HM Queen Louise Marie of the Belgians

Belgium's first queen consort
Second wife of King Leopold I of the Belgians


Date & place of birth April 3, 1812 Santa Theresa Palace, Palermo, Sicily
Born as HSH Mademoiselle of Orleans
Names Louise Marie Therese Caroline Isabelle

Father King Louis Philippe I of the French
Mother Princess Marie Amalia of the Two Sicilies (Queen Marie Amalia of the French)





Royal house Orleans (born) Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (marriage)
Queen consort August 8, 1843-October 11, 1850
Tenure 17 years 64 days
Successor Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria





Siblings (9)
Second of ten children (6 brothers, 3 sisters)
Ferdinand Philippe, Duke of
Princess Marie of Orleans (Duchess Alexander of Württemberg)
Prince Louis, Duke of Nemours
Princess Françoise of Orléans
Prince Clémentine of Orleans (Princess August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
Prince François, Prince of Joinville
Prince Charles, Duke of Penthièvre
Prince Henri, Duke of Aumale
Prince Antoine, Duke of Montpensier





Married August 8, 1832 Royal Palace, Compiegne
Spouse King Leopold I of the Belgians





Issue (4)
(3 sons, 1 daughter)
Prince Louis-Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
Prince Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Charlotte of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Empress Carlota of Mexico)





Grandchildren (8)
(3 grandsons, 5 granddaughers)
Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Stephanie of Belgium
Prince Baudouin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Henriette of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha*
Princess Josephine Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha*
Princess Clementine of Belgium
Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (King Albert I of the Belgians)

Twins*





Died October 11, 1859 Ostend, Brussels (age 38)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HSH Mademoiselle Louise Marie of Orleans
HRH Princess Louise Marie of Orleans
HM Queen Louise Marie of the Belgians, Princess of Orleans





Paternal grandparents
Philippe Egalite
Louise Marie of Bourbon

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Louis Philippe of Orleans
Loise Marie of Bourbon
Louis Jean of Bourbon, Duke of Penthievre
Princess Marie Theresa of Modena





Maternal grandparents
King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Archduchess Marie Caroline of Austria

Maternal great-grandparents King Charles III of Spain
Duchess Maria Amalia of Saxony
Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor
Archduchess Marie Theresa of Austria