# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lilian-princess-of-rethy
# Generated: 2026-08-31T16:54:58.292Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lilian-princess-of-rethy"
name: "Lilian, Princess of Réthy"
slug: "lilian-princess-of-rethy"
description: "Lilian, Princess of Réthy was the second wife of King Leopold III of Belgium. Born in the United Kingdom and raised in Belgium, she became a volunteer as a car driver who transported wounded Belgians and French to the hospital in Bruges during World War II. Lilian married King Leopold III in 1941 and became consort of the Belgian monarch. The couple had three children. She was also a stepmother to Leopold III's children from Queen Astrid and became the \"first lady\" of Belgium during the first nine years of her stepson King Baudouin's reign. Her charity work revolved around medicine and cardiology."
tagline: "Second wife of king Leopold III of Belgium (1916–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mary_Lilian_Baels.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Historical Figures"
  slug: "historical-figures"
profileType:
  name: "Historical Figure"
  slug: "historical-figure"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645"
birthDate: "1916-11-28"
deathDate: "2002-06-07"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           55.76
  momentum:             10.3492627836453
  historical:           17.42295866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm15872964/"
    handle:    "nm15872964"
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%B0%D0%BD_%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81"
    title: "Ліліан Байльс"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AB%D9%89"
    title: "ليليان اميره ريثى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariya_Lilyan_Bael"
    title: "Mariya Lilyan Bael"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lilian_Baelsov%C3%A1"
    title: "Mary Lilian Baelsová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Mary Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9B%CE%B9%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%AC%CE%BD%2C_%CF%80%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B3%CE%BA%CE%AF%CF%80%CE%B9%CF%83%CF%83%CE%B1_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%A1%CE%B5%CF%84%CF%8D"
    title: "Λιλιάν, πριγκίπισσα του Ρετύ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian%2C_Putri_R%C3%A9thy"
    title: "Lilian, Putri Réthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB"
    title: "リリアン・バエル"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://knc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Mary Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liliana%2C_Princesa_de_R%C3%A9thy"
    title: "Liliana, Princesa de Réthy"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B9%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B0%D0%BD"
    title: "Байльс, Лилиан"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilian_Baels"
    title: "Lilian Baels"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87_%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%88%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%8D%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B5"
    title: "ลีลีย็อง เจ้าหญิงแห่งเรตี"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q81179"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump