Princess Eléonore of Belgium

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Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Born April 16, 2008(2008-04-16) (&&&&&&&&&&&&&0581 mo 28 days)
Anderlecht, Belgium
Other names Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie
Title Princess of Belgium
Relatives Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant and Princess Mathilde of Belgium

Princess Eléonore of Belgium (Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie; born 16 April 2008) is the second daughter and fourth child of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde. She is the thirteenth grandchild of Albert II, King of Belgium, including the two children of the king's illegitimate daughter, Delphine Boel. The princess was born at 4h50 at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht. She weighed 3.2 kg and was 50 cm long at birth.[1][2]

Like her siblings, she will likely be baptised in the chapel of the Castle of Ciergnon in the Belgian Ardennes, by Godfried Danneels, the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Her godparents will be Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Princess Claire of Belgium, and Count Sébastien von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg.[1]


[edit] Names

  • Eléonore - is a name her parents liked, and it kept the tradition of El- names in the family.
  • Fabiola is for her great-aunt, Queen Fabiola of Belgium.
  • Victoria is for her godmother, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden.
  • Anne is for her maternal grandmother, Countess Anna d'Udekem d'Acoz.
  • Marie is for the Virgin Mary, as per tradition with Catholic royalty. It is also the second name of her maternal grandmother.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b (Dutch) De Standaard Online - Prinses Mathilde bevallen van dochtertje
  2. ^ Daughter born to Belgium's royal family, April 16, 2008, Sydney Morning Herald, retrieved 2008-04-17
Belgian Royal Family
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Styles of
Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am
Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 16 April 2008
Belgian royalty
Preceded by
Prince Emmanuel of Belgium		 Line of succession to the Belgian throne
5th position		 Succeeded by
Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este


Persondata
NAME Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Belgium, Princess Eléonore of
SHORT DESCRIPTION
DATE OF BIRTH 2008-04-16
PLACE OF BIRTH Anderlecht, Belgium
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH