Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant

Belgian prince (1859–1869)

Prince Leopold

Duke of Brabant
Born| (1859-06-12)12 June 1859
Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Died| 22 January 1869(1869-01-22) (aged 9)
Royal Castle of Laeken, Laeken, Brussels, Belgium
Burial|

Church of Our Lady of Laeken

| Names

French: Léopold Ferdinand Élie Victor Albert Marie
Dutch: Leopold Ferdinand Elias Viktor Albert Maria
House| Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father| Leopold II of Belgium
Mother| Marie Henriette of Austria

Prince Leopold of Belgium, Duke of Brabant, Count of Hainaut (12 June 1859 - 22 January 1869), was the second child and only son of King Leopold II of Belgium and his wife, Marie Henriette of Austria, and heir apparent to the Belgian throne.

## Life[edit]

Prince Leopold with his mother, Marie Henriette in 1864.

At birth, Leopold was styled Count of Hainaut, as the eldest son of the then-crown prince. At the time of his birth, his grandfather Leopold, formerly a Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, was the reigning king of Belgium.

Leopold was preceded in birth by one sister, Princess Louise, and followed by two more sisters, Princess Stéphanie, and Princess Clémentine, who was born after Leopold's death, their parents' last hope for another son.

Leopold became Duke of Brabant in 1865, upon the death of his grandfather and the ascension of his father to the throne.

## Death[edit]

The death of Prince Leopold Prince Leopold on his deathbed.

Leopold died at Laeken or Brussels on 22 January 1869 from pneumonia, after falling into a pond.

At his son's funeral, King Leopold II "broke down in public, collapsing to his knees beside the coffin and sobbing uncontrollably."[1] Prince Leopold's body was interred at the royal vault at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken in Brussels.

Leopold's premature death left his father with only two children remaining: Princess Louise and Princess Stéphanie. After their son's death, Leopold and Marie Henriette tried to have another child, hoping for a son. After the birth of yet another daughter, Clémentine, in 1872, the couple abandoned all hopes of ever having another son and their already strained marriage broke down completely.

Upon his death in 1909, Leopold II was succeeded by his nephew, Albert I, whose eldest son would later succeed him as Leopold III.

## Honours[edit]

* Spain: Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 11 February 1866[2]

## Ancestry[edit]

Ancestors of Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant

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| 4\. Leopold I of Belgium|

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| 9\. Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf

| 2\. Leopold II of Belgium|

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| 10\. Louis Philippe I of France

| 5\. Princess Louise of Orléans|

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| 11\. Princess Maria Amalia of Naples and Sicily

| 1\. Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant|
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| 12\. Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor

| 6\. Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary|

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| 13\. Infanta Maria Louisa of Spain

| 3\. Archduchess Marie Henriette of Austria|

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| 14\. Duke Louis of Württemberg

| 7\. Duchess Maria Dorothea of Württemberg|

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| 15\. Princess Henriette of Nassau-Weilburg

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## References[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant.

1. ^ Hochschild, Adam (1999). King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa. USA: Mariner Books. ISBN 0-618-00190-5.
2. ^ "Caballeros de la insigne orden del toisón de oro", Guía Oficial de España (in Spanish), 1868, p. 157, retrieved 10 December 2019

Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant

House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha

Born: 12 June 1859 Died: 22 January 1869

Belgian royalty
New title |  Count of Hainaut
1859–1865  | Vacant

Title next held by

Baudouin
Preceded by

Leopold (II)

|  Duke of Brabant
1865–1869  | Vacant

Title next held by

Leopold (III)

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Dukes and Duchesses of Brabant

* Leopold (1840–1865)
* Leopold (1865–1869)
* Leopold (1909–1934)
* Baudouin (1934–1951)
* Philippe (1993–2013)
* Elisabeth (2013–present)

Coat of arms of Duke of Brabant

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Belgian royal princes

Generations are numbered by descent from King Leopold I of Belgium.

1st generation|

* Crown Prince Louis-Philippe
* King Leopold II
* Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

2nd generation|

* Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant
* Prince Baudouin
* King Albert I

3rd generation|

* King Leopold III
* Prince Charles, Count of Flanders

4th generation|

* King Baudouin
* King Albert II
* Prince Alexandre

5th generation|

* King Philippe
* Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este*
* Prince Laurent

6th generation|

* Prince Gabriel
* Prince Emmanuel
* Prince Amedeo*
* Prince Joachim*

*The  Royal Decree of 2 December 1991 gave titles to husbands and children of any Princess of Belgium by birth

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Princes of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Forefather|

Duke Francis I*

1st generation|

* Duke Ernest I*
* Prince Ferdinand*
* King Leopold I of the Belgians*

2nd generation|

| Ducal|

* Duke Ernest II*
* Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom*

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Koháry|

* King Ferdinand II of Portugal and the Algarves*
* Prince August*
* Prince Leopold*

Belgium|

* Crown Prince Louis Philippe
* King Leopold II
* Prince Philippe

3rd generation|

| United Kingdom|

* King Edward VII
* Duke Alfred I
* Prince Arthur
* Prince Leopold

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Portugal|

* King Pedro V
* King Luís I
* Infante João
* Infante Fernando
* Infante Augusto

Koháry|

* Prince Philipp
* Prince Ludwig August
* Tsar Ferdinand I of the Bulgarians

Belgium|

* Prince Leopold
* Prince Baudouin
* King Albert I

4th generation|

| United Kingdom|

* Prince Albert Victor
* King George V
* Hereditary Prince Alfred
* Prince Arthur
* Duke Charles Edward I

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Portugal|

* King Carlos I
* Infante Afonso

Koháry|

* Prince Leopold Clement
* Prince Pedro Augusto
* Prince August Leopold
* Prince Joseph Ferdinand
* Prince Ludwig Gaston

Bulgaria|

* Tsar Boris III
* Prince Kiril

Belgium|

* King Leopold III
* Prince Charles

5th generation|

| United Kingdom|

* King Edward VIII
* King George VI
* Prince Henry
* Prince George
* Prince John
* Prince Alastair

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Ducal|

* Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold
* Prince Hubertus
* Prince Friedrich Josias

Portugal|

* Prince Luís Filipe
* King Manuel II

Koháry|

* Prince Rainer
* Prince Philipp

Bulgaria|

* Tsar Simeon II

Belgium|

* King Baudouin I
* King Albert II
* Prince Alexandre

6th generation|

| Ducal|

* Prince Andreas

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Koháry|

* Prince Johannes Heinrich

Bulgaria|

* Prince Kardam
* Prince Kyril

Belgium|

* King Philippe I
* Prince Laurent

7th generation|

| Ducal|

Prince Hubertus

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Bulgaria|

* Prince Boris

Belgium|

* Prince Gabriel
* Prince Emmanuel
* Prince Nicolas
* Prince Aymeric

*Titled as Princes of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld before 11 February 1826

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International|

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* Germany

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