Louise d’Orléans

Princess Louise Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle d’Orléans

Daughter of Louis Philippe, King of the French (1773-1850) by his wife Maria Amelia, Princess of the Two Sicilies (1782-1866).

Born: Palermo 3. Apr 1812

Married: Château de Compiègne, France 9. Aug 1832 King Leopold I. of the Belgians (1790-1865), son of Franz Friedrich, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1750-1806) and his wife Auguste Princess Reuss (1757-1831).

Her brother Louis and sister Clémentine were married to King Leopold’s niece Viktoria of Saxe-Coburg and nephew August of Saxe-Coburg respectively.

Issue:

• Louis-Philippe, Prince of Belgium (1833-1834)

• Léopold II. King of the Belgians (1835-1909) m.1853 Marie Henriette Archduchess of Austria (1836-1902); m.1909 (morg.) Blanche Delacroix (1883-1948)

• Philippe, Prince of Belgium, Comte de Flandre (1837-1905) m.1867 Marie Princess of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845-1912)

• Charlotte, Princess of Belgium (1840-1927) m.1857 Maximilian, Archduke of Austria, Emperor of Mexico 1864-67 (1832-1867, executed)

Died: Ostende, Belgium 11. Oct 1850 of tuberculosis

Buried: Royal Vault, Church of Our Lady, Laken Cemetery

Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000;