Browse by Country: Belgium

Records 1 to 20 (of 269 total matches)

Records 21 to 40

Jump to results page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

Filter by fame level: All Famous NamesSomewhat FamousVery Famous

Attention:You are browsing our famous burial locations. If you are
looking for a non-famous grave, please start from our home page.

• , Saint Landrada
  Saint. She was the foundress and first Abbess of Munsterbilsen. Died in 690 AD and her Feast day is July 8th. (Bio by: girlofcelje)
  Munsterbilsen Abbey, Munsterbilsen, Limburg, Belgium
   
• Ackroyd, Harold    b. July 13, 1877  d. August 11, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in Southport, England, he was a doctor serving as a Captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, British Army. At Ypres, Belgium, during an enemy attack July 31 to 1 August, 1917, Captain Ackroyd, despite being under fire for hours at a time tended to the wounded men in the front line. He carried one wounded officer to safety on his back and returned to bring in another under sniper fire. During the enemy's repulse on August 11, 1917, he off from his...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Birr Cross Roads Cemetery, Ypres (Ieper), West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
   
• Adeliza Louvain of Brabant   b. 1094  d. April 23, 1151
  English Monarch. The Queen consort of King Henry I, she was the daughter of Godfrey, Duke of Lorraine and Ida (or Clementia) of Namur. Married Henry as his second queen on January 29, 1122, he married her in order to have a male heir; however, they had no children. After the king's death in 1135 she married William d'Aubigny, Earl of Arundel in 1138, by whom she had six children. She spent her final years in a convent in...[Read More] (Bio by: VampireRed)
  Affligem Abbey, Affligem, Flemish Brabant (Vlaams-Brabant), Belgium
   
• Albert I    b. April 8, 1875  d. February 17, 1934
  Belgian Monarch. Born Albert Léopold Clément Marie Meinrad in Brussels, Belgium, the son of Philippe Eugène de Belgique, Comte de Flandre and Marie Luise Alexandrine Karoline Prinzessin von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The 1869 death of his cousin and the 1891 death of his elder brother made him the heir to the Belgian throne. He married Elisabeth Gabriele Herzogin in Bayern in October 1900 in Munich, Bavaria. The couple had three children. At the onset of the First World War, Belgium declared its...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cause of death: Climbing accident
  Notre Dame Church, Laken, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  Plot: The Royal Crypt
   
• Albert VII, Archduke of Austria    b. November 15, 1559  d. July 13, 1621
  Austrian Royalty. The husband of Archduchess Isabella (the daughter of Phillip II of Spain), they presided as regents of the Netherlands for the Spanish monarchy, reigning over a period of prosperity and culture that was the nadir of the. After his death, Isabella retired to a convent. Their tomb was destroyed during the period of the French Revolution.
  Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   
• Alix of Namur 'Countess of Hainault'    b. 1100
  Wife of Count Baudouin IV of Hainault. The last remaining tomb of the six tombs of the Counts of Hainault; the rest were destroyed during the Revolutionary Wars.
  Collegiate Church of St. Waudru, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium
   
• Ashfield, Lieut. Lionel Arthur   b. August 1, 1898  d. July 16, 1918
  World War I Flying Ace. Lionel Arthur Ashfield was the second son of Charles Edmund Ashfield and his wife Ida Lucy Hunt. His father was the headmaster of Hazelhurst School in Frant, East Sussex. During World War I, Lionel served initially in the Royal Naval Air Service. After the April 1918 merger of that branch with the Royal Flying Corps, he served as a lieutenant in the No. 202 Squadron of the newly-formed Royal Air Force. The British flying ace was thought to have been credited with...[Read More] (Bio by: Anne Philbrick)
  Ramscappelle Road Military Cemetery, Nieuwpoort, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
  Plot: VI. D. 5.
   
