On This Day: Belgian Royal Family

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17th of September 1322 : Death of Robert III, Count of Flanders and Nevers.

Robert was buried alongside his first wife Blanche d'Anjou at the now destroyed Flines Abbey which was pulled down in 1794 by the French.

His tomb stone was salvaged and is now preserved at St Martins Cathedral in Ypres.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert...nt_of_Flanders

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On this day, September 10, 1902 ~ Demise of Queen Marie Henriette of Belgium, spouse of King Leopold II of Belgium, at the Hotel du Midi in Spa, Belgium

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On this day, October 2, 1900 ~ The Wedding of Prince Albert (King Albert I) of Belgium and Elisabeth of Bavaria in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria

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Originally Posted by CyrilVladisla

On this day, October 2, 1900 ~ The Wedding of Prince Albert (King Albert I) of Belgium and Elisabeth of Bavaria in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria

Was Prince Albert styled Duke of Brabant at the time of the wedding?

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Why didn't they have to get married in Belgium? Was the King that petty?

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, October 10, 1903 ~ Birth of Prince Charles of Belgium, Prince Regent of Belgium at the Palace of the Marquis d'Assche in Brussels, Belgium

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On this day, October 11, 1850 ~ Demise of Louise of Orleans, Queen of Belgium, wife of King Leopold I of Belgium, at Ostend, Belgium

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1st of November 1406 : Death of Jeanne ,Duchess de Brabant and Limburg.


Jeanne was the daughter of Jean III ,Duke of Brabant and Limburg and Marie d'Évreux .Married twice she died childless having reigned as Duchess from 1355 until her death.
The duchess was buried at l'église des Carmes à Bruxelles and her tomb survived until 1794 when it was destroyed by the French.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joanna...ess_of_Brabant

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, November 3, 1901 ~ Birth of Leopold III, King of the Belgians at the Palace of the Marquis d'Assche in Brussels, Belgium

On this day, November 10, 1926 ~ The Wedding of Prince Leopold of Belgium and Princess Astrid of Sweden

On this day, November 17, 1845 ~ Birth of Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Countess of Flanders, wife of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

On this day, November 23, 1965 ~ Demise of Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-XIttXA_Co

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1st December 1530 : Death of the Archduchess Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Low Countries.


Margaret was the daughter of the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian of Austria and Mary of Burgundy.
The Archduchess has been married twice but both unions were childless

Don Juan,Prince of Asturias (1497)
Philibert II, Duke of Savoy (1501-1504)

After the death of her second husband the Archduchess refused to remarry and her father appointed her as Imperial Regent of the Low Countries which Margaret governed until her death at Mechelen.
Margaret's remains are buried at the Saint-Nicolas-de-Tolentin de Brou where a magnificent Tomb mausoleum was erected and has survived. In this tomb lies the remains of Margaret her second husband and mother in law Maragret of Bourbon.
Their coffins were rediscovered during restoration in the 19th century and had escaped the French Revolution. Margaret's heart was buried along side her mother at Note Dame de Bruges.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margar...chess_of_Savoy

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, December 10, 1865 ~ Demise of King Leopold I of Belgium at the Royal Palace of Laeken

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On this day, December 16, 1790 ~ Birth of King Leopold I of Belgium at Ehrenburg Palace in Coburg, Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld

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On this day, January 23, 1891 ~ Demise of Prince Baudouin of Belgium at the Palace of the Count of Flanders in Brussels

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1st of February,1248 Death of Henri II ,Duke of Brabant & Count of Louvain.

Henri II was Duke from 1235 until his death and was buried at the Abbey of Villers-en-Brabant but sadly the Abbey was ransacked and looted by the French in 1796 and the tombs of the dukes destroyed.
The Abbey is a ruin today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_II,_Duke_of_Brabant




The Marriage of Henri II of Brabant and Marie of Hohenstaufen

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16th of March 1405 : Death of Marguerite III, Countess of Flanders


Marguerite was the daughter of Louis II of Flanders and Marguerite de Brabant .In 1384 she succeeded her father as Countess d'Artois,Nevers and Flanders and was also by marriage duchess of Burgundy,
Following her death Marguerite was buried with her parents at the collégiale Saint-Pierre de Lille which was sadly torn down by the French in 1794.The church contained the Tombs of the Counts of Flanders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margar...ss_of_Flanders

[CyrilVladisla]

On this day, April 3, 1812 ~ Birth of Louise-Marie of Orleans, Queen of the Belgians, spouse of King Leopold I of the Belgians, in Palermo, Kingdom of Sicily

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Louise-Marie Thérèse Charlotte Isabelle d'Orléans was born only 2 years before the Bourbon Restoration and following that the family returned to Paris and lived at the Palais-Royal.
The Princess was mainly educated by her fathers sister Adélaïde d'Orléans.

The Orléans family

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On this day, April 8, 1875 ~ Birth of Albert I, King of Belgium at the Palais de la Regence in Brussels, Belgium

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Palais du Comte de Flandres , rue de la Régence.

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On this day, April 9, 1835 ~ Birth of King Leopold II of Belgium in Brussels, Belgium