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The Château of Stuyvenberg (; ; ) is a residence of the
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in
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, in the north-west of the
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. It is near the
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, the official residence of the King and Queen of the Belgians. Another nearby residence, the Villa Schonenberg, is home to Princess
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, the sister of the current king,
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History

The Château of Stuyvenberg was built in 1725, acquired for 200,000
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s by the Belgian State in 1840, and later bought by King Leopold II, who donated it to the Belgian Royal Trust. The first Belgian king, Leopold I, used the château for his mistress Arcadie Claret, and their second child Arthur was born there in 1852. Later, it was the birthplace of King
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in 1930 and King Albert II in 1934; both spent their early years at Stuyvenberg. After
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, widow of King
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, lived at the château until her death in 1965. Subsequently, it was used for almost three decades as a guest house for foreign dignitaries. From 1998 to 2014, Queen Fabiola, widow of King Baudouin, called it her home. She died at Stuyvenberg on 5 December 2014. The château then stood empty for three years until the Royal Trust rented it out via
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to a private couple in 2017.


See also

* List of castles and châteaux in Belgium *
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*
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*
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*
Belgium in the long nineteenth century In the history of Belgium, the period from 1789 to 1914, dubbed the "Long nineteenth century, long 19th century" by the historian Eric Hobsbawm, includes the end of Habsburg monarchy, Austrian rule and periods of French First Republic, French ...


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chateau du Stuyvenberg Stuyvenberg Royal residences in Belgium Houses completed in 1725 Leopold I of Belgium