Prince Emmanuel of Belgium

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Prince Emmanuel
Emmanuel in 2016
Born ( 2005-10-04 ) 4 October 2005 (age 18)
Erasmus Hospital , Anderlecht , Brussels , Belgium
Names
  • French: Emmanuel Leopold Guillaume Francois Marie
  • Dutch: Emmanuel Leopold Willem Frans Maria
House Belgium
Father Philippe of Belgium
Mother Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

Prince Emmanuel of Belgium ( Emmanuel Leopold Guillaume Francois Marie ; born 4 October 2005) is the younger son and third child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium . He is currently third in line to the throne of Belgium after his elder sister, Princess Elisabeth , and brother, Prince Gabriel .

Life [ edit ]

Emmanuel was born on 4 October 2005 at the Erasmus Hospital the teaching hospital of Universite libre de Bruxelles . He was christened at the chapel of Ciergnon Castle in the Belgian Ardennes on 10 December 2005. His godparents were: his maternal aunt Countess Elisabeth d'Udekem d'Acoz ( Margravine Pallavicini ) and Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg . [1] [2]

In September 2012, it was announced that Emmanuel left St John Berchmans College, Brussels , the school his siblings also attended, to enroll at the Eureka special school in Kessel-Lo . [3] The school caters to children of normal intelligence and gifted children who have dyslexia , which he has. [4] In August 2020, it was reported that Emmanuel transferred to The International School of Brussels , an English-language private school in Watermael-Boitsfort , near Brussels, the same school his brother Gabriel attended from 2019 to 2021. [5]

Emmanuel likes to practice cycling , swimming , skiing , and sailing . He also plays the flute and saxophone. He speaks French, Dutch, and English. [6]

Arms [ edit ]

Coat of arms of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
Notes
As a Prince of Belgium and a descendant of King Leopold I , the Prince is entitled to use a coat of arms which was stipulated in the Royal Decree of King Philippe in 2019. [7]
Adopted
12 July 2019
Coronet
Princely crown of Belgium
Escutcheon
Sable , a lion rampant or , armed and langued gules ( Belgium ), on the shoulder an escutcheon barry of ten sable and or, a crancelin vert ( Wettin ), overall a bordure or.
Supporters
Two lions guardant proper
Motto
Other elements
The whole is placed on a mantle purpure with ermine lining, fringes and tassels or and ensigned with the Royal crown of Belgium .

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ "An Intimate Candlelit Baptism for Prince Emmanuel" , Hello Magazine (12 December 2005).
  2. ^ "Prince Emmanuel was Christened Saturday". Archived 12 August 2007 at archive.today
  3. ^ "Prins Filip brengt Emmanuel naar nieuwe school" . Nieuwsblad . 3 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Eureka Onderwijs" .
  5. ^ NWS, VRT (26 August 2020). "Nieuwe scholen voor prinses Eleonore en prins Emmanuel, einde van een tijdperk aan het Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege" . vrtnws.be (in Dutch) . Retrieved 27 October 2020 .
  6. ^ "Prince Emmanuel" . The Belgian Monarchy . Retrieved 25 October 2020 .
  7. ^ Philippe, Koning der Belgen (12 July 2019). "Koninklijk besluit houdende vaststelling van het wapen van het Koninklijk Huis en van zijn leden" (PDF) . Moniteur Belge/ Belgisch Staatsblad . Retrieved 24 July 2019 .

External links [ edit ]

Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
Born: 4 October 2005
Lines of succession
Preceded by Line of succession to the Belgian throne
3rd position 		Succeeded by
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