Princess Marie Luise Karoline Alexandra of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (17 November 1845 – 26 November 1912), later Countess of Flanders, was a princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, later simply of

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. She married Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, second son of

King Leopold I of Belgium * nl, Leopold Joris Christiaan Frederik * en, Leopold George Christian Frederick , image = NICAISE Leopold ANV.jpg , caption = Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser, 1856 , reign = 21 July 1831 – , predecessor = Erasme Loui ...

, and she was the mother of King Albert I.

Family

Marie was the youngest daughter and last of the six children of Prince Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern, Prime minister of Prussia and Princess Josephine of Baden, and as such a younger sister of Prince Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, King Carol I of Romania and of Queen Stephanie, Queen Consort of Portugal

Marriage

Marie was considered as a potential wife for the future

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.Hibbert, p. 41. Though she was considered "quite lovely" by his family, her

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religion barred her from being a suitable consort for the head of the Anglican church. On 25 April 1867 at

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, she married Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, second son of King

Leopold I of Belgium * nl, Leopold Joris Christiaan Frederik * en, Leopold George Christian Frederick , image = NICAISE Leopold ANV.jpg , caption = Portrait by Nicaise de Keyser, 1856 , reign = 21 July 1831 – , predecessor = Erasme Lou ...

and

Louise-Marie of Orléans Louise-Marie or Louise Marie may refer to: * Louise Marie Adélaïde de Bourbon (1753-1821), daughter and heiress of Louis Jean Marie de Bourbon, duc de Penthièvre * Louise Marie Adélaïde Eugènie d'Orléans (1777-1847), daughter of Louis Phili ...

. They had five children: *

Prince Baudouin of Belgium nl, Boudewijn Leopold Filips Marie Karel Antoon Jozef Lodewijk ger, Balduin Leopold Philipp Maria Karl Antonius Joseph Ludwig , image = Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869-1891).jpg , caption = , birth_date = , birth_place = Brus ...

(3 June 1869 – 23 January 1891) he died of influenza at the age of 21. * Princess Henriette of Belgium (30 November 1870 – 28 March 1948) she is the twin Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium. She married

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on 12 February 1896. They had four children. *Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium (30 November 1870 — 18 January 1871) she died at one month. *

Princess Joséphine Caroline of Belgium nl, Josephine Caroline Maria Albertina , title = Princess Karl Anton of Hohenzollern , image = JosephineBelgHohenz.jpg , image_size = , caption = , birth_date = , birth_place = Brussels, Belgium , death_date = ...

(18 October 1872 – 6 January 1958) she married

Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern , image = Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern by Nicola Perscheid.jpg , image_size = 250px , caption = , birth_date = , birth_place = Sigmaringen, Province of Hohenzollern, Prussia , death_date = , death_place = Namedy, Weimar Republic , ...

on 28 May 1894. They had four children. * King Albert I of the Belgians (8 April 1875 – 17 February 1934) he married

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on 2 October 1900. They had three children. Princess Marie was an accomplished artist, even occasionally exhibiting her paintings at the Brussels Fair. She had a literary salon, which was the gathering place of many authors as well as a feature of Brussels social life for forty years. She also demonstrated appreciation for music, on one occasion awarding a gold medal to the Zoellner Quartet after it performed for the Belgian royalty.Cariaga, Daniel, "Not Taking It with You: A Tale of Two Estates," ''Los Angeles Times''
22 December 1985; accessed April 2012.

Death

Marie Luise died in Belgium in 1912 at the age of 67, after suffering from pneumonia for several days. She was buried in the Church of Our Lady of Laeken. Princess Marie of Belgium, Countess of Flanders

Princess Marie of Belgium, Countess of Flanders

Honours

* : Dame of the Order of Saint Elizabeth, 1900: Wedding Gift in honour of her Son. * : 723rd Dame of the

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. * Dame of the Starry Cross. * Dame grand Cross in the

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. * Dame of the Order of Saint Isabel.Almanach royal officiel: 1875 p. 18

Ancestry

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