Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

Prince Philippe
Count of Flanders
Born (1837-03-24)24 March 1837
Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, United Netherlands
Died 17 November 1905(1905-11-17) (aged 68)
Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium
Burial Church of Our Lady of Laeken
Spouse Princess Marie of Hohenzollern
Issue Prince Baudouin
Princess Henriette
Princess Joséphine Marie
Princess Joséphine Caroline
King Albert I
Full name
French: Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges
Dutch: Filips Eugeen Ferdinand Marie Clemens Boudewijn Leopold Joris
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Leopold I of Belgium
Mother Louise d'Orléans
Religion Roman Catholic
Royal styles of
Philippe of Belgium,
Count of Flanders
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:

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]

Foreign

Arms

Ancestry

Notes

  1. ↑ Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
  2. ↑ Keith Hitchins (1994). Rumania, 1866-1947. Oxford University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0-19-822126-6.
  3. ↑ Carol I of Romania was the brother in law of Philippe, count of Flanders.
  4. ↑ Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p. 18
  5. ↑ Almanach royal de Belgique: Classé Et Mis En Ordre Par H. Tarlier
  6. ↑ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ Jørgen Pedersen (2009). Riddere af Elefantordenen, 1559–2009 (in Danish). Syddansk Universitetsforlag. p. 463. ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
  8. ↑ "Grand Crosses of the Order of the Tower and Sword". geneall.net. Retrieved 2018-08-09.
  9. ↑ "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

Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Cadet branch of the House of Wettin
Born: 24 March 1837 Died: 17 November 1905
Belgian royalty
New title Count of Flanders
14 December 1840 – 17 November 1905		 Succeeded by
Charles of Belgium
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