Sunday 24 February 2013

HRH Prince Leopold, Count of Hainaut, Prince of Belgium



Royal House
Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Date & place of birth
12 June 1859 Royal Palace, Brussels

Born as
HRH Count of Hainaut
Leopold Ferdinand Elie Victor Albert Marie

Parents
King Leopold II of the Belgians (then Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant)  
Queen Marie-Henriette of the Belgians (Archduchess of Austria)

Siblings
Second of four children (only son) (three sister)

Predecessor
(as Duke of Brabant)
Prince Leopold (later King Leopold II) (father)

Successor
(as Duke of Brabant)
Prince Leopold (later King Leopold III)

Date & place died
22 January 1969 Kasteel Laeken, Laeken (age 9)

Burial place
Royal Crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Brussels

List of titles
HRH Count of Hainaut, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Duke of Brabant, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony

*Died from pneumonia after falling into a pond
*Leopold was succeeded as heir to the throne by his uncle Prince Philippe (younger brother of Leopold II)

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