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href="https://ang.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Belga_Cyning" title="Filip Belga Cyning – Old English" lang="ang" hreflang="ang" data-title="Filip Belga Cyning" data-language-autonym="Ænglisc" data-language-local-name="Old English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ænglisc</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ar mw-list-item"><a href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="فيليب ملك بلجيكا – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="فيليب ملