A daughter of Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria, and his wife, the Infanta Maria-Josepha of Portugal, she was born at Possenhofen, Bavaria, Germany on July 25, 1876.
She married the future king Albert I in 1900. In 1934 king Albert I died in a climbing accident at Marche-les-Dames, in the Ardennes region of Belgium near Namur.
In her later years she aggrevated the Americans by visiting Russia, China and Poland.
Queen Elisabeth died at the age of 89 on November 23, 1965. She is interred in the Royal vault at the Church of Our Lady, Laeken Cemetery, Brussels, Belgium.
Elisabeth, Queen of the Belgians (Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie, Duchess in Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria) (July 25, 1876 – November 23, 1965), was the queen consort of Albert I of Belgium and was the mother of Leopold III of Belgium.
She was a niece and namesake of Empress Elisabeth of Austria.
QueenElisabeth died at the age of 89 on November 23, 1965.
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