Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Maire Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges, Count of Flanders (24 March 1837-17 November 1905) was the third 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 December 1840.

On 25 April 1867 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)
Henriette (twin) (1870-1948)
Josephine (twin) (1870-1871)
Josephine (1872-1958)
Albert I (1875-1934)

He died at Brussels, and is buried at Schloss Laeken.

[edit] Trivia

From 1869 to 1905, Phillipe was Heir-Presumptive to the Belgian throne.
In 1909, Philippe's eldest surviving son Albert, succeeded to the Belgian throne upon King Leopold II's death (Leopold was Phillippe's elder brother).

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.