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Leopold III, born November 3, 1901, son of the late King Albert (died February 17, 1934), and of Princess Elizabeth of Bavaria ; succeeded his father, February 23, 1934; married on Nov. 4, 1926, to Princess Astrid of Sweden, died August 29, 1935.

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M. Epstein M.A., Ph.D. (Fellow of the Royal Geographical, of the Royal Statistical, and of the Royal Economic Societies)

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Epstein, M. (1937). Belgium. In: Epstein, M. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230270664_12

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