Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Belgian prince (1837–1905)
Biography
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (Dutch: Filips; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of King Leopold I of Belgium and Louise d'Orléans. He was the brother of Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico.
Born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium, Philippe was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840. In January 1869, upon the sudden death of his nephew Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, he became heir presumptive to the Belgian throne. In 1866, after the abdication of Alexandru Ioan Cuza, Prince of Romania, Philippe refused being named the new Romanian sovereign, and the throne was later accepted by Philippe's brother-in-law Carol I. Earlier, he had also refused the crown of Greece, which was offered to him in 1862.
Philippe died in 1905. When his brother King Leopold II died in 1909, Philippe's second son ascended the Belgian throne as King Albert I.
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Family
- Children
- Prince Baudouin of BelgiumPrincess Henriette of BelgiumPrincess Joséphine Marie of BelgiumPrincess Joséphine Caroline of BelgiumAlbert I of Belgium
- Siblings
- Charlotte of BelgiumLeopold II of BelgiumLouis Philippe, Crown Prince of BelgiumGeorg von EppinghovenArthur von Eppinghovenstillborn son von Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha
Awards & honours (6)
- Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece
- Knight of the Order of Saint Andrew with swords
- Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold
- Grand cross of the Order of Albert the Bear
- Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Stephen of Hungary
- Knight of the Order of the Elephant
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