• Astrid (Astrid Sophie Louise Thyra of Sweden)    b. November 17, 1905  d. August 29, 1935
  Queen of Belgium. She was born in Stockholm, originally Princess of Sweden of the Bernadotte Dynasty, and by marriage was Queen Consort of Léopold III. Thus she was the mother of Belgium's Kings Baudouin I and Albert II as well as Luxembourg's Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. Her full name was Astrid Sophie Louise Thyra. She was born a few days after her paternal grandfather of Sweden (Oscar II) lost the Norwegian throne and the very day before her maternal uncle of Denmark (Haakon VII)...[Read More] (Bio by: Find A Grave)
  Cause of death: Car accident (Packard 120)
  Notre Dame Church, Laken, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  Plot: The Royal Crypt
   
• Baekelmans, Lode    b. January 26, 1879  d. May 11, 1965
  Flemish writer.
  Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery, Antwerp, Antwerp (Antwerpen), Belgium
   
• Barbireau, Jacobus  b. 1455  d. August 7, 1491
  Composer. A member of the Franco-Flemish School. He had a major reputation during the 1500s, mostly stemming from his song "Een vroylic wesen" ("A Plesant Being", c. 1485), a widely popular tune of the Renaissance period. It was used in Mass settings by Heinrich Issac and Jacob Obrecht, and various arrangements have been found throughout Europe. His other surviving compositions - two Masses, a Mass movement, the motet "Osculetur me", and the songs "Fair Love" and "Charming and Beautiful" -...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Antwerpen Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal, Antwerp, Antwerp (Antwerpen), Belgium
   
• Barratt, Thomas    b. May 5, 1895  d. July 27, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
  Essex Farm Cemetery, Ypres (Ieper), West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
   
• Battle of Yser Memorial 
  This commemorates the Flemish troops who held the area of the River Yser at great cost during most of the First World War. On the tower can be seen the letters AVV crossing with the letters VVK. The former stands (in Flemish) for 'All for Flanders' - the latter for 'Flanders for Christ'. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Ijser Tower, Diksmuide, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
   
• Baudouin I    b. September 7, 1930  d. July 31, 1993
  Belgian Monarch. Known as the youngest sovereign of his time, he ascended the throne in 1951 after the abdication of his father, King Leopold III. In 1959 he gave independence to the Congo because of continuous revolts against the power of Belgium. During his reign, Belgium became a federal state, and he played an effective role in coordinating between the various parliamentary factions. Considered a deeply religious man, he has also dedicated his time to philanthropic and charitable works. The...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
  Cause of death: Heart failure
  Notre Dame Church, Laken, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
  Plot: The Royal Crypt
   
• Begga, Saint    d. 700 (circa)
  Saint. Founder of the convent at Andenne, also great-great-great-grandmother of the Emperor Charlemagne.
  Saint Begga's Collegiate Church, Andenne, Namur, Belgium
   
• Benoit, Peter    b. August 17, 1834  d. March 8, 1901
  Belgian composer.
  Antwerpen Schoonselhof Communal Cemetery, Antwerp, Antwerp (Antwerpen), Belgium
   
• Bent, Philip Eric   b. January 3, 1891  d. October 1, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient.
  Tyne Cot Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
  Plot: Memorial (no known grave)
   
• Best-Dunkley, Bertram    b. August 3, 1890  d. August 5, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. Born in York, England, he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers, British Army. In actions at Wieltje, Belgium, on July 31, 1917, Lieutenant Colonel Best-Dunkley when in command of his battalion, saw the leading waves during an attack, became disorganized by rifle and machine gun fire at close range from positions which were believed to be in their hands. He dashed forward, rallied his leading waves and personally led them...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
   
• Binchois, Gilles   b. 1400  d. September 20, 1460
  Composer. Also known as Gilles de Bins. An outstanding member of the Burgundian School. He, Guillaume Dufay, and England's John Dunstable are considered the first important composers of the Renaissance. Binchois was born in Mons, Hainualt (now in Belgium). His first musical appointment, at 19, was as organist in his hometown's Church of St. Waudru; he may have seen military service in the Low Countries and entered the priesthood before 1425, when he was employed in Paris by William Pole...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
  Church of Saint Vincent, Soignies, Hainaut, Belgium
   
• Birks, Frederick    b. August 16, 1894  d. September 21, 1917
  World War I Victoria Cross Recipient.
  Perth Cemetery (China Wall), Ypres (Ieper), West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
   
• Boch, Anna    b. 1848  d. 1936
  Painter. She was the only person who bought (in 1890) a painting from Vincent Van Gogh when he was alive : "Les Vignes rouges."
  Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
   

Records 1 to 20 (of 269 total matches)

Records 21 to 40