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  Princess Elisabeth of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
HRH Princess Elisabeth of Belgium with her father Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium (Elisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène, born October 25, 2001) is the eldest daughter of Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde of Belgium.
She is a granddaughter of Albert II of Belgium.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princess_Elisabeth_of_Belgium   (271 words)

  
 Elizabeth of Belgium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Elisabeth Gabriele Valérie Marie von Wittelsbach (July 25, 1876 – November 23, 1965), Princess of Belgium, Princess von Wittelsbach, Duchess in Bavaria was the queen consort of Albert I of Belgium and was the mother of Leopold III of Belgium.
Charles/Karel Théodore Henri Antoine Meinrad, Count of Flanders, Prince of Belgium, Regent of Belgium, born Brussels October 10, 1903, and died at Ostend on June 1, 1983.
She was married at Rome, Italy on January 8, 1930 to Prince Umberto Nicola Tomasso Giovanni Maria, Prince of Piemonte, born on September 15, 1904, and died on March 18, 1983 at Geneva, Switzerland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth_of_Belgium   (472 words)

  
 Albert II dari Belgia - Wikipedia
Princess Elisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène, who will inherit the throne after her father, thanks to a 1991 act of succession which created full cognatic primogeniture, altering the order of succession from eldest son to eldest child.
Princess Astrid, with her own descendants, is before her brother Laurent in the order of succession to the Belgian throne, thanks to the 1991 act of succession mentioned above.
Archduchess Maria Laura of Austria-Este, Princess of Belgium
id.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albert_II_dari_Belgia   (566 words)

  
 Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The young Princess Elizabeth was educated at home, as was her younger sister, Princess Margaret, under the supervision of her mother, then the Duchess of York.
There was some demand in Wales for her to be created The Princess of Wales but the King was advised that this was the title of the wife of the Prince of Wales and not a title in its own right.
She was the first British monarch since the Act of Union in 1801 to be out of the country at the moment of succession, and also the first in modern times not to know the exact time of her accession (because George VI had died in his sleep at an unknown time).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom   (8009 words)

  
 Heiresses to thrones
1791-93 Princess and Infanta Maria Augusta Nepomucena Antonia Franziska Xaveria Aloysia of Poland
2001- H.R.H. the Hereditary Princess Elisabeth of Belgium
Princess Amalia is daughter of Prince Willem, Prince of Oranje and Princess Maxima of the Netherlands.
www.guide2womenleaders.com /Heirs.htm   (3848 words)

  
 Royal News: October 2002
Princess Märtha Louise of Norway is being accused of mixing business and royal roles by having her title in her firm name.
The Princess of Wales died without healing a rift in which she had not spoken to her mother for four months, it was said during the trial of Paul Burrell where her mother Mrs Frances Shand Kydd made an appearance in the witness box for nearly two hours.
Princess Elisabeth of Belgium celebrated her 1st birthday at the recently renovated 'chalet des princes' at the royal park in Laken - once constructed for the three children of King Leopold III - together with her parents, grandparents and aunt Countess Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz.
www.nettyroyal.nl /newsoct02.html   (3843 words)

  
 Heir Apparent -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Princess Catharina-Amalia of the Netherlands is the heiress apparent of her father, Prince Willem-Alexander, who himself is the Heir Apparent to the throne of the Netherlands, and the same with Princess Elisabeth of Belgium and Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway.
HRH Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant is the heir-apparent to the Throne of Belgium
HRH The Infante Felipe, Prince of Asturias is the heir-apparent to the Throne of Spain.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Heir_Apparent   (2896 words)

  
 The Red Queen: Elisabeth of the Belgians (1876-1965)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Elisabeth, using the medical knowledge she had acquired at her father's clinic, opened a field hospital where she served as a nurse.
Elisabeth received the tragic news at Laeken Palace and in a show of internal fortitude, the Queen did not loose her composure.
King Leopold III, Albert and Elisabeth's eldest son, was faced during hectic moments with the onslaught of the Nazi armies.
www.eurohistory.com /elisabeth.html   (1010 words)

  
 Telegraph | News | H R H Princess Liliane of Belgium
Princess Liliane, who has died aged 85, was the widow of King Leopold III of the Belgians and, although a commoner, more than matched the elegance of many a princess born into a royal house.
Princess Liliane created a new home for King Leopold at Argenteuil, near the forest of Soignes, at Waterloo, with their son, Alexander, and two young daughters, Marie-Christine, born in 1951, and Marie-Esmeralda, born in 1956.
Princess Liliane also financed a number of Belgian children who needed to go to America for operations, and in 1961 she inaugurated a new cardiac research laboratory at the Hospital Saint-Pierre in Brussels.
www.telegraph.co.uk /news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&targetRule=10&xml=/news/2002/06/10/db1001.xml   (1396 words)

  
 Royal Family of Europe - pafg180 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Leopold III was born in Brussels as Prince Leopold of Belgium, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duke of Saxony, and succeeded to the throne of Belgium on February 23, 1934 on the death of his father, King Albert I of Belgium.
Joséphine-Charlotte Ingeborg Elisabeth Marie-José Marguerite Astrid, Princess of BELGIUM was born on 11 Oct 1927 in Royal Palace, Brussles, Belgium.
Anne Elisabeth, Princess Of FRANCE was born on 18 Nov 1662 in Palais Du Louvre, Paris,, France.
www.ishipress.com /royalfam/pafg180.htm   (1459 words)

  
 ICL - Belgium - Constitution
Belgium is made up of three Communities: the French Community, the Flemish Community, and the German-speaking Community.
Belgium is made up of three Regions: the Walloon Region, the Flemish Region, and the Brussels Region.
The city of Brussels is the capital of Belgium and the headquarters of the federal Government.
www.oefre.unibe.ch /law/icl/be00000_.html   (11389 words)

  
 Monarchie - Princess Mathilde
Princess Mathilde was born on 20 January 1973 in Uccle.
Princess Mathilde went to primary school in Bastogne and secondary school at the Institut de la Vierge Fidèle in Brussels.
Princess Mathilde became Princess of Belgium on 4 December 1999, when she married Prince Philippe.
www.monarchie.be /en/family/mathilde/cv.html   (465 words)

  
 Belgian Royal Family
Belgium, with Holland formed the Kingdom of the Netherlands as confirmed by the Congress of Vienna on 9 June 1815.
Mathilde was granted the title Princess of Belgium ad personam by Royal Decree on 8 November 1999, which was published on 13 November 1999 but didn't come into force until 4 December 1999, when she married Prince Philippe.
Claire was granted the title Princess of Belgium ad personam by Royal Decree on 1 April 2003, which was published on 8 April 2003 but didn't come into force until 8 April 2003, when she married Prince Laurent.
www.btinternet.com /~allan_raymond/Belgian_Royal_Family.htm   (1360 words)

  
 Belgium
The beginnings of organized trade along Belgium's rivers was one result of his reign, as was the preservation of classical learning and the arts.
For the most part, however, the southeastern portion of today's Belgium became split into a number of minor spheres of power, one of which was the prince-bishoprie of Liege.
At the outset of the new millennium, Belgium consisted of the cities of Flanders, unified under their strong Counts, and the less unified cities to the south and east of the Scheldt.
www.visitbelgium.com /historyofbelgium.htm   (2293 words)

  
 Leopold I of Belgium -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
He was born as Leopold Georg Christian Friedrich, Prince of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, later changed to Saxen Coburg Saalfeld after ground swap by his father in Ehrenburg Castle in the Bavarian town of Coburg as the youngest son of Duke Francis Frederick of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfield (1750 - 1806) and of Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf (1757 - 1831).
On May 2, 1816, he married Princess Charlotte Augusta, (1796-1817); the only legitimate child of the British Prince Regent (later King George IV) and therefore heiress to the English throne and was created a british field-marshal and knight of the Garter.
After Belgium asserted its independence from the Netherlands on October 4, 1830, the Belgian National Congress, after considering several other candidates, asked Leopold to become king of the newly-formed country.
psychcentral.com /psypsych/Leopold_I_of_Belgium   (841 words)

  
 BELGIUM ROYAL FAMILY
King Albert II, who assumed the title "Prince of Liège" at birth, is the son of King Leopold III and Queen Astrid, born Princess of Sweden, and the grandson of King Albert I and Queen Elisabeth.
The first child of Crown Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde, she was born at October 25, 2001 at Erasmus Hospital in Brussels.
Princess Elisabeth is set to become the first queen to rule the country under a new law granting women equal rights to the throne.
personales.ya.com /fororeal/enfrbel.htm   (1040 words)

  
 Namnlöst dokument   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Princess Astrid's elder son, born on the 21 of February 1986.
Princess of Belgium, Imperial Princess and Archduchess of Austria-Este, Royal Princess of Hungary and Bohemia.
Princess Astrid's younger son, born on the 9 of December 1991.
www.warholm.nu /Royalfamilybel.html   (310 words)

  
 Princess d'Orleans+Braganca Isabel
Princess Isabelle d¹Orléans-Braganca was the eldest daughter of the late Prince Pedro d¹Alcantara d¹Orléans-Braganca (1875-1940), Prince of Grão Pará, and his wife the former Countess Elisabeth Dobrzensky von Dobrzenicz (1875-1951).
Princess Isabelle had spent most of her life at her family¹s imposing Château d¹Eu in Normandy, a private residence owned by her parents in Boulogne-sur-Seine, and at the magnificent Parisian residence of her relation Prince Czartoryski, the Hôtel Lambert.
Princess Isabelle, of whom King Ferdinand I of Bulgaria had once said, was "the most beautiful princess alive," looked resplendent in her wedding gown, which was designed by the renowned couture house of Worth in Paris.
worldroots.com /cgi-bin/gasteldb?@I17688@   (1443 words)

  
 International Year of Microcredit 2005
H.R.H. Princess Mathilde of Belgium was born on 20 January 1973 in Uccle, near Brussels.
Princess Mathilde studied to be a speech therapist at the "Institut Libre Marie Haps" in Brussels, obtaining her degree magna cum laude.
Princess Mathilde was granted the title of Princess of Belgium upon her marriage to H.R.H. Prince Philippe of Belgium on 4 December 1999.
www.yearofmicrocredit.org /pages/whosinvolved/whosinvolved_patronsgroup_mathilde.asp   (319 words)

  
 The Snow Princess: Queen Astrid of Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Princess Astrid of Sweden was born on November 17, 1905.
She was the youngest daughter of Prince Charles of Sweden, Duke of Vastergotland, and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark.
Theirs is a true union among people with the same inclinations." Queen Elisabeth, incorrigible romantic that she was, insisted in saying "It is a marriage of love...tell it to our people.
www.eurohistory.com /astrid.html   (954 words)

  
 Belgian Royalty -- Queen Elisabeth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
At the time that Albert and Elisabeth met, Prince Albert was the heir to his uncle King Leopold II of the Belgians, one of the most hated monarchs of his day.
Elisabeth dressed her children very similarly to the outfits that the Bavarian Crown Prince, Prince Ruppert, dressed his children.
Belgium was lionized as a hero nation and the infamous rule of Leopold II receded in importance.
histclo.usanethosting.com /royal/gers/bav/eliz.htm   (1614 words)

  
 PRINCESS ELISABETH OF BELGIUM SMILES FOR THE CAMERAS
The little blonde and blue-eyed princess was pictured in the arms of her radiant mother Mathilde and held by her proud father, Prince Philippe.
Elisabeth Therese Marie Helen- her full name- is second in line to the Belgian Crown after her father Philippe, and following a 1991 law which gives women equal right to the throne, could one day be the first woman to rule the country.
The heir to the throne married Princess Mathilde at the Royal Palace in Brussels in December 1999.
www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2002/04/19/belgium   (302 words)

  
 BBC News | EUROPE | Belgium celebrates royal baby
Belgium is celebrating the birth of a royal baby, Princess Elisabeth, who one day may become the first queen to rule the country.
Princess Elisabeth now becomes second-in-line to succeed King Albert II, after a 1991 change in the law allowed women to ascend to the throne.
Belgium has had six male monarchs since the country gained independence from the Netherlands in 1830.
news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/europe/1625686.stm   (306 words)

  
 Belgium History / The New Kingdom
With Napoleon's fall, the great Allied powers decreed that Belgium would become a part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, ruled by the pro-Dutch William of Orange.
The territories of Eupen, Malmedy and St. Vith were annexed to the German Reich and the rest of Belgium occupied.
When the Allied Forces liberated Belgium at the beginning of 1944, popular feeling against Leopold was substantial, and his brother Prince Charles assumed regency.
www.geographia.com /belgium/bxhis05.htm   (583 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - The History of Belgium - Belgian Royalty
The Kingdom of Belgium is a democracy with a constitutional monarch.
Belgium's Godfrey of Bouillon, duke of Lower Lorraine, was one of the leaders of the First Crusade.
This history of Belgium and the Netherlands is the first major study in English to treat them as nations in their own right, while placing them in a wider European and world context.
www.royalty.nu /Europe/Belgium.html   (2602 words)

  
 Marilyn's Royal Blog
Princess Victoria Alberta Elisabeth Mathilde Marie of Hesse, was born at Windsor Castle on April 5, 1863, the eldest daughter of Grand Duke Ludwig IV of Hesse and by Rhine and Princess Alice, the second daughter of Queen Victoria.
Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, and Princess Alexandra of Kent who wears an oval star sapphire ring inherited from her mother.
Princess Anne, the present Duchess of Kent and Princess Michael of Kent, also had sapphire rings for their engagements.
marilynsroyalblog.blogspot.com /2005_11_01_marilynsroyalblog_archive.html   (4186 words)

  
 Belgium
Belgium is part of a major urban and commercial axis and of a heavily urbanized zone extending from England to the north of Italy.
Located in the north west of Europe, at the edge of the North Sea, Belgium, with its ten million people, is one of the most densely populated an prosperous countries in the world.
Belgium is situated at the junction between the Latin and Germanic cultures.
users.skynet.be /beatola/belgium.html   (366 words)

  
 Elizabeth Did You Mean elizabeth   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph I, also known as Empress Elisabeth or Sissi.
Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom (1770?1840), daughter of George III.
Elisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France, sister of Louis XVI of France, also known as Madame Elisabeth.
www.did-you-mean.com /Elizabeth.html   (197 words)

  
 The Royal Family of Belgium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
HI and RH Princess Astrid of Belgium, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (* June 5th, 1962)
HI and RH Princess Laeticia Maria of Belgium, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria-Este, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (* April 23rd, 2003)
Princess Laeticia Maria of Belgium Archduchess of Austria-Este
www.geocities.com /henrivanoene/royalbelgium.html   (252 words)

  
 PRINCESS ELISABETH OF BELGIUM BAPTISED IN PRIVATE CEREMONY
Princess Elisabeth was gently cradled in the arms of her father Crown Prince Philippe during much of the intimate ceremony
Princess Elisabeth, the newest addition to the Belgian royal family and the country’s future queen, was baptised on Sunday at the Royal Castle of Ciergnon.
Elisabeth’s cousin, Prince Amedeo, was chosen as godfather, and her godmother is Princess Mathilde’s sister, Countess Helene d’Udekem d’Acoz.
www.hellomagazine.com /royalty/2001/12/10/belgium   (256 words)

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