Princess Henriette of Belgium

Princess Henriette
Duchess of Vendôme
Born (1870-11-30)30 November 1870
Brussels, Belgium
Died 28 March 1948(1948-03-28) (aged 77)
Sierre, Valais, Switzerland
Spouse Prince Emmanuel, Duke of Vendôme
Issue Marie Louise, Princess Philip of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Princess Sophie
Princess Geneviève, Marchioness of Chaponay-Morance
Prince Charles Philippe, Duke of Nemours
Full name
French: Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette
Dutch: Henriëtte Marie Charlotte Antonia
House Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
Father Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
Mother Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Religion Roman Catholicism
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Princess Henriette Marie of Belgium (30 November 1870 – 28 March 1948), Duchess of Vendôme, was the daughter of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders, and Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen. She was the younger twin sister of Princess Joséphine Marie of Belgium, who died at the age of six weeks in 1871.

Marriage

Belgian Royalty
House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
Leopold I
Leopold II
Albert I
Leopold III
Baudouin
Albert II
Philippe

She married in Brussels, Belgium on 12 February 1896 Prince Emmanuel of Orléans, 8th Duke of Vendôme (18 January 1872 Austria-Hungary – 1 February 1931 Cannes, France), He was a son of Prince Ferdinand, Duke of Alençon, and Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, and was a great-grandson of King Louis-Philippe of France.

The couple had four children:

Life

Henriette was a great sportswoman, and was often considered the best shot among royal women.[1] On one occasion, she killed a stag that had already killed another, making her very popular in Belgian sporting circles. She even earned the sobriquet the "Sporting Duchess". In 1908, she accompanied her husband to the Rocky Mountains in the United States to shoot grizzly bears.[1]

She often did royal visits for her brother King Albert. In 1914 for instance, she visited a hospital in Neuilly that was treating American troops.[2] In two letters, Henriette and her sister-in-law Queen Elisabeth expressed their appreciation and asked for more support from the American Commission For Relief in Belgium, which had been giving donations to the Belgian people ever since the German invasion.[3]

Henriette Marie of Belgium died aged 77, on 28 March 1948, in Sierre, Valais, Switzerland.[4]

Ancestry

Henriette's ancestors in three generations
Henriette of Belgium Father:
Philip, Count of Flanders		 Paternal grandfather:
Leopold I of Belgium		 Paternal great-grandfather:
Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld
Paternal great-grandmother:
Augusta Reuss-Ebersdorf
Paternal grandmother:
Louise-Marie of France		 Paternal great-grandfather:
Louis-Philippe of France
Paternal great-grandmother:
Maria Amalia of the Two Sicilies
Mother:
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern		 Maternal grandfather:
Karl Anton, Prince of Hohenzollern		 Maternal great-grandfather:
Charles, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Maternal great-grandmother:
Marie Antoinette Murat
Maternal grandmother:
Josephine of Baden		 Maternal great-grandfather:
Karl Ludwig Friedrich of Baden
Maternal great-grandmother:
Stéphanie de Beauharnais

References

  1. 1 2 "Leopold's Niece to Hunt Grizzlies", The New York Times, Berlin, 17 July 1908
  2. ↑ "Visit From King's Sister", The New York Times, Paris, 17 November 1914
  3. ↑ "'Send More Relief', Begs Belgian Queen", The New York Times, Brussels, 8 December 1914
  4. ↑ 19-20th Cent. Princess Henriette Marie of Belgium, Duchess of Vendôme. http://ann-lauren.blogspot.co.uk/2009/11/19-20th-cent-princess-henriette-marie.html
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