Philippe de Lannoy

Count Philippe de Lannoy (born 14 August 1922) is a Belgian nobleman and Provincial Councillor of Hainaut. He is the father of Stéphanie de Lannoy, the wife of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, heir apparent to the throne of Luxembourg.

Family

He married his wife, the late Countess Alix de Lannoy, in 1965.^[1] Countess Alix de Lannoy,born Alix della Faille de Leverghem, died on 27 August 2012 at the age of 70.^[1]

Count and Countess Philippe de Lannoy had eight children.^[1] They all have the rank of Count and Countess in Belgium, as sons and daughters of a Count:

• Count Jehan Marie Paul Emmanuel Harold de Lannoy (b. 1966), married in 1993 Béatrice Spates (b. 1968), they have four children:
  • Countess Caroline de Lannoy (b. 2001)
  • Countess Louise de Lannoy (b. 2003)
  • Count Antoine de Lannoy (b. 2005)
  • Count Maxime de Lannoy (b. 2006)
• Count Christian Marie Harold Philippe de Lannoy (b. 1968), married in 2009 Luisa Moreno de Porras-Isla-Fernández, they have three children:
  • Countess Teresa de Lannoy (b. 2010)
  • Count Ignace de Lannoy (b. 2012)
  • Count Jacques de Lannoy (b. 2014)
• Countess Nathalie Marie Béatrice Lydia de Lannoy (b. 1969), married in 1996 John Hamilton (b. 1955), they have five daughters:
  • Antonia Hamilton (b. 1997)
  • Charlotte Hamilton (b. 1999)
  • Madeleine Hamilton
  • Alix Hamilton
  • Victoria Hamilton
• Countess Gaëlle Marie Diane Madeleine de Lannoy (b. 1970)
• Count Amaury Marie Dominique Paul de Lannoy (b. 1970)
• Count Olivier Marie Arnaud Albert de Lannoy (b. 1974), married in 2006 Alice van Havre (b. 1980), they have two sons:
  • Count Philippe de Lannoy
  • Count Gustave de Lannoy (b. 2013)
• Countess Isabelle Myriam Jehanne Alix de Lannoy (b. 1976), married in 2001 Jean-Charles de le Court (b. 1969), they have five children:
  • Isaure de le Court (b. 2003)
  • Aline de le Court (b. 2005)
  • Lancelot de le Court (b. 2007)
  • Héloïse de le Court (b. 2010)
  • Nicodème de le Court (b. 2013)
• Countess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine de Lannoy, married in 2012 Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Honours and decorations

• Volunteer's Medal 1940–1945 (1946).
• Officer of the Order of Leopold II.
• Knight of the Order of Leopold.
• Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.^[2]
• Knight Grand Cross Jure Sanguinis of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (1982).^[3]

Ancestry

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