About Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (11 October 1927 – 10 January 2005) was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Jean. She was the first child of King Leopold III of Belgium, and sister of the late King Baudouin and former King Albert II and aunt of King Philippe. She was also the maternal first cousin of King Harald V of Norway, maternal second cousin of former Queen Margrethe II of Denmark, and a paternal third cousin of the late Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom. == Childhood == Joséphine-Charlotte was born in 1927 at the Royal Palace of Brussels. She was the oldest child and only daughter of the King Leopold III of Belgium and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden. She was christened a month after her birth. Her godfather was her uncle, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders and her godmother was her future mother-in-law, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg. While expecting her daughter, Astrid had read a biography of her ancestress, the French empress Joséphine de Beauharnais. Josephine was also the name of one of the child's great-aunts, Princess Joséphine-Caroline of Belgium, the dearest sister of King Albert I. She was called "little Jo" by her mother. Joséphine-Charlotte initially spent her childhood in the Royal Palace of Brussels before moving to Stuyvenberg Castle in 1930.
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