PRINCE PHILIPPE, COUNT OF FLANDERS

'Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Maire Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges, Count of Flanders' (24 March1837-17 November1905) was the third born (but second surviving) son of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his wife Louise Marie d'Orleans (1812-1850). He was born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium. He was created Count of Flanders on 14 December1840.
On 25 April1867 at 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:

★ Baudouin (1869-1891)

★ Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme and Alençon (twin) (1870-1948)

★ Josephine (twin) (1870-1871)

★ Princess Josephine Caroline of Belgium(1872-1958)

★ Albert I (1875-1934)
He died at Brussels, and is buried at the ''Church of Our Lady'' in Laken.

Contents

Ancestry

Trivia

References

Ancestry

'Philippe's ancestors in three generations'

'Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders'	'Father:' Leopold I of Belgium	'Paternal Grandfather:' Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld	'Paternal Great-grandfather:' Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
			'Paternal Great-grandmother:' Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
		'Paternal Grandmother:' Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf	'Paternal Great-grandfather:' Count Heinrich XXIV Reuss of Ebersdorf and Lobenstein
			'Paternal Great-grandmother:' Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg
	'Mother:' Louise-Marie of France	'Maternal Grandfather:' Louis-Philippe of France	'Maternal Great-grandfather:' Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans
			'Maternal Great-grandmother:' Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre
		'Maternal Grandmother:' Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies	'Maternal Great-grandfather:' Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
			'Maternal Great-grandmother:' Marie Caroline of Austria

Trivia

★ From 1869 to 1905, Phillipe was Heir-Presumptive to the Belgian throne.

★ In 1909, Philippe's lone surviving son Albert, succeeded to the Belgian throne upon King Leopold II's death (Leopold was Phillippe's elder brother).

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.