Princess Henriette of Belgium
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Belgian Royalty
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
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| Leopold I |
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| Crown Prince Louis-Philippe |
| Leopold II |
| Philippe, Count of Flanders |
| Charlotte, Empress of Mexico |
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| Prince Baudouin |
| Princess Joséphine Marie |
| Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendome and Alençon |
| Joséphine Caroline, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen |
| Albert I |
| Leopold II |
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| Louise-Marie, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha |
| Leopold, Duke of Brabant |
| Stéphanie, Crown Princess of Austria |
| Clémentine, Princess Napoléon |
| Albert I |
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| Leopold III |
| Prince Charles |
| Marie-José, Queen of Italy |
| Leopold III |
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| Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg |
| Baudouin |
| Albert II |
| Prince Alexander |
| Princess Marie-Christine |
| Princess Maria-Esmeralda |
| Baudouin |
| 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 |
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Princess Henriette of Belgium (30 November 1870 – 28 March 1948) was the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. She was the younger twin sister of Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium, who died at the age of six weeks in 1871.
Marriage
She married in Brussels, Belgium on 12 February 1896 Prince Emmanuel of Orléans, 8th Duke of Vendôme (18 January 1872 Austria – 1 February 1931 Cannes, France), He was a son of Ferdinand Philippe Marie, duc d'Alençon, and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, and was a great-grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France.
The couple had four children:
- Princess Marie Louise (31 December 1897 – 8 March 1973); married Prince Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies.
- Princess Sophie Joséphine Louise Marie Immaculée Gabrielle Philippine Henriette d'Orléans (born 19 October 1898 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – died 9 October 1928 France), unmarried and without issue.
- Princess Généviève d'Orléans (21 September 1901 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 1983 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), married Antoine Marie François de Chaponay-Morance, Marquis de Chaponay-Morance (30 January 1983 Paris, France - 9 September 1956 Rabat, Morocco), on July 2, 1923, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, and had two children:
- Pierre Emmanuel François Henri Baudoin de Chaponay-Morance was born January 24, 1925, in Paris, France, and died October 2, 1943, killed in action in the Gulf of Mexico. He was unmarried and without issue.
- Henryanne Maria Pierre Emmanuelle Constance de Chaponay-Morance was born May 8, 1926, in Cannes, France, unmarried and without issue.
- Prince Charles Philippe Emmanuel Ferdinand Louis Gérard Joseph Marie Ghislain Baudoin Christophe Raphaél Antoine Expédit Henri d'Orléans (4 April 1905 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France – 10 March 1970 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France), Duc de Nemours, de Vendôme et d'Alençon, married Marguerite Watson (12 Feb 1899 Richmond, Virginia - 27 Dec 1993) on September 24, 1928, in Paris, without issue.
Life
Henriette was a great sportswoman, and was often considered the best shot among royal women.[1] On one occasion, she killed a stag that had already killed another, making her very popular in Belgian sporting circles. She even earned the sobriquet the "Sporting Duchess". In 1908, she accompanied her husband to the Rocky Mountains in the United States to shoot grizzly bears.[1]
She often did royal visits for her brother King Albert. In 1914 for instance, she visited a hospital in Neuilly that was treating American troops.[2] In two letters, Henriette and her sister-in-law Queen Elisabeth expressed their appreciation and asked for more support from the American Commission For Relief in Belgium, which had been giving donations to the Belgian people ever since the German invasion.[3]
Ancestry
References
- ^ a b "Leopold's Niece to Hunt Grizzlies", The New York Times (Berlin), 17 July 1908, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950DEFDD123EE233A25755C2A9619C946997D6CF&scp=2&sq=Duchess+of+Vendome&st=p
- ^ "Visit From King's Sister", The New York Times (Paris), 17 November 1914, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9C01E2D6113FE633A2575BC1A9679D946596D6CF&scp=4&sq=Duchess+of+Vendome&st=p
- ^ "'Send More Relief', Begs Belgian Queen", The New York Times (Brussels), 8 December 1914, http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9804EEDF1438E633A2575BC0A9649D946596D6CF&scp=9&sq=Duchess+of+Vendome&st=p
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*created princess of Belgium by Royal Decree of 2 December 1991
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Victoria, German Empress** · Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse and by Rhine** · Helena, Princess Christian of Scheswig-Holstein** · Louise, Duchess of Argyll** · Beatrice, Princess Henry of Battenberg** · Clotilde, Archduchess Joseph Karl of Austria · Amalie, Duchess Maximilian Emanuel in Bavaria · Louise-Marie, Princess of Kohary* · Stéphanie, Crown Princess of Austria* · Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme* · Princess Joséphine-Marie* · Clémentine, Princess Napoléon* · Joséphine-Caroline, Princess Karl Anton of Hohenzollern*
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Louise, Duchess of Fife** · Princess Victoria** · Maud, Queen of Norway** · Marie, Queen of Romania** · Victoria Melita, Grand Duchess Cyril Vladimirovich of Russia** · Alexandra, Princess of Hohenlohe-Langenburg** · Beatrice, Duchess of Galliera** · Margaret, Crown Princess of Sweden** · Lady Patricia Ramsay** · Alice, Countess of Athlone** · Dorothea, Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg · Marie-José, Queen of Italy*
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Duchess Marie Thérèse of Württemberg · Micaela Cousiño** · Beatrice de Pasquier de Franclieu** · Gersende de Sabran-Pontèves** · Marion Gordon-Orr** · Emilia Ferrara-Pignatelli** · Giovanna San Martino d'Aglie di San Germano** · Antonella Rendina**
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*also a princess of Orléans in her own right
**did not have a royal or noble title by birth
^never styled Princess of Orléans
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Henriette Of Belgium, Princess |
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| Date of birth |
30 November 1870 |
| Place of birth |
Brussels, Belgium |
| Date of death |
28 March 1948 |
| Place of death |
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland |