Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium

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Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium Born Louis-Philippe Léopold Victor Ernest July 24, 1833(1833-07-24) Laeken Palace, Laeken, Belgium Died May 16, 1834 (aged 0) Laeken Palace, Laeken, Belgium Title Crown Prince of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Parents Leopold I of Belgium and Louise-Marie of Orléans Relatives Leopold, Philippe, Charlotte

Belgian Royalty House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Leopold I Children    Crown Prince Louis-Philippe    Leopold II    Philippe, Count of Flanders    Charlotte, Empress of Mexico Grandchildren    Prince Baudouin    Princess Josephine Marie    Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendome and Alencon    Josephine Caroline, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen    Albert I Leopold II Children    Louise-Marie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha    Leopold, Duke of Brabant    Stéphanie, Crown Princess of Austria    Clémentine, Princess Napoléon Albert I Children    Leopold III    Prince Charles    Marie-José, Queen of Italy Leopold III Children    Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg    Baudouin I    Albert II    Prince Alexander    Princess Marie-Christine    Princess Maria-Esmeralda Baudouin I Albert II Children    Philippe, Duke of Brabant    Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este    Prince Laurent Grandchildren    Princess Elisabeth    Prince Gabriel    Prince Emmanuel    Princess Eléonore    Princess Louise    Prince Nicolas    Prince Aymeric

Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (Louis-Philippe Léopold Victor Ernest (French) or Lodewijk Filips Leopold Victor Ernst (Dutch), 24 July 1833- 16 May 1834)^[1] was the eldest child and son and heir of Leopold I of Belgium and his wife, Princess Louise-Marie of Orléans.

Louis-Philippe, called Babychou or Babochon by his mother, became crown prince at birth. The baby, named for his maternal grandfather, Louis-Philippe of France, was baptised at the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral in Brussels, by Engelbert Sterckx, the Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussels.

Louis-Philippe died before his first birthday of an inflammation of the mucous membranes. For King Leopold, the death of his son brought back memories of the death of his first wife, Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, in childbirth. "All the old aches are revived," wrote Queen Louise-Marie. The baby's tiny coffin, draped white velvet, was lowered into the vault of the Dukes of Brabant, in Brussels, and later transferred to join the remains of his parents in the royal crypt of the Church of Our Lady in Laeken.

Unlike subsequent heirs to the Belgian throne, Louis-Philippe was not Duke of Brabant; this title was not created for the heir to the throne until 1840. He was posthumously succeeded as crown prince upon the birth of his younger brother, Leopold, who would later succeed their father as Leopold II of Belgium.

[edit] Ancestry

Ernest Frederick, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel

Leopold I of Belgium

Heinrich XXIV, Count of Reuss-Ebersdorf

Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf

Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schönberg

Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium

Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans

Louis-Philippe I of France

Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon-Penthièvre

Louise-Marie of France

Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies

Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies

Marie Caroline of Austria

[edit] Titles

• His Royal Highness Prince Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke in Saxony (1833-1834)

[edit] References

1. ^ Belgium, Paul Theroff

Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha Cadet branch of the House of Wettin Born: 24 July 1833 Died: 16 May 1834
Belgian royalty
New title	Heir apparent to the Belgian throne 1833–1834	Vacant Title next held by Leopold II