Name Louis Crown | Grandparents Louis Philippe I | |
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Born 24 July 1833
Laeken Palace, Belgium ( 1833-07-24 ) Burial Church of Our Lady, Laeken, Belgium Father King Leopold I of the Belgians Mother Princess Louise d'Orleans Died May 16, 1834, Royal Palace of Laeken, Laeken, Belgium House House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Parents Leopold I of Belgium, Louise of Orleans Cousins Queen Victoria, Princess Feodora of Leiningen, Carl, 3rd Prince of Leiningen Similar People Leopold I of Belgium, Louise of Orleans, Prince Philippe - Count of, Countess Augusta Reuss of, Leopold II of Belgium | ||
Louis-Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (24 July 1833 – 16 May 1834), was the eldest child and heir-apparent of King Leopold I of the Belgians and his second wife, Princess Louise d'Orléans.
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Life
Louis-Philippe became crown prince at birth in Laeken. The baby was baptised at the St. Michael and Gudula Cathedral in Brussels by Engelbert Sterckx, the Archbishopric of Mechelen-Brussels. He was named after his maternal grandfather, Louis-Philippe I, King of the French, his father and his cousin, Queen Victoria. He was nicknamed "Babochon".
Death
Louis-Philippe died in Laeken before his first birthday of an inflammation of the mucous membranes. He was buried in the royal crypt of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken.
Unlike subsequent heirs apparent to the Belgian throne, Louis-Philippe was not Duke of Brabant; this title was not created for the heir-apparent to the throne until 1840. He was followed as crown prince upon the birth of his younger brother, Leopold, who would later succeed their father as Leopold II, King of the Belgians.