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Wednesday, December 4, 2019

20 years ago - the wedding of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of the Belgians


Today is the 20th wedding anniversary of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde (nee d'Udekem d'Acoz) of the Belgians.  The couple were married in a civil ceremony at Brussels' Town Hall, followed by a Roman Catholic wedding at  the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula.

Queen Mathilde is the first Belgian-born Queen consort.


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and 20 years later, the King and Queen have four children,  Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, Prince, Gabriel, Prince Emmanuel and Princess Eleonore.


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2 comments:

  1. JohnDecember 5, 2019 at 10:42 AM

    Other than the heir-apparent The Duchy of Brabant, is there any tradition of granting titles (Duke, Count, etc) to other children of a Belgian sovereign?

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  2. Marlene Eilers KoenigDecember 5, 2019 at 2:09 PM

    Two younger sons of the Kings of Belgium, Philippe (king Leopold 1) and Charles (Albert 1) wre named as Count of Flanders, which will no longer be used

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