| Prince Philippe | |||||
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| Count of Flanders | |||||
.jpg) Prince Philippe,c. 1880 | |||||
| Born | (1837-03-24)24 March 1837 Royal Castle of Laeken,Laeken,Belgium | ||||
| Died | 17 November 1905(1905-11-17) (aged 68) Palace of the Count of Flanders,Brussels, Belgium | ||||
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| House | Saxe-Coburg and Gotha | ||||
| Father | Leopold I of Belgium | ||||
| Mother | Louise of Orléans | ||||
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (Dutch:Filips; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of KingLeopold I of Belgium andLouise d'Orléans. He was the brother ofLeopold II of Belgium and EmpressCarlota of Mexico.
Born at the Château deLaeken, nearBrussels, Belgium, Philippe was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840. In January 1869, upon the sudden death of his nephewPrince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, he becameheir presumptive to the Belgian throne. In 1866, after the abdication ofAlexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince ofRomania, Philippe refused being named the new Romanian sovereign, and the throne was later accepted by Philippe's brother-in-lawCarol I.[1] Earlier, he had also refused the crown ofGreece, which was offered to him in 1862.
Philippe died in 1905. When his brother King Leopold II died in 1909, Philippe's second son ascended the Belgian throne asKing Albert I.
On 25 April 1867 atSt. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, he marriedMarie Luise Alexandra Caroline, Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, (1845–1912), daughter ofKarl Anton von Hohenzollern (1811–1885) andJosephine of Baden (1813–1900). Among Marie's siblings werethe deceased Queen of Portugal andthe future King of Romania.
The children of Phillipe and Marie were:
He died in his residence thePalace of the Count of Flanders, and is buried at theChurch of Our Lady of Laeken. He was succeeded as heir presumptive to the throne by his son,Albert.
He received the following decorations and awards:[2]
Duchy of Anhalt:Grand Cross of Albert the Bear,1874[4]
Austrian Empire:Grand Cross of St. Stephen,1857[5]
Baden:
Kingdom of Bavaria:Knight of St. Hubert
Empire of Brazil:Grand Cross of the Southern Cross
Denmark:Knight of the Elephant,1 November 1875[7]
Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of theSaxe-Ernestine House Order,December 1853[8]
French Empire:Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour.svg)
Holy See:Grand Cross of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem[9]
Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion[10]
Empire of Japan: Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Chrysanthemum,5 November 1898[11]
Netherlands:Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Luxembourg:Knight of the Gold Lion of Nassau
Ottoman Empire:Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class
Kingdom of Portugal:Grand Cross of the Tower and Sword,12 December 1854[12]
Kingdom of Prussia:
Kingdom of Romania:Grand Cross of the Star of Romania
Russian Empire:
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach:Grand Cross of the White Falcon,20 September 1854[14]
Kingdom of Saxony:Knight of the Rue Crown,1857[15]
Spain:
Sweden-Norway:[18]
Württemberg:Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown,1864[19].svg)
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link){{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)Damien Bilteryst, Philippe Comte de Flandre, Frère de Léopold II, Bruxelles, Editions Racine, juin 2014, 336 p.ISBN 978-2-87386-894-9
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders Cadet branch of theHouse of Wettin Born: 24 March 1837 Died: 17 November 1905 | ||
| Belgian royalty | ||
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| New title | Count of Flanders 14 December 1840 – 17 November 1905 | Vacant Title next held by Prince Charles |
