Interesting fact: during the German occupation of Belgium during #WWI, the old Charlotte spent her life as a recluse at the Castle of Bouchout near Brussels. German soldiers were forbidden to enter the domain however as she was the Austrian Emperor’s sister-in-law.
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#OTD in 1840, princess Charlotte of Belgium was born as d. King Leopold I and Queen Louise-Marie. Named after her father’s 1st wife, Charlotte of Wales, the princess would marry Maximilian of Austria and became Empress of Mexico, but ended her life suffering from insanity
