Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant

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Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant is the eldest child of King Philippe of Belgium and the first female heir to the Belgian throne under the country’s current succession laws.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Belgian princess
heir apparent
baptismDate 2001-12-09
baptismPlace Chapel of Ciergnon Castle
baptismReligion Roman Catholic Church
country Belgium
dateOfBirth 2001-10-25
dynasty House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
education Lincoln College, University of Oxford
Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege, Brussels
UWC Atlantic College
father King Philippe of Belgium
fieldOfStudy history and politics
fullName Elisabeth Theresia Maria Helena
gender female
givenName Elisabeth
grandfather King Albert II of Belgium
grandmother Queen Paola of Belgium
heirStatusStartDate 2013-07-21
house House of Belgium
language Dutch
English
French
German
maternalGrandfather Count Patrick d’Udekem d’Acoz
maternalGrandmother Countess Anna Maria Komorowska
militaryTraining Royal Military Academy (Belgium)
mother Queen Mathilde of Belgium
nationality Belgian
notableFeature first in line of succession to the Belgian throne
first woman to be heir apparent to the Belgian throne
placeOfBirth Belgium
Brussels-Capital Region
Uccle
position heir apparent to the Belgian throne
rank officer cadet in the Belgian Armed Forces
reasonForHeirStatus accession of her father Philippe to the throne of Belgium
religion Roman Catholicism
residence Royal Palace of Laeken
sibling Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
Prince Gabriel of Belgium
Princess Eléonore of Belgium
style Her Royal Highness
successionLawContext first female heir apparent under absolute primogeniture in Belgium
title Duchess of Brabant
Princess of Belgium


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