Louis Philippe Léopold Victor Ernest became crown prince at birth in Laeken as the eldest son of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, and his wife, born Princess Louise d'Orleans, a daughter of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. He was baptized at the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral in Brussels by the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Louis-Philippe I, King of the French; his father; his cousin, Queen Victoria; and his father's brother, Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Louis-Philippe died in Laeken before his first birthday of an inflammation of the mucous membranes. The placard on his tomb refers to him as "Duc de Brabant," but Louis-Philippe was not Duke of Brabant as this title was not created for the heir-apparent to the throne until 1840.
Louis-Philippe died in Laeken before his first birthday of an inflammation of the mucous membranes. The placard on his tomb refers to him as "Duc de Brabant," but Louis-Philippe was not Duke of Brabant as this title was not created for the heir-apparent to the throne until 1840.
Louis Philippe Léopold Victor Ernest became crown prince at birth in Laeken as the eldest son of Leopold I, King of the Belgians, and his wife, born Princess Louise d'Orleans, a daughter of Louis-Philippe, King of the French. He was baptized at the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral in Brussels by the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Louis-Philippe I, King of the French; his father; his cousin, Queen Victoria; and his father's brother, Ernst, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.
Louis-Philippe died in Laeken before his first birthday of an inflammation of the mucous membranes. The placard on his tomb refers to him as "Duc de Brabant," but Louis-Philippe was not Duke of Brabant as this title was not created for the heir-apparent to the throne until 1840.
Louis-Philippe died in Laeken before his first birthday of an inflammation of the mucous membranes. The placard on his tomb refers to him as "Duc de Brabant," but Louis-Philippe was not Duke of Brabant as this title was not created for the heir-apparent to the throne until 1840.
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S.A.R. Le Prince
LOUIS-PHILIPPE
Duc De Brabant
24 JUILLET 1833
16 MAI 1834
(In French)
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