Léa from Belgium

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Léa from Belgium, 2015

Léa of Belgium (born Léa Inga Dora Wolman ) (born December 2, 1951 in Etterbeek ) is the widow of Alexander of Belgium. [en] She holds the title of Princess of Belgium acquired through her marriage to him .

Career

Léa von Belgium is the daughter of Sigismund Wolman, originally from Warsaw , and Lisa Bornstein, who is from Bavaria. She was married three times in total. First in 1975 with Serge Victorovich Spetschinsky, then President of the Russian Aristocratic Association in Belgium. With Spetschinsky she had a daughter who is married to the diplomat Didier Nagant de Deuxchaisnes. Léa von Belgium has several grandchildren from her daughter's marriage. The divorce from her first husband Spetschinsky took place in 1980. Three years later, in 1983, she married her second husband Paul Robert Bichara. The second marriage resulted in a son.

Wife and widow of Alexander of Belgium

After her second divorce on August 25, 1987, she married Alexander of Belgium on March 14, 1991, a son of the former King Leopold III who was not entitled to the throne . of Belgium and his second wife, Mary Lilian Baels , who later became the "Princess of Réthy". The marriage remained secret until 1998, as Alexander feared that his mother might speak out against the connection. Since the death of her husband in 2009, Léa von Belgium has appeared frequently as the widowed sister-in-law of the former king and as the aunt of the current king. Typical public appearances take place in the context of charity events as well as in connection with their foundation.

The Léa Foundation of Belgium is called Le Fonds d'Entraide Prince et Princesse Alexandre de Belgique . Léa von Belgium shows up for this fund for mutual aid to support the poor and needy, often on site and with a high level of personal commitment when fundraising campaigns take place to finance upcoming projects.

From late 2012 to May 2018, Belgium was involved in an international political and economic corruption scandal, also known as the Kazakhgate scandal . In this context, the press also reported a mysterious money transfer in 2016 that is said to have taken place in 2012. 25,000 euros are said to have actually flowed through a French lawyer to the aid fund Prince et Princesse Alexandre de Belgique instead of the Order of Malta as announced in a press release . The fund had passed the money on to the Brussels scout group Amitié et Fraternité Scoute (AFS). There were several speculations in the Belgian media in 2016 that the donated money might have something to do with the Kazakhgate scandal . Léa from Belgium expressed her discomfort and denied being aware of this in both the media and in court. Léa von Belgium speaks fluent German and is therefore happy to be invited to events by the German-speaking community , such as exhibition openings at the invitation of the local government or events with high public appeal, such as Rose Monday 2016 in Eupen.

Publications

  • Le prince Alexandre de Belgique . Éditions de l'Arbre, Brussels and Paris 2007
  • Une année sans toi . Éditions de l'Arbre, Brussels and Paris 2010

Web links

Commons : Léa of Belgium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Robert Bichara. In: Geneanet. October 16, 2019, accessed on October 16, 2019 (eng).
  2. ↑ King Albert loses his half-brother. In: VRT (flanderninfo.br). November 29, 2009, accessed October 16, 2019 .
  3. ^ HRH Princess Léa of Belgium visits the University. In: Universite du Luxembourg. December 10, 2015, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Photo by William Van Hecke / Corbis: Princess Lea of ​​Belgium helps serving meals to homeless ... In: gettyimages. January 25, 2016, accessed on October 16, 2019 (eng).
  5. ^ Charity Dinner with Belgium's Princess Lea. In: chronicle.lu. October 24, 2014, accessed on October 16, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Royal family appears in the Kazakhgate scandal. In: Het Laatste Nieuws . November 19, 2016, accessed October 19, 2019 (nld).
  7. ↑ A princess in Eupen. In: GrenzEcho . February 8, 2016, accessed October 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Léa from Belgium
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Léa Inga Dora (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Wife of Alexander of Belgium
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd December 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Etterbeek