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unusual facts about Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant



Battle of Baesweiler

After mercenaries robbed a number of Brabantine merchants on the territory of William II, Duke of Jülich in 1371, William refused to pay reparation to Wenceslaus I of Luxembourg, husband of the Duchess of Brabant, let alone punish the mercenaries, instead protecting them and even hiring some.

Count Karl Leopold von Schlieben

Through his daughter, Friederike, Karl Leopold is a 5x great grandfather of Elizabeth II, and 6x great grandfather of Charles, Prince of Wales, Margrethe II of Denmark, Constantine II of Greece, Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden, Harald V of Norway, Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Czartoryski Museum

Izabela also bought the treasures of the Duke of Brabant, including his books which were considered a particular highlight of the collection.

Duchy of Limburg

The Duke of Brabant won the final Battle of Worringen in 1288, thereby gaining control of the Duchy of Limburg with the consent of King Rudolph I of Germany.

Duke of Brabant

Although the corresponding county was quite small (limited to the territory between the rivers Senne and Dender) its name was applied to the entire country under control of the Dukes from the 13th century on.

Gerdi Staelens

In 2008 as CEO of Winking he was part of an economic business trip to Seattle and Vancouver devised by the Agency for foreign trade in close cooperation with Flanders Investment and Trade, Awax and Brussels Export together with HRH Prince Philippe of Belgium, Duke of Brabant.

Liège Medal

It was first issued in April 1920 during a large ceremony presided by the Duke of Brabant (the future King Leopold III) and Lieutenant General the Count Gérard-Mathieu Leman, military commander of the defence of Liège during the battle which raged from the 5th to the 16th of August 1914.

Melchior Broederlam

From 1381 he was court painter to Louis de Mâle, Duke of Brabant, and from Louis's death in 1384 worked for his son-in-law and successor, Philip the Bold, although he remained based in Ypres, doing much work, mostly decorative, at Philip's now vanished chateau at Hesdin, which was full of elaborate mechanical devices, of what we might today call a fairground nature, which needed painting.

Philippe d'Orléans

Prince Philippe, Count of Paris (1838-1894), grandson and heir-apparent to the throne of Louis Philippe of France

Prince Philippe, Count of Paris

An historian, journalist and outspoken democrat, Philippe volunteered to serve as a Union Army officer in the American Civil War along with his younger brother, Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres.

Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres

With the outbreak of the American Civil War in April 1861, Chartres and his brother, Prince Philippe, Count of Paris, traveled to the United States to support the Union cause.

Princess Mathilde Fund

The fund was created from the donations the princess received on her wedding with Prince Philippe, and is aimed towards the most vulnerable people in Belgian society.

Westmalle Castle

The farm was the residence of the representatives of the Dukes of Brabant.


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