Friday 22 February 2013

HRH Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium

Youngest son of King Albert I of the Belgians


Date & place of birth October 10, 1903 Hotel d'Assche, Brussels
Born as HRH Prince of Belgium
Names Charles Theodore Henri Antoine Meinrad

Father King Albert I of the Belgians
Mother Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria (Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince regent September 20, 1944-July 20, 1950 (for his father)





Siblings (2)
Second of three children (1 brother, 1 sister)
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (King Leopold III of the Belgians)
Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium (Queen Marie-Jose of Italy)





Died June 1, 1983 Heilig Hart Hospital, Ostend, West Flanders, Belgium (age 79)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HRH Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium (from Febraury 2, 1910
HRH Prince Charles, Prince Regent, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium
HRH Prince Charles, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium





Paternal grandparents
Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Princess Marie-Louise of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen

Paternal great-grandparents King Leopold I of the Belgians
Princess Louise-Marie of Orleans (Queen Louise-Marie of the Belgians)
Prince Karl Anton of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Princess Josephine of Baden





Maternal grandparents
Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal

Maternal great-grandparents Duke Maximilian Joseph in Bavaria
Princess Ludovika in Bavaria
King Miguel I of Portugal
Princess Adelaide of Lowenstein-Werthein-Rosenberg

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