COMPANION

Lilian, Princess of Réthy

1916 - 2002

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Princess Lilian of Belgium, Princess of Réthy (born Mary Lilian Henriette Lucie Josephine Ghislaine Baels; (1916-11-28)28 November 1916 – (2002-06-07)7 June 2002) 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 that transported wounded Belgian 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lilian, Princess of Réthy has received more than 348,025 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Lilian, Princess of Réthy is the 521st most popular companion (down from 364th in 2019), the 1,512th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,036th in 2019) and the 42nd most popular British Companion.

Memorability Metrics

  • 350k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 56.28

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.48

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.35

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPANIONS

Among companions, Lilian, Princess of Réthy ranks 521 out of 784. Before her are Rukmini, Umm Ruman, Iput, Audofleda, Princess Januária of Brazil, and Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach. After her are Beatrice of Castile, Shigeko Higashikuni, Queen Rania of Jordan, Cleopatra of Pontus, Aquilia Severa, and Adeliza of Louvain.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Lilian, Princess of Réthy ranks 89. Before her are Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, Shirley Jackson, Pierre Messmer, Jane Jacobs, Luigi Comencini, and Constantin Virgil Gheorghiu. After her are Ri Jong-ok, Maria Altmann, Hubert Maga, Manea Mănescu, Stjepan Filipović, and Archie Moore. Among people deceased in 2002, Lilian, Princess of Réthy ranks 93. Before her are Juan Antonio Bardem, Branko Stanković, Dee Dee Ramone, Igor Ansoff, J. Lee Thompson, and Eugenio Coșeriu. After her are Karel Reisz, Gustaaf Deloor, Jacques Massu, Nikolai Amosov, Elie Hobeika, and Michail Stasinopoulos.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Lilian, Princess of Réthy ranks 1,512 out of 8,785. Before her are Andrew Parker Bowles (1939), Jared Harris (1961), Edward the Exile (1016), Bill Ward (1948), Henry Sidgwick (1838), and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708). After her are Catherine Eddowes (1842), Francis Darwin (1848), Eddie Redmayne (1982), William Parry (1790), Henry Gray (1827), and Robert Powell (1944).

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Among COMPANIONS In United Kingdom

Among companions born in United Kingdom, Lilian, Princess of Réthy ranks 42. Before her are Matilda of Scotland (1080), Cynthia Lennon (1939), Mary de Bohun (1369), John Newton (1725), Sophie, Countess of Wessex (1965), and Ealhswith (852). After her are Elizabeth de Burgh (1289), Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (1269), Joan of the Tower (1321), Mary Anne MacLeod Trump (1912), Edith Tolkien (1889), and Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein (1867).

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