HRH Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium

Third son of King Leopold I of the Belgians


Date & place of birth March 24, 1837 Castle Laeken, Laeken, Brussels
Born as HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Names Philippe Eugene Ferdinand Marie Clement Baudouin Leopold Georges

FatherKing Leopold I of the Belgians
Mother Princess Louise Marie of Orleans (Queen Louise Marie of the Belgians)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born) Habsburg-Lorraine (marriage)
Heir apparent January 22, 1869-November 7, 1905

*Became heir presumptinve after the death of his brother's (Leopold II) only son





Siblings 
Youngest of four children (3 brothers)
Prince Louis-Philippe of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (King Leopold II of the Belgians)
Princess Charlotte of Belgium (Empress Carlota of Mexico)





Married April 27, 1867 Saint Hedwig Cathedral, Berlin
Spouse Princess Marie-Louise of Hohenzollern-sigmaringen





Issue (5)
(2 sons, 3 daughters)
Prince Baudouin of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Princess Henriette of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Princess Emmanuel of Orleans)*
Princess Josephine-Marie of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha*
Princess Josephine-Carola of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Princess Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen)
King Albert I of the Belgians

Twins*





Grandchildren (11)
(4 grandsons, 7 granddaughters)
Princess Stephanie of Hohenzollern
Princess Louise of Orleans
Princess Marie Antoinette of Hohenzollern
Prince Albrecht of Hohenzollern
Princess Sophie of Orleans
Princess Genevieve of Orleans
Prince Charles, Count of Flanders
Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant (King Leopold III of the Belgians)
Prince Charles Philippe of Orleans
Princess Marie-Jose of Belgium (Queen Marie-Jose of Italy)
Princess Henriette of Hohenzollern





Died November 17, 1905 Regency Hotel, Brussels (age 68)
Place of burial Royal crypt, Church of Our Lady of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels





Titles
HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony
HRH Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, Count of Flanders (from December 16, 1840)
HRH Prince of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony (from March 14, 1891)





Paternal grandparents
Duke Francis of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf

Paternal great-grandparents
Duke Ernest Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Duchess Sophia Antonia of Brunswick-Wolfenbuttel
Count Henry XXIV Reuss of Ebersdorf
Countess Karoline Ernestine of Erbach-Schonberg





Maternal grandparents
King Louis Philippe I of the French
Princess Maria Amalia of the Two Siciles (Queen Maria Amalia of the French)

Maternal great-grandparents
Duke Louis Philippe II of Orleans
Princess Louise Marie of Bourbon
King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria