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Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium

Princess Marie-Esméralda
S.A.R. la Princesse Maria-Esméralda de Belgique.jpg
Born (1956-09-30) 30 September 1956 (age 60)
Brussels, Belgium
Spouse Sir Salvador Moncada
Issue Alexandra Moncada
Leopoldo Moncada
Full name
French: Marie-Esméralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Leopold III of Belgium
Mother Lilian Baels
Full name
French: Marie-Esméralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine
Styles of
Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium
State Coat of Arms of Belgium.svg
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Madame

HM King Albert II
HM Queen Paola

HRH Princess Léa
HRH Princess Marie-Christine, Mrs Gourges
HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada

Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Lady Moncada (Marie-Esméralda Adelaide Lilian Anna Léopoldine, born 30 September 1956 in Laeken, Belgium) is a member of the Belgian Royal Family, she is the aunt of King Philippe of Belgium.

She is the youngest child of the late Leopold III of Belgium and his second wife, Lilian Baels (known as Princess of Réthy). Her full siblings are the late Prince Alexander of Belgium and Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium. Her half-siblings include the late King Baudouin of Belgium, Belgium's former monarch King Albert II, who is also Marie-Esméralda's godfather, and the late Princess Josephine-Charlotte of Belgium (Grand Duchess of Luxembourg).

Princess Marie-Esméralda is a journalist and author, writing under the name Esméralda de Réthy. After studying law at the Facultés Universitaires Saint-Louis in Brussels, she graduated in journalism at Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain-la-Neuve and moved to Paris to pursue her career, working as free lance for international magazines.


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