Princess Louise of Belgium [SEP] father
Princess Louise of Belgium
Princess Louise Marie Amélie of Belgium (18 February 1858 in Brussels – 1 March 1924 in Wiesbaden) was the eldest daughter of Leopold II and his wife, Marie Henriette of Austria.
First marriage and children.
Born "Louise Marie Amélie", she married Philipp, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, her second cousin, in Brussels, on 4 February/4 May 1875. Philipp was thirty-one at the time of the marriage; his new bride was seventeen. The couple had
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.
Leopold died at Laeken or Brussels on 22 January 1869 from