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Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant

Prince Philippe,
Duke of Brabant,
Prince of Belgium Born April 15, 1960(1960-04-15) (age 48)
Other names Philippe Léopold Louis Marie Title Duke of Brabant,
Prince of BelgiumSpouse Mathilde d'Udekem d'AcozChildren Princess Elisabeth, Prince Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel, Princess EléonoreParents Albert II of Belgiumand Paola Ruffo di CalabriaRelatives Princess Astridand Prince Laurent of Belgium
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Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant Reference styleHis Royal HighnessSpoken style Your Royal Highness Alternative style Sir

Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Belgium (French: Philippe Léopold Louis Marie, Dutch: Filip(s) Leopold Lodewijk Maria), styled His Royal Highness (born 15 April 1960), is the eldest son and heir apparent of Albert II, King of the Belgians. His godparents were his paternal grandfather, King Leopold III of the Belgians and his maternal grandmother Donna Luisa, Princess Ruffo di Calabria.

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Biography

Prince Philippe was educated at the Belgian Royal Military School. From 1978 to 1981 he continued his education at Oxford University's Trinity College and finally attended Graduate School at Stanford University, California where he graduated in 1985 with an MA in Political Science.

He was appointed as a Second Lieutenant in 1980 and obtained his fighter pilot's wings and his certificates as a parachutist and a commando. In 1989, the Prince attended a series of special sessions at the Royal Higher Defence Institute. The same year, he was promoted to Colonel. On 25 March 2001, the Prince was appointed to the rank of Major-General in the Land Component and the Air Component and to the rank of Rear-Admiral in the Naval Component.

Prince Philippe married Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz, daughter of a Belgian noble family, on December 4, 1999, and they have four children:

If Philippe assumes the throne, Princess Mathilde will become the first Belgian-born Queen Consort.

Owing to the amendment to the laws of succession (the Lex Salica, or Salic Law) from eldest son to eldest child, Princess Elisabeth is next in the line of succession after her father, followed by her younger brothers, Princes Gabriel and Emmanuel and her younger sister Princess Eléonore.

Recently, the Prince has been a target of criticism within Belgium for his political and social conservatism. During his bachelorhood, vocal detractors had called for him to step out of the line of succession and to allow a more liberal member of the royal family (though the identity of that liberal member wasn't revealed) to take his place.

For some years, Philippe, though second-in-line to the throne, was treated as the likely heir of his childless uncle, King Baudouin. As Baudouin and his wife were unable to have children, they became very close to Philippe. However on Baudouin's premature death in 1993, Philippe's father, Albert, inherited the throne.

Titles

As differentiated from King Albert II's title, King of the Belgians, Prince Philippe is called Prince of Belgium, not Prince of the Belgians, a title that does not exist. He is also Duke of Brabant, the traditional title of the heir apparent to the Belgian throne. This title precedes the title Prince of Belgium.

His style currently is: His Royal Highness Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, Prince of Belgium.

If Philippe succeeds to the throne, he will be known as either King Philippe I or, if he chooses, Leopold IV.[citation needed]

Ancestry

                                    16. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders              8. Albert I of Belgium                      17. Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen              4. Leopold III of Belgium                            18. Karl-Theodor, Duke in Bavaria              9. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria                      19. Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal              2. Albert II of Belgium                                  20. Oscar II of Sweden              10. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland                      21. Princess Sofia of Nassau              5. Princess Astrid of Sweden                            22. Frederick VIII of Denmark              11. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark                      23. Princess Lovisa of Sweden              1. Philippe, Duke of Brabant                                         24. Fulco VI Ruffo of Calabria               12. Fulco VII Beniamino Tristano Ruffo of Calabria                       25. Eleonora Galletti di San Cataldo               6. Fulco VIII Ruffo of Calabria                            26. Théodore Mosselman du Chenoy               13. Laura Mosselmann du Chenoy                       27. Isabelle Coghen               3. Princess Paola Ruffo di Calabria                                  28. Calisto Gazelli di Rossana               14. Augusto Gazelli, Count Rossana e San Sebastiano                       29. Francesca Cotti di Ceres               7. Luisa Gazelli di Rossana e di Sebastiano                             30. Félix, comte Rignon               15. Countess Maria Cristina Rignon                       31. Luisa Perrone di San Martino            

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Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant House of Saxe-Coburg-GothaCadet branch of the House of WettinBorn: 15 April 1960 Belgian royaltyVacant Title last held by BaudouinDuke of Brabant
1993- Incumbent Preceded by
Albert II
current monarch Line of succession to the Belgian throne
1st position Succeeded by
Princess ElisabethTitles in pretencePreceded by
Albert IILine of succession to the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha throne
23rd position Succeeded by
Prince Gabriel
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