Eléonore of Belgium

Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie, Princess of Belgium

Named Eléonore in order to continue the tradition of names with El-/-el among her siblings; also named for her great-aunt, Queen Fabiola of Belgium, her godmother, the Corwn Princess of Sweden, her maternal grandmother, and the Virgin Mary, as per tradition with Catholic royalty.

Daughter of Philippe Prince of Belgium, Duc de Brabant (1960) and Mathilde d’Udekem d’Acoz (1973)

Born: Anderlecht, Belgium 16. Apr 2008

Baptised: Château Royale de Ciergnon, Belgium 14. Jun 2008

Godparents: Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Princess Claire of Belgium (paternal aunt by marriage), and Sébastien Graf Westphalen zu Fürstenberg

Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürsten I, Vol XIX, Starke Verlag 2011