Prince Emmanuel of Belgium
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| Born | 4 October 2005 Erasmus Hospital, Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium | ||||
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| House | Belgium | ||||
| Father | Philippe of Belgium | ||||
| Mother | Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz | ||||
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Prince Emmanuel of Belgium (Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François 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 Université 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]
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References[edit]
- ^ "An Intimate Candlelit Baptism for Prince Emmanuel", Hello Magazine (12 December 2005).
- ^ "Prince Emmanuel was Christened Saturday". Archived 12 August 2007 at archive.today
- ^ "Prins Filip brengt Emmanuel naar nieuwe school". Nieuwsblad. 3 September 2012.
- ^ "Eureka Onderwijs".
- ^ NWS, VRT (26 August 2020). "Nieuwe scholen voor prinses Eléonore en prins Emmanuel, einde van een tijdperk aan het Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
- ^ "Prince Emmanuel". The Belgian Monarchy. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
- ^ 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.