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Albert II, king of the Belgians

Albert II, 1934–, king of the Belgians (1993–2013), the younger son of Leopold III. He married Donna Paola Ruffo de Calabria in 1959; they have three children. Albert became king when Baudouin, his brother, died childless. In 2013 he abdicated in favor of his son Philippe. After he abdicated, Delphine Boël sued to be acknowledged as Albert's daughter by Baroness Sybille de Selys Longchamps, and after a DNA test won (2020) the rights and titles of a royal daughter.

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