Princess Eléonore of Belgium
Template:Infobox Belgian Royalty 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. 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.[1][2]
She was baptised on June 14, 2008 in the chapel of the Castle of Ciergnon 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]
Names
- Eléonore - is a name her parents liked, 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.
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