Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz

Patrick Paul François Marie Ghislain, Count d'Udekem d'Acoz (Uccle, 28 April 1936 - Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 25 September 2008) was a Belgian nobleman and father of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.^[1] Queen Mathilde is the wife of Philippe, King of the Belgians.

He was a son of Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain, Baron d'Udekem d'Acoz (Ghent, 8 March 1885 - Proven, 7 December 1968), and his second wife, (m. Proven, 4 February 1933) Suzanne Marie Désirée Ghislaine Josephe van Outryve d'Ydewalle (Wingene, 22 June 1898 - Ypres, 6 April 1983). Upon the marriage of his daughter Princess Mathilde, he was created Count d'Udekem d'Acoz on 4 December 1999.

Count d'Udekem d'Acoz married Countess^[2] Anna Maria Komorowska (b. Białogard, 23 September 1946) civilly in Forville on 1 September 1971 and religiously in Hannut on 11 September 1971.^[1] She was a daughter of Count^[2] Leon Michal Komorowski (Siedliska, 14 August 1907 - 1992) and his wife (m. Warszawa, 25 July 1942), Princess Zofia Sapieżanka (Bobrek, 10 October 1919 - Herstal, 14 August 1997). The couple had five children:^[1]

• Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, Queen of the Belgians (b. 20 January 1973) - married Philippe, King of the Belgians on 4 December 1999. They have four children:
  • Princess Elisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène, Duchess of Brabant (b. 2001)
  • Prince Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie of Belgium (b. 2003)
  • Prince Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie of Belgium (b. 2005)
  • Princess Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie of Belgium (b. 2008)
• Jonkvrouw Marie-Alix Suzanne Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 5 September 1974 - d. 14 August 1997) - died in a car accident together with her grandmother
• Countess Elisabeth Marie Hedwige Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 17 January 1977) - married Margrave Alfonso Pallavicini on 22 July 2006. They have 2 children:
  • Margravine Olympia Edoarda Matilde Pallavicini (b. 2008)
  • Margrave Adalberto Domenico Carlo Patrizio Maria Pallavicini (b. 2009)
• Countess Hélène Marie Michele Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 22 September 1979) - married Baron Nicolas Janssen on 11 June 2011. They have two children:
  • Baroness Cordélia Janssen (b. 2012)
  • Baron Alistair Janssen (b. 2013)
• Count Charles-Henri Marie Ghislain d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 14 May 1985).

Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz became seriously ill beginning in January 2008.^[1] His brother, Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz, revealed that Patrick had fallen into an irreversible coma and was dying of the progressive disease in March 2008.^[1] The illness and coma caused Patrick to miss awareness of the birth of his granddaughter, Princess Eléonore of Belgium, April 2008.^[1] Princess Eléonore, the fourth child of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde, was born in the same hospital where Patrick was being treated for his illness.^[1]

Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz died on 25 September 2008, at a neurological center in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife and four children.^[1]

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