Genealogy of the Royal Family of Belgium¹

HRH Princess Henriette and her descendants

HRH Princess Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
(Since March 14th, 1891:) HRH Princess Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette of Belgium, Princess of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Duchess of Saxony
(Since the end of World War I:) HRH Princess Henriette Marie Charlotte Antoinette of Belgium
* Regentschapshuis, 2 Regentschapstraat, Brussels, November 30th, 1870
† Clinic, Sierre, Valais, March 28th, 1948

Married:

Royal Palace, Brussels, February 12th, 1896:
HRH Prince Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes of Orléans
(Since 1894:) HRH Prince Philippe Emmanuel Maximilien Marie Eudes of Orléans, Duke of Vendôme
* Villa Azwang, Obermais near Meran, January 18th, 1872
† Château Saint-Michel, Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, February 1st, 1931

Children from this marriage:

1. HRH Princess Marie Louise Ferdinande Charlotte Henriette of Orléans
   * Château de Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, December 31st, 1896
   † New York City, New York, March 8th, 1973

   Married:

   1. (civil) Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, January 10th and (religious) Villa Borghèse (private hotel of the Orléans Family), January 15th, 1916:
      HRH Prince Philippe Marie Alphonse Antoine Ferdinand François de Paule Louis Henry Albert Thadée François Xavier Hubert of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
      * Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, December 10th, 1885
      † St. John, New Brunswick, March 8th, 1949
      (Divorced: Grasse, Alpes-Maritimes, November 3rd, 1925; annulled: Rome, May 31st, 1926)
   2. (morganatic) Chichester, Sussex, December 12th, 1928:
      Walter F. Kingsland
      * New York City, New York, April 23rd, 1888
      † St. Francis Hospital, Miami Beach, Florida, July 20th, 1961
2. HRH Princess Sophie Joséphine Louise Marie Immaculée Gabrielle Philippine Henriette of Orléans
   * Château de Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, October 19th, 1898
   † Château de Tourron, Lugrin, Haute-Savoie, October 9th, 1928
3. HRH Princess Geneviève Marie Jeanne Françoise Chantal Monique Louise Alberte Joséphine Gabrielle Emmanuelle Henriette of Orléans
   * Château de Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, September 21st, 1901
   † Rio de Janeiro, August 22nd, 1983

   Married:

   Église Saint-Pierre, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, July 2nd, 1923:
   Pierre Elisabeth François Marie Antoine Marquis de Chaponay
   * Paris (VIIIth Arrondissement), January 30th, 1893
   † Rabat, September 9th, 1956

   Children from this marriage:

   1. Pierre Emmanuel François Henri Baudouin de Chaponay
      * Paris, January 24th, 1925
      † (killed in action) Gulf of Mexico, October 2nd, 1943
   2. Henryanne Marie-Pierre Emmanuelle Constance de Chaponay
      * Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, May 8th, 1926
4. HRH Prince Charles Philippe Emmanuel Ferdinand Louis Gérard Joseph Marie Ghislain Baudouin Christophe Raphaël Antoine Expédit Henri of Orléans, Duke of Nemours
   * Château de Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, April 4th, 1905
   † 5 Rue Pierre Cherest, Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, March 10th, 1970

   Married:

   (morganatic) Paris (VIIIth Arrondissement), September 24th, 1928:
   Margaret Watson ("Peggy")
   * Richmond, Virginia, February 22nd, 1899
   † Bayonne, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, December 27th, 1993

Footnotes:

1. With special thanks to Erik Lamote, Netty Leistra and Paul Theroff.

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Last updated: October 21st, 2007.