Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

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Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium ("Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges" (French) or "Filips Eugeen Ferdinand Marie Clemens Boudewijn Leopold Joris" (Dutch); 24 March1837-17 November1905) 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 December1840.

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:
*Baudouin (1869-1891)
*Henriette (twin) (1870-1948)
*Joséphine Marie (twin) (30 November 1870-18 January 1871)
*Joséphine Caroline (1872-1958)
*Albert I (1875-1934)

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

Ancestry

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1= 1. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
2= 2. Leopold I of Belgium
3= 3. Louise-Marie of France
4= 4. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
5= 5. Princess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf
6= 6. Louis-Philippe of France
7= 7. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies
8= 8. Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
9= 9. Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
10= 10. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf
11= 11. Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
12= 12. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
13= 13. Louise Marie Adélaïde of Bourbon-Penthièvre
14= 14. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
15= 15. Marie Caroline of Austria

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).

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.

External links

* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/belgium.html Royal House of Belgium]
* [http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/hohenzollern.html Princely House of Hohenzollern]