30 September 1956 Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium

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30 September 1956 marks the birth of Princess Marie-Esméralda. This royal
event took place at Stuyvenberg Castle in Laeken near Brussels in Belgium.


Family

 Her parents were King Leopold III of Belgium and Lilian Baels, Princess
of Réthy.

Esméralda had a brother: Prince Alexandre of Belgium and a sister:
Princess Marie Christine of Belgium.

She also had famous halfbrothers and a halfsister:

- Grand Duchess Joséphine Charlotte of Luxembourg
- King Baudouin I of Belgium
- King Albert II of Belgium

She is thus an aunt of the current King: Philippe of Belgium.
Love and Marriage

 On 5 April 1998, Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium married
in London to Sir Salvador Moncada, an Hondurian-British pharmacologist.
They have two children together: a daughter and a son.
Duty

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium is a journalist and an author
under the name Esméralda de Réthy. She also produced some
documentaries.

Princess Marie-Esméralda is the President of King Leopold III's fund
for Nature Exploration and Conservation, since the death of her father
in 1983.

In September 2017, Princess Marie-Esméralda became Patron of  the
Campaign for the Amazonian Forest launched by the Association
Movement Actions across the World.

Princess Marie-Esméralda took part in a forum called Jump to
promote gender equality internationally.

On this Youtube link there is an interview with the Princess. 

Princess Marie-Esméralda also is Patron of the Princess Lilian
Foundation.
Publications

Christian Dior (2001)
Léopold III, mon père (2001)
Lilian une princesse entre ombre et lumière (2012)
Albert & Elisabeth (2014)

and many more.


Title

 From 2010 on her correct title is:
Her Royal Highness, Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium,
Lady Moncada.


Recent

On 9 October 2019, it was in the news headlines that Princess
Esméralda of Belgium was arrested in London during the
Extinction Rebellion for Climate.



Source picture: Wikipedia
author picture: Valentin Dupont

Location: Brussel, België

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