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Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

1837 - 1905

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Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (Dutch: Filips; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of King Leopold I of Belgium and Louise d'Orléans. He was the brother of Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico. Born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium, Philippe was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840. In January 1869, upon the sudden death of his nephew Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant, he became heir presumptive to the Belgian throne. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders is the 250th most popular nobleman (down from 189th in 2019), the 137th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 111th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Belgian Nobleman.

Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders is most famous for being the son of King Louis II of France and Queen Marie of Hungary. He was also a grandson of King Louis I of Hungary and Bohemia. He was the first husband of Joan of Constantinople, who was the daughter of Andronikos III Palaiologos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 250 out of 1,415. Before him are Userkare, Princess Maria Anna of Saxony, Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Ernest I, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and Tsarevich Ivan Ivanovich of Russia. After him are Princess Alexandra of Hanover, Princess Maria Pia of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Louise Henriette de Bourbon, Princess Margriet of the Netherlands, Anne de Montmorency, and Kathleen Cavendish, Marchioness of Hartington.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 23. Before him are Louis IV, Grand Duke of Hesse, Paul Morphy, Ivan Kramskoi, Marie François Sadi Carnot, John Newlands, and Vasil Levski. After him are Georges Ernest Boulanger, Ilia Chavchavadze, Queen Cheorin, Rosalía de Castro, Empress Dowager Ci'an, and Émile Waldteufel. Among people deceased in 1905, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 12. Before him are Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Adolph Menzel, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Louise Michel, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and Carl Wernicke. After him are Albert Edelfelt, Élisée Reclus, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Walther Flemming, Josip Juraj Strossmayer, and Per Teodor Cleve.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 137 out of 1,190. Before him are Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Siger of Brabant (1240), Joseph Plateau (1801), Luce Irigaray (1930), Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz (1787), and Kevin De Bruyne (1991). After him are Ambiorix (-100), Bavo of Ghent (589), Chantal Akerman (1950), Charles Michel (1975), Pierre Louÿs (1870), and Petrus Plancius (1552).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Belgium

Among noblemen born in Belgium, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 5. Before him are John of Gaunt (1340), Philippe of Belgium (1960), Pepin of Landen (585), and Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060). After him are Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), Lambert I, Count of Louvain (1000), Countess Catharina Belgica of Nassau (1578), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), John I, Count of Hainaut (1218), and Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967).

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