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Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

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Prince Philippe
Count of Flanders
Full name
French: Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges
Dutch: Filips Eugeen Ferdinand Marie Clemens Boudewijn Leopold Joris
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
BuriedChurch of Our Lady of Laeken
Spouse(s)
(m. 1867)
Issue
FatherLeopold I of Belgium
MotherLouise of Orléans

Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905) was the third child of Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Louise of Orléans. He is the younger brother of Leopold II of Belgium, and when Leopold II of Belgium died, Philippe’s son Albert I. He was also a Prince of Belgium.

Marriage and children

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In 1867, Prince Philippe married Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. The had the following children: Prince Baudouin of Belgium, Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme, Princess Joséphine-Marie, Joséphine, Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern, and Albert I of Belgium.