Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
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| Born | 24 March 1837 Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, United Netherlands | ||||
| Died | 17 November 1905 (aged 68) Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium | ||||
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| Spouse | Princess Marie of Hohenzollern | ||||
| Issue | Prince Baudouin Princess Henriette Princess Joséphine Marie Princess Joséphine Caroline King Albert I | ||||
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| House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Father | Leopold I of Belgium | ||||
| Mother | Louise d'Orléans | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905) was the third born (but second surviving) son of Leopold I, King of the Belgians and his wife Louise d'Orléans (1812–1850). He was born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium.
He was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840, and on his 18th birthday in 1855 he received the Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold.[1]
He was the heir presumptive to the Belgian throne, from 1869 (upon the death of his nephew) until his own death in 1905.
In 1866, after the abdication of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Romania, he refused being named the new Romanian sovereign, and the throne was later accepted by Carol I.[2][3] Earlier, Philippe had also refused the crown of Greece, which was offered to him in 1862.
Marriage and issue
On 25 April 1867 at St. Hedwig's Cathedral in 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:
- Prince Baudouin of Belgium (3 June 1869 – 23 January 1891) he died of influenza at the age of 21.
- Princess Henriette of Belgium (30 November 1870 – 28 March 1948) she is the twin Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium. She married Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme on 12 February 1896. They have four children.
- Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium ((30 November 1870 — 18 January 1871) she died at one month.
- Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium (18 October 1872 – 6 January 1958) she married Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern on 28 May 1894. They have four children.
- King Albert I of the Belgians (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) he married Duchess Elisabeth of Bavaria on 2 October 1900. They have three children.
He died in his residence the Palace of the Count of Flanders, and is buried at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken.
Honours[4]
Kingdom of Belgium: Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold in 1855.[5]
- Foreign
Austrian Empire: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary in 1857.[6]
Baden:
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Zähringer Lion
Denmark: Knight of the Order of the Elephant in 1875.[7]
Second French Empire: Knight Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.
Kingdom of Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword in 1872.[8]
Kingdom of Prussia:
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Red Eagle
- Knight of the Order of the Black Eagle.
- Commander of the House Order of Hohenzollern.
Russian Empire:
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Anna.
- Knight of the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called.
- Knight Grand Cross of the Russian Order of the White Eagle.
- Knight Grand Cross of the Polish Order of the White Eagle
- Knight Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Saint Alexander Nevsky.
Kingdom of Saxony: Knight of the Order of the Crown of Saxony
Spain:
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 1872.[9]
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Charles III.
- Sweden-Norway:
Sweden: Knight of the Order of the Seraphim in 1856.
Norway: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Olav.
Kingdom of Württemberg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Württemberg Crown.
Arms
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Coat of Arms of the Count of Flanders (1837-1909) -
Royal Monogram of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders
Ancestry
Notes
- ^ Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
- ^ Keith Hitchins (1994). Rumania, 1866-1947. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-19-822126-6.
- ^ Carol I of Romania was the brother in law of Philippe, count of Flanders.
- ^ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p. 18
- ^ Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
- ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jørgen Pedersen (2009). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in Danish). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 463. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
- ^ "Grand Crosses of the Order of the Tower and Sword". geneall.net. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
- ^ "Toison Espagnole (Spanish Fleece) - 19th century" (in French), Chevaliers de la Toison D'or. Retrieved 2018-08-07.
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.
Literature
Damien Bilteryst, Philippe Comte de Flandre, Frère de Léopold II, Bruxelles, Editions Racine, juin 2014, 336 p. ISBN 978-2-87386-894-9
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