Find A Grave - Belgium

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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. A native of Southport, Lancashire, England, he was a Captain in Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the 6th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment during World War I. He was awarded his medal for actions during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), July 31-August 1, 1917. His citation reads "For most conspicuous bravery. During recent operations [in the vicinity of the village of Hooge] Capt. Ackroyd displayed the greatest gallantry and devotion to duty...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
Birr Crossroads 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. He was King of the Belgians from 1909 to 1934. His refusal to capitulate to the German threats at the start of World War I in August of 1914 and his decision to actively defend Belgium's right to be neutral, as well as his conduct at the head of the Belgian Army during the subsequent German invasion earned the country worldwide respect and Albert ardent personal admiration. His decision to open the Nieuport floodgates at the Battle of the Yser prevented the Germans from...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
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
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, 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)
Antwerp Cathedral, Antwerp, Antwerp (Antwerpen), Belgium
Barratt, Thomas b. May 5, 1895 d. July 27, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Recipient. A native of Coseley, Worcestershire, he served during World war I as a Private in the 7th Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment. He was awarded the Victoria Cross for actions in the Ypres Salient, Belgium, during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). His citation reads "For most conspicuous bravery when as Scout to a patrol he worked his way towards the enemy line with the greatest gallantry and determination, in spite of continuous fire from hostile...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
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
King of Belgium. Became King in 1951 when his father, Leopold III, abdicated after a plebiscite failed to resolve questions over his actions during World War II. A conservative Catholic, Baudouin nearly instigated a constitutional crisis when he refused to sign a bill legalizing abortion. Many political, social, and educational reforms were initiated during his reign, including clearer definitions of the rights and responsibilities of the two major ethnic populations, Flemings and Walloons...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
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, Antwerp, Antwerp (Antwerpen), Belgium
Bent, Philip Eric b. January 3, 1891 d. October 1, 1917
World War I Victoria Cross Medal Recipient. A native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, he served in the British Army as Lieutenant Colonel of the 9th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment. He was killed in action at Polygon Wood during the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). From his citation: "For most conspicuous bravery, when during a heavy hostile attack, the right of his own command and the battalion on his right were forced back. The situation was critical owing to the confusion caused by the...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
Tyne Cot CWGC Cemetery, Zonnebeke, West Flanders (West-Vlaanderen), Belgium
Plot: Memorial (no known grave)
Best-Dunkley, Bertram b. August 3, 1890 d. August 5, 1917
British Victoria Cross War Medal Recipient. He served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the 5th Battalion of The Lancashire Fusiliers. He was awarded his medal for service at Wieltje, Belgium, on July 31, 1917. (Bio by: K)
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. A native of Buckley, Flintshire, Wales, Birks emigrated to Australia in 1913 and was working as a waiter in Melbourne when the war broke out. He enlisted in the AIF and was posted to the 2nd Field Ambulance Battalion, Australian Army Medical Corps. He served at Gallipoli, where he was wounded by shrapnel while serving as a stretcher-bearer, then Egypt, then the Western Front. Birks was awarded the Military Medal during the Battle of the Somme for leading a...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul F. Wilson)
Perth (China Wall) Cemetery, 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, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Boniface, Saint b. 1183 d. 1260
Bishop of Lausanne. The coffin is small because it only contains some assorted vertebrae, pelvic bones, etc. The rest of St. Boniface is divided up amongst some other churches in Brussels, notably Notre Dame de la Cambre. Apparently he was originally buried in ND de la Cambre entirely, but during the religious wars of the 17th century he was dug up and his bones were split up.
Church of Notre Dame de la Chapelle, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

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