Alternative History
Albert II
Albert II de Belgique
Count of Flanders
Reign 9 August 1993 – 21 July 2013
Inauguration 12 December 1993
Predecessor Boudewijn
Successor Elizabeth
Born 6 June 1934 (age 82)
Gravensteen, Ghent, Flanders Flag of Flanders
Spouse Countess Paola of Belgium
Issue Philip, Crown Prince of Flanders
Princess Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Prince Laurent
Full name
Albert Felix Humbert Theodoor Christiaan Eugène Marie
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Leopold
Mother Astrid of Sweden
Religion Protestantism

Albert II (born 6 June 1934) reigned as Count of Flanders from 1993 until his abdication in 2013.

On 3 July 2013, King Albert II attended a midday session of the Belgian cabinet. He then announced that on 21 July, he would abdicate the throne for health reasons. He was succeeded by his granddaughter Elizabeth on 21 July 2013. Albert II was the fourth monarch to abdicate in 2013, following Pope Benedict XVI, Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands, and Emir Hamad bin Khalifa of Qatar. In so doing he was also the second Flemish monarch to abdicate, following his father Leopold III who abdicated in 1951, albeit under very different circumstances.