prince Albert, Duke of Brabant, the heir to the throne of Belgium. In 1934, King Albert I died in a climbing accident at Marche-les-Dames, in the Ardennes region of Belgium near Namur.

In her later years she aggravated the Americans by visiting Russia, China and Poland, trips that led her to being known as the "Red Queen."

Queen Elisabeth died at the age of 89 on November 23, 1965. She is interred in the Royal vault at the Church of Our Lady, Laeken Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium.

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