Philippe of Belgium
Philippe Eugène Ferdinand Marie Clément Baudouin Léopold Georges, Prince of Belgium, Comte de Flandre
Son of Leopold I King of the Belgians (1790-1865) by his second wife Louise Princess d’Orléans (1812-1850).
Born: Laeken Palace, Brussels 24. Mar 1837
Married: St. Hedwig's Cathedral, Berlin 25. Apr 1867 Marie Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845-1912), daughter of Karl Anton Fürst von Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1811-1885) and Josephine Princess of Baden (1813-1900).
Issue:
Baudouin Prince of Belgium (1869-1891)
Henriette Princess of Belgium (1870-1948) m. 1896 Emmanuel Prince d’Orléans, Duc de Vendôme (1872-1931)
Joséphine Princess of Belgium (1870-1871)
Joséphine Princess of Belgium (1872-1958) m. Karl Anton Prince of Hohenzollern (1868-1919)
Albert I King of the Belgians (1875-1934) m. 1900 Elisabeth Duchess in Bavaria (1876-1965)
Died: Brussels 17. Nov 1905
Buried: Notre Dame de Laeken (Église Notre-Dame de Laeken), Brussels
Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000