Royal Profile: 20 Facts about Alexandra Moncada

  1. Alexandra Léopoldine Moncada was born 4 August 1998 as the elder of two children of Princess Marie-Esméralda of Belgium, Lady Moncada and Salvador Moncada {Source}.
  2. She is a granddaughter of King Leopold III & Princess Lilian
  3. She is a niece of King Albert II, Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg, elder siblings of her mother.
  4. She is a first cousin of King Philippe of Belgium {Source}.
  5. She is also a first cousin of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.
  6. She has one younger brother {Source}:
    1. Leopoldo Daniel Moncada (2001)
  7. Alexandra is not in line for the Belgian throne nor is considered a member of the Belgian Royal Family due to the way her grandfather married her grandmother (religious ceremony before the civil ceremony).
  8. As she is considered a private citizen, she does not perform any royal functions.
  9. From my research, it appears she grew up rather normally in London.
  10. In February 2011, she joined her parents, brother, aunt Princess Léa , and stepcouisn, Renaud Bichara (Princess Lea's son from her 2nd marriage) for the premiere of the film, Léopold III, mon père{Source}.
  11. In December 2014, she took part in "Le Bal", also known as Le Bal des Debutantes{Source}. Also in attendance were Isabel Beatty (daughter of actors Warren Beatty & Annette Benning), Anna Cleveland van Ravenstein (daughter of model Pat Cleveland), among many others{Source}.
  12. Alexandra shares a birthday with
    1. The Duchess of Sussex (1981)
    2. Louis Nicolas Marie François Stephane Corneille Crépy (1995)
  13. From her mother's side, she has Belgian, French, German, and Portuguese ancestry.
  14. From her father's side, she has British and Honduran descent.
  15. From her father, she has two older half siblings:
    1. Claudia Regina Moncada (1966)
    2. Salvador Ernesto Moncada (1972-1982)
  16. It's likely she speaks English, French, Dutch and Spanish fluently.
  17. Her astrological sign is Leo.
  18. She is likely named;
    1. Alexandra: a name her parents liked.
    2. Léopoldine: Femine version of Léopold, for her maternal grandfather.
  19. She was three years and ten months old when her grandmother,  Lilian, Princess of Réthy died.
  20. She was born almost 15 years after her grandfather died in 1983.

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