Countess Alix de Lannoy (''née'' Alix della Faille de Leverghem; 20 September 1941 – 26 August 2012) was a Belgian noblewoman and the mother of Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie of Luxembourg.

Biography

Alix was a daughter of

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Harold della Faille de Leverghem, a member of an

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family ennobled in 1614,Enache, Nicolas. ''La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg''. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 668, 681. French. and Countess Madeleine de Brouchoven de Bergeyck. One of the ancestors of Alix de Lannoy was Hélène Fourment, Countess de Bergeyck. Alix married Count Philippe de Lannoy in 1965 and had eight children. Their youngest child, Countess Stéphanie, married

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, on 20 October 2012. She was living at the Lannoys' ancestral Château de Hun in Anvaing, where she was the honorary librarian of the municipal library. The countess died following a sudden

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on 26 August 2012, at the age of 70. The

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released a statement, "''Their Royal Highnesses Prince Guillaume, the

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, the

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and the whole family join in the pain of the Count de Lannoy and his beloved family with our sincere and deepest regret.''" The funeral of Countess Alix de Lannoy was held in

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, Belgium, attended by members of the

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er and Belgian royal families.Luxembourg Royals pay respects at funeral for Countess Alix de Lannoy http://www.wort.lu/en/view/luxembourg-royals-pay-respects-at-funeral-for-countess-alix-de-lannoy-5040e98ce4b095ae929e508e

Children

Alix and her husband had eight children, one of whom,

Stéphanie Stéphanie is a feminine French feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: *Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (born 1984), Belgian noble; wife of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg *Princess Stéphanie ...

, married

Literature

* Y. SCHMITZ, ''Les della Faille'', 6 volumes, Brussels, 1965–1974. * Hervé DOUXCHAMPS, ''Aux origines de la famille della Faille'', in: Le Parchemin, 1989, blz. 61-77 & 1992, blz. 40–43. * Humbert DE MARNIX DE SAINTE ALDEGONDE, ''État présent de la noblesse belge'', Annuaire 2006, Brussels, 2006 (della Faille); Annuaire 2009, Brussels, 2009 (de Lannoy).

References

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