Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

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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 (Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges (French) or Filips Eugeen Ferdinand Marie Clemens Boudewijn Leopold Joris (Dutch); 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 at 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)
• Josephine Marie (twin) (30 November 1870-18 January 1871)
• Josephine Caroline (1872-1958)
• Albert I (1875-1934)

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

[edit] Ancestry

8. Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

4. Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

9. Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

2. Leopold I of Belgium

10. Heinrich XXIV, Count Reuss of Ebersdorf

5. Princess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf

11. Countess Caroline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg

1. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

12. Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

6. Louis-Philippe of France

13. Louise Marie Adélaïde of Bourbon-Penthièvre

3. Louise-Marie of France

14. Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

7. Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

15. Marie Caroline of Austria

[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.