Princess Eléonore of Belgium (Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie; born 16 April 2008) is the second daughter and fourth child of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife
Princess MathildePrincess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant , styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Brabant, is the wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant...
. Her older siblings are
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Prince Gabriel of BelgiumPrince Gabriel of Belgium is the second child and eldest son of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde...
and
Prince Emmanuel of BelgiumPrince Emmanuel of Belgium is a grandchild of King Albert II of Belgium. He is currently fourth in line to the throne of Belgium after his father and his older brother and sister....
. She is the thirteenth grandchild of
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, including the two children of the king's alleged illegitimate daughter,
Delphine BoelDelphine Michèle Anne Marie Boël is a Belgian artist who specializes in papier maché sculpture. She is alleged to be the illegitimate daughter of Albert II of Belgium...
. The princess was born at 4h50 at the Erasmus Hospital in
AnderlechtAnderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality...
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Princess Eléonore of Belgium (Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie; born 16 April 2008) is the second daughter and fourth child of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife
Princess MathildePrincess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant , styled Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Brabant, is the wife of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne, HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant...
. Her older siblings are
Princess Elisabeth of BelgiumPrincess Elisabeth of Belgium is the eldest daughter of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde. She is a granddaughter of Albert II, King of the Belgians and Queen Paola.-Biography:She was born in Anderlecht, Brussels...
,
Prince Gabriel of BelgiumPrince Gabriel of Belgium is the second child and eldest son of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde...
and
Prince Emmanuel of BelgiumPrince Emmanuel of Belgium is a grandchild of King Albert II of Belgium. He is currently fourth in line to the throne of Belgium after his father and his older brother and sister....
. She is the thirteenth grandchild of
Albert II, King of BelgiumAlbert II is the current King of the Belgians and a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. He is the younger son of King Leopold III and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden...
, including the two children of the king's alleged illegitimate daughter,
Delphine BoelDelphine Michèle Anne Marie Boël is a Belgian artist who specializes in papier maché sculpture. She is alleged to be the illegitimate daughter of Albert II of Belgium...
. The princess was born at 4h50 at the Erasmus Hospital in
AnderlechtAnderlecht is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region.There are several historically and architecturally distinct districts within the Anderlecht municipality...
. She weighed 3.2 kg and was 50 cm long at birth.
She was baptised on 14 June 2008 in the chapel of the
Castle of CiergnonThe Royal Castle of Ciergnon is a residence and summer retreat of the Belgian Royal Family situated near the town of Ciergnon in the municipality of Houyet...
in the Belgian Ardennes, by
CardinalA cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually a bishop, of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and making themselves available...
Godfried Danneels, the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Her godparents are
Crown Princess Victoria of SwedenVictoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland is the heiress to the Swedish throne...
,
Princess Claire of BelgiumPrincess Claire of Belgium, is the wife of Prince Laurent of Belgium and is a property surveyor....
, and Count Sébastien von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg.
Names
- Eléonore - is a name her parents liked, and it kept the tradition of El-/-el names in the family.
- Fabiola is for her great-aunt, Queen Fabiola of Belgium
Queen Fabiola of Belgium is the widow of King Baudouin of Belgium. She was Queen consort of the Belgians for 33 years...
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- Victoria is for her godmother, Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, Duchess of Västergötland is the heiress to the Swedish throne...
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- Anne is for her maternal grandmother, Countess Anna d'Udekem d'Acoz.
- Marie is for the Virgin Mary, as per tradition with Catholic royalty. It is also the second name of her maternal grandmother.
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