Princess Eléonore of Belgium

Princess Eléonore Full name Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie House House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Father Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant Mother Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant Born 16 April 2008(2008-04-16) (&&&&&&&&&&&013973 years) Anderlecht, Belgium

Styles of Princess Eléonore of Belgium Reference style Her Royal Highness Spoken style Madame

Belgian Royal Family HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Brabant HRH The Duchess of Brabant HRH Princess Elisabeth HRH Prince Gabriel HRH Prince Emmanuel HRH Princess Eléonore HI&RH The Archduchess of Austria-Este HI&RH The Archduke of Austria-Este HI&RH Prince Amedeo HI&RH Princess Maria Laura HI&RH Prince Joachim HI&RH Princess Luisa Maria HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria HRH Prince Laurent HRH Princess Claire HRH Princess Louise HRH Prince Nicolas HRH Prince Aymeric HM Queen Fabiola Extended royal family HRH Princess Léa HRH Princess Marie-Christine HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda

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.

Biography

Family and birth

Her older siblings are Princess Elisabeth of Belgium, Prince Gabriel of Belgium and Prince Emmanuel of Belgium. She is the thirteenth grandchild of Albert II, King of Belgium, including the two children of the king's alleged 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.

She was baptised on 14 June 2008 in the chapel of Ciergnon Castle in the Belgian Ardennes, by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Her godparents are Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Princess Claire of Belgium, and Count Sébastien von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg.

Names

• Eléonore - is a name her parents liked, as it means 'true and perpetual beauty', and it kept the tradition of El-/-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.

Arms

Dr. Gustaaf Janssens, Archivist of the Royal Palace, confirms that HRH Princess Eléonore's coat of arms as Princess of Belgium consist of the gold lion on a black background on a lozenge ensigned with the royal crown.

Ancestry

16. Albert I of Belgium

8. Leopold III of Belgium

17. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria

4. Albert II of Belgium

18. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland

9. Princess Astrid of Sweden

19. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

2. Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant

20. Fulco VII Beniamino Tristano, Ruffo di Calabria

10. Fulco VIII, Prince of Ruffo di Calabria

21. Laura Mosselmann du Chenoy

5. Princess Paola Ruffo di Calabria

22. Augusto, Count Rossana e San Sebastiano

11. Luisa Gazelli di Rossana e di Sebastiano

23. Countess Maria Rignon

1. Princess Eléonore of Belgium

24. Baron Maximilien d'Udekem d'Acoz

12. Baron Charles d'Udekem d'Acoz

25. Maria van Eyll

6. Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz

26. Clément van Outryve d'Ydewalle

13. Suzanne van Outryve d'Ydewalle

27. Madeleine de Thibault de Boesinghe

3. Countess Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

28. Count Michel Komorowski

14. Count Léon-Michel Komorowski

29. Maria Zaborowska

7. Countess Anna Maria Komorowska

30. Prince Adam Zygmunt Sapieha

15. Princess Zofia Sapieha

31. Countess Teresa Sobanska

External links

• The Belgian Monarchy official website
• Birth of Princess Eléonore

Princess Eléonore of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha 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