Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

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Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Countess of Flanders
Spouse Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Issue
Prince Baudouin
Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon
Princess Josephine Marie
Princess Josephine Caroline
Albert I of Belgium
Full name
German: Marie Luise Alexandra Karoline
House House of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Charles Anthony, Prince of Hohenzollern
Mother Princess Josephine of Baden
Born 17 November 1845(1845-11-17)
Sigmaringen, Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Died 26 November 1912 (aged 67)
Brussels, Belgium

Marie Luise Alexandrine Karoline (Sigmaringen, 17 November 1845 - Brussels, 26 November 1912) was a Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of Hohenzollern, and mother of King Albert I of Belgium.

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Marie Luise was a daughter of Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Prime minister of Prussia and Princess Josephine of Baden, and as such a sister of Carol I of Romania and aunt of his succesor Ferdinand of Romania.

She married on 25 April 1867 in Berlin with Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, second son of King Leopold I of Belgium and Louise-Marie of Orléans.
They had 5 children :

Marie Luise died in Belgium at the age of 67. She was buried in the Church of Our Lady in Laken.

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