Find A Grave - Brussels-Capital Region

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 Eugčne 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
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
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
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
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
Bordet, Jules b. June 13, 1870 d. 1961
Doctor. Nobel prize of medicine in 1919. Discovered the whooping cough bacillus with Octave Gengou. Developed the whooping cough vaccine.
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Boulanger, Georges b. 1837 d. 1891
Soldier (General). His mistress Marguerite de Bonnemain (1856 - 1891) died at 35. The words "A bient™t" (see you soon) were written under her name on the grave. Boulanger planned a military revolution in France, but the boulangiste revolt failed miserably. He fled to Brussels and shot himself on his mistress's grave, thus becoming one of the few people to have died on his own tomb in a public cemetery. Only their first names are written on the grave. The sentence "Ai-je pu vivre deux mois et...[Read More]
Cause of death: Suicide
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Broodhaers, Marcel b. January 28, 1924 d. January 28, 1976
Artist. His tomb stone is "rector-verso."
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Brueghel the Elder., Pieter b. 1525 d. 1569
The most original and powerful spirit in Flemish 16th century art.
Church of Notre Dame de la Chapelle, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Cardijn, Joseph b. November 18, 1882 d. July 26, 1967
Roman Catholic Religious Leader. Founder of the 'Jeunesse Ouvriere Catholique' movement in 1925. Made Cardinal in 1965.
Notre Dame Church, Laken, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Carlota of Mexico b. June 7, 1840 d. January 19, 1927
Empress of Mexico. Born Princess of Belgium with the name of Mary Charlotte Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Goth, she was the youngest daughter of the King of the Belgians, Leopold I. On July 27, 1857 she married Archduke Maximilian of Austria. After a two years sojourn in Milan, where her husband was Governor of Lombardy-Veneto, the couple retired to private life in the castle of Miramare in Trieste. When in 1863 a Mexican delegation offered to Maximilian the Crown of Mexico, she convinced him to...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Notre Dame Church, Laken, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Plot: Annex to the Royal Crypt
Cavell, Edith Louisa [original burial site] b. December 4, 1865 d. October 12, 1915
Executed WWI British nurse. A native of Swardeston, England, the daughter of the vicar, Edith took up nursing. She accepted the position of matron at Berkendael Medical Institute in Brussels. With the start of the war and German occupation of Belgium in 1914, the facility was converted into a military hospital treating German as well as captured British soldiers. Soon many were missing. Edith was charged in their escapes to neutral Holland and arrested by the Germans. Kept in solitary...[Read More] (Bio by: Donald Greyfield)
Enclos des Fusilees, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Charles of Belgium b. 1903 d. 1983
Belgian Prince. Born Charles Theodore of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Count of Flanders, he was the younger brother of the King of the Belgians, Leopold III, and Maria Josč, future Queen of Italy. In 1917 the nations of the Triple Entente offered him the vacant throne of Greece, which he refused on the advice of his father King Albert. During the World War I, after the German invasion of Belgium, he found refuge in England, where he perfected his military training at the Royal Navy. In 1944, after the...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
Notre Dame Church, Laken, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Plot: The Royal Crypt
Charles, Prince of Lorraine and Bar b. 1712 d. 1780
Prince of Lorraine and Bar. Austrian governor of the Netherlands, 1744-1780. Popular and enlightened, but a poor military leader who was defeated by Frederick the Great. His tomb in the pictured chapel of the cathedral was destroyed during the revolutionary period.
Cathedral of Saint Michael and Saint Gudula, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
Clemens non Papa, Jacob b. 1515 d. 1556
Composer. A major figure in 16th Century Renaissance music. His polyphonic vocal works are surprisingly free of Italian influence and rank among the purest examples of the Franco-Flemish style. Clemens's historical importance lies in his complete setting of the Psalms in Dutch, the "Souterliedekens", printed in four volumes from 1556 to 1557. Adapted to popular songs of the day, they were intended for domestic rather than church use and were particularly influential in the Protestant enclaves...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Church of St. Nicholas, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
David, Jacques Louis [Body minus heart] b. August 30, 1748 d. December 29, 1825
Artist. He was a central figure of the French Neoclassicism art movement. His major works include "Oath of Horatii" (Louvre, 1784), "Death of Marat" (Brussels, 1793) and "Coronation of Napoleon" (Louvre, 1805).
Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
de Coster, Charles b. 1827 d. 1879
French-speaking writer. Author of a famous comical epic which is a plea for Flemish culture : "La lŽgende et les aventures hŽroiques, joyeuses et glorieuses d'Ulenspiegel," the basis of Richard Strauss's even more famous symphonic poem. The statue on his grave is of his hero, Till.
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
de Gerlache de Gomery, Adrien b. 1866 d. 1934
Explorer. Born in in Hasselt, Belgium, he was an engineer officer in the Belgian Royal Navy with a passion to explore the Antarctic. In 1896, he purchased a whaling ship and after an extensive refit, named it the Belgica. On August 16, 1897, he set sail from Antwerp, with the first multinational crew which included notable explores Roald Amundsen, Frederick Cook and Emil Racovita on an expedition to the Antarctic. He was also the first to spend 380 days there during winter, charting and naming...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Brussels Cemetery, Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
de Jong, Salomon (Sylvain) b. 1868 d. 1928
Automotive Pioneer. Maker of the luxury Minerva car. At the turn of the century it was the top of the range vehicle - Henry Ford and Frederick Royce (of Rolls-Royce fame) both drove Mnervas, as did most of the crowned heads of Europe.
Ixelles Cemetery, Ixelles, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

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