Princess Eléonore of Belgium

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Princess Eléonore
Born (2008-04-16) 16 April 2008 (age 16)
Erasmus Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Names
French: Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie
Dutch: Eleonore Fabiola Victoria Anna Maria
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha
FatherKing Philippe of Belgium
MotherQueen Mathilde of Belgium
ReligionRoman Catholicism
Styles of
Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Reference styleHer Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Princess Eléonore of Belgium (Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie; born 16 April 2008) is the second daughter and youngest of four children to King Philippe of Belgium and his wife, Queen consort Mathilde of Belgium. She is currently fourth in line to the throne of Belgium after her older siblings.

Life

Her older siblings are Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabrant, Prince Gabriel, and Prince Emmanuel. She is the twelfth and youngest grandchild of King Albert II and Queen Paola. The princess was born at 4h50 at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht.[1]

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.[1]

Eléonore is styled as Her Royal Highness Princess Eléonore of Belgium.

Arms

Coat of arms of Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Notes
According to Gustaaf Janssens, Archivist of the Royal Palace, Princess Eléonore's coat of arms consist of the gold lion on a black background on a lozenge ensigned with the royal crown.
Escutcheon
Sable a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules.
French : De sable au lion d'or armé et lampassé de gueules

Ancestry

Family of Princess Eléonore of Belgium
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. Philippe of Belgium
20. Fulco VII Beniamino Tristano, Ruffo di Calabria
10. Fulco VIII, Prince of Ruffo di Calabria
21. Laura Mosselman du Chenoy
5. Donna Paola dei Principi Ruffo di Calabria
22. Augusto Gazelli, Conte di Rossana e di Sebastiano
11. Donna Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana e di Sebastiano
23. Donna Maria Cristina dei Conti 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. Jonkheer Clément van Outryve d'Ydewalle
13. Jonkvrouw Suzanne van Outryve d'Ydewalle
27. Jonkvrouw 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

References

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Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Born: 16 April 2008
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the Belgian throne
4th position
Succeeded by