Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

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Prince Philippe
Spouse Princess Marie of Hohenzollern
Issue
Prince Baudouin of Belgium
Princess Henriette of Belgium
Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium
Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium
Albert I of Belgium
Full name
French: Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges
Dutch: Filips Eugeen Ferdinand Marie Clemens Boudewijn Leopold Joris
Titles and styles
HRH Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium
Royal house House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Father Leopold I of Belgium
Mother Princess Louise-Marie of Orléans
Born March 24, 1837(1837-03-24)
Laeken Palace, Laeken, Belgium
Died November 17, 1905 (aged 68)
Laeken Palace, Laeken, Belgium
Belgian Royalty
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Leopold I
Children
   Crown Prince Louis-Philippe
   Leopold II
   Philippe, Count of Flanders
   Charlotte, Empress of Mexico
Grandchildren
   Prince Baudouin
   Princess Josephine Marie
   Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendome and Alencon
   Josephine Caroline, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
   Albert I
Leopold II
Children
   Louise-Marie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
   Leopold, Duke of Brabant
   Stéphanie, Crown Princess of Austria
   Clémentine, Princess Napoléon
Albert I
Children
   Leopold III
   Prince Charles
   Marie-José, Queen of Italy
Leopold III
Children
   Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
   Baudouin I
   Albert II
   Prince Alexander
   Princess Marie-Christine
   Princess Maria-Esmeralda
Baudouin I
Albert II
Children
   Philippe, Duke of Brabant
   Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este
   Prince Laurent
Grandchildren
   Princess Elisabeth
   Prince Gabriel
   Prince Emmanuel
   Princess Eléonore
   Princess Louise
   Prince Nicolas
   Prince Aymeric

Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (24 March 1837-17 November 1905) was the third born (but second surviving) son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise Marie d'Orleans (1812-1850). He was born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium. He was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840.

On 25 April 1867 in Berlin, he married Marie Luise Alexandra Caroline, Princess of Hohenzollern, (1845-1912), daughter of Karl Anton von Hohenzollern (1811-1885) and his wife Josephine of Baden (1813-1900).

Their children were:

He was the 1,033rd Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in Spain in 1872 and the 70th Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword.

He died in Brussels, and is buried at the Church of Our Lady in Laeken.

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[edit] Ancestry

[edit] Trivia

  • From 1869 to 1905, Phillipe was Heir-Presumptive to the Belgian throne.
  • In 1909, Philippe's lone surviving son Albert, succeeded to the Belgian throne upon King Leopold II's death (Leopold was Phillippe's elder brother).

[edit] References

  • Weintraub, Stanley, Uncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert, The Free Press, New York, 1997, p. 458.
  • Willis, Daniel (also known as Daniel A. Brewer-Ward), The Descendants of Louis XIII, Clearfield Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1999, ISBN 0-8063-4942-5, p. 99.
  • NEXUS Jan/Feb 1998, Vol. XV, No. 1, p. 32.
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 10 October 1903 Died: 1 June 1983
Belgian royalty
Preceded by
New title
Count of Flanders
1840 – 1905
Succeeded by
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders

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