Prince Emmanuel of Belgium

Prince Emmanuel
Born (2005-10-04) 4 October 2005
Erasmus Hospital, Brussels, Belgium
Full name
French: Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie
Dutch: Emmanuel Leopold Willem Frans Maria
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Philippe of Belgium
Mother Mathilde of Belgium
Religion Roman Catholic
Styles of
Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness

Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie; born 4 October 2005) is the second son and third child of King Philippe of Belgium and Queen consort Mathilde of Belgium. He is currently third in line to the throne of Belgium after his older sister Elisabeth and brother Gabriel.

Life

Emmanuel was born at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht on 4 October 2005. He was christened at the chapel of Ciergnon Castle in the Belgian Ardennes on 10 December 2005. His godparents were: his maternal aunt, Countess Elisabeth d'Udekem d'Acoz; and Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg.[1][2]

In September 2012, it was announced that Prince Emmanuel was leaving Sint-Jan Berchmans College in Brussels, the school his siblings also attend, to enroll at the Eureka special school in Kessel-Lo.[3] The school caters to children of normal intelligence and gifted children who have dyslexia. [4]

Emmanuel is styled as "His Royal Highness Prince Emmanuel of Belgium".

Arms

Ancestry

References

Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
Born: 4 October 2005
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Prince Gabriel of Belgium		 Line of succession to the Belgian throne
3rd position 		Succeeded by
Princess Eléonore of Belgium
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