Emmanuel Belgian

Prince Emmanuel of Belgium was born at 13:06 on October 4, 2005 in Anderlecht . He became the third child and second son of Prince Philip, Duke of Brabanstky and his wife Matilda , nee d'Udec d'Acos. His birth weight was 3.9 kg and height was 50 cm. The prince was baptized on December 10, 2005 in the chapel of Kirgnon Castle by Cardinal Godfried Danneyels , Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels . Emmanuel's godmothers were Guillaume, the Crown Grand Duke of Luxembourg and the aunt on the line of mother Elizabeth d'Udecém d'Acos . At baptism, he was given five names:

• Emmanuel is a traditional Belgian name.
• Leopold - in honor of the great-grandfather of King Leopold III .
• Guillaume - in honor of Guillaume, Crown Duke of Luxembourg .
• Francois - in honor of St. Francis of Assisi .
• Mary - in honor of the Virgin Mary .

At the moment, the prince takes third place in the inheritance of the throne of Belgium, following his older sister Elizabeth and brother Gabriel . In addition to them, the family was born the younger sister of Emmanuel, Princess Eleanor .

Emmanuel's father comes from the Saxe-Coburg-Gotha dynasty . This dynasty tied itself with family ties to such European houses as Orleans , Bavarian Wittelsbachs , Swedish Bernadottes , Austrian Habsburgs . His mother Matilda , nee Matilda Maria Cristina Gislein d'Udekem d'Akoz , daughter of Count Patrick Henri d`Udekem d'Akoz and Polish noblewoman Countess Anna Komorowska . Through his grandmother, Anna, the prince is related by well-known Polish families such as the Radziwills , Czartoryski , Zamoyski , Tyszkiewicz , the royal dynasty of Lithuania, the Jagiellons, and many Russian noble families.

• Site of the Belgian Royal House (inaccessible link)