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, mother =

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Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders ( nl, Filips; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of King

and Louise d'Orléans. He was the brother of

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and Empress

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. Born at the Château de Laeken, near

, Belgium, Philippe was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840. Upon the death of his nephew Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, he became

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to the Belgian throne. In 1866, after the abdication of

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, Prince of

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, 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

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, 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: * Prince Baudouin (3 June 1869 – 23 January 1891); he died of influenza at the age of 21. * Princess Henriette (30 November 1870 – 28 March 1948); she married Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme on 12 February 1896. They had four children. *Princess Joséphine Marie (30 November 1870 – 18 January 1871), twin to Princess Henriette. * Princess Joséphine Caroline (18 October 1872 – 6 January 1958); she married Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern on 28 May 1894. They had four children. * King Albert I (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934); he married Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria on 2 October 1900. They had three children. He died in his residence the Palace of the Count of Flanders, and is buried at the

. He was succeeded as heir presumptive to the throne by his son,

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Honours

He received the following decorations and awards: ;Domestic * Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold (civil), ''24 March 1855'' ;Foreign

Arms

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Ancestry

Notes

References

*Weintraub, Stanley, ''Uncrowned King: The Life of Prince Albert'', The Free Press, New York, 1997, p. 458. *Willis, Daniel (also known as Daniel A. Brewer-Ward), ''The Descendants of Louis XIII'', Clearfield Co., Inc., Baltimore, Maryland, 1999, , p. 99. *''NEXUS'' Jan/Feb 1998, Vol. XV, No. 1, p. 32.

Literature

Damien Bilteryst, Philippe Comte de Flandre, Frère de Léopold II, Bruxelles, Editions Racine, juin 2014, 336 p.

External links

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