Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

Prince Philippe
Count of Flanders
Conde de Flandes.jpg
Born(1837-03-24)24 March 1837
Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium
Died17 November 1905(1905-11-17) (aged 68)
Palace of the Count of Flanders, Brussels, Belgium
Burial
SpousePrincess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Issue
Names
French: Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges
Dutch: Filips Eugeen Ferdinand Marie Clemens Boudewijn Leopold Joris
HouseSaxe-Coburg and Gotha
FatherLeopold I, King of the Belgians
MotherLouise d'Orléans
ReligionRoman Catholic
Royal styles of
Philippe of Belgium,
Count of Flanders
Coat of Arms of the Count of Flanders (1837-1909).svg
Reference styleHis Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (Dutch: Filips; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of King Leopold I of Belgium and Louise d'Orléans.

Born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium, Philippe was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840. Upon the death of his nephew Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, he became heir presumptive to the Belgian throne. In 1866, after the abdication of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Romania, Philippe refused being named the new Romanian sovereign, and the throne was later accepted by Philippe's brother-in-law Carol I. Earlier, he had also refused the crown of Greece, 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 as King Albert I.

Marriage and issue

On 25 April 1867 at St. Hedwig's Cathedral in Berlin, he married Marie Luise Alexandra Caroline, Princess of Hohenzollern, (1845–1912), daughter of Karl Anton von Hohenzollern (1811–1885) and his wife Josephine of Baden (1813–1900).

Their children were:

He died in his residence the Palace of the Count of Flanders, and is buried at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken. He was succeeded as heir presumptive to the throne by his son, Albert.

Honours

He received the following decorations and awards:

Domestic
Foreign

Arms

Ancestry


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