October 2, 1900 (Tuesday)
- In Munich, Prince Albert of Belgium, nephew of King Leopold II, married Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria. King Leopold, who had no male heirs, had the right to appoint his own successor, but waited to see if Albert intended to marry before naming Albert as the heir to the throne. Prince Emmanuel, duc de Vendôme, who had married Albert's older sister, Princess Henriette, is said to have been King Leopold's backup if Albert had not married. After he and Elisabeth had two sons, Albert was named heir to the throne, and beceme King of Belgium upon Leopold's death in 1909.
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