Princess Léa of Belgium
Princess Léa of Belgium is the widow of Prince Alexandre of Belgium. She is an aunt by marriage of King Philippe of Belgium.
Early life
She was born on 2 December 1951 as the daughter of Sigismund Wolman, a merchant in Brussels, and Lisa Bornstein.Marriages and issue
She married Russian aristocrat Serge Victorovich Spetschinsky on 27 May 1975 in Brussels, from whom she was divorced on 28 March 1980. They had a daughter, Laetitia Spetschinsky, who is now married to HE Didier Nagant de Deuxchaisnes, Ambassador of Belgium to Ethiopia, and mother of three children.On 23 July 1983, she married Paul Robert Bichara in Uccle, and they had a son, Renaud Bichara.
After her second divorce on 25 August 1987, she wed Prince Alexander in Debenham, Suffolk, on 14 March 1991. They had been introduced in 1986 by former defence minister Léon Mundeleer. Alexander asked her to accompany him to the cinema. She vacillated initially, but they began to enjoy dining out together, Alexander being a gourmand, according to his future wife.
The couple had no children together, and the marriage was kept secret until 1998, as reportedly the prince feared his mother would disapprove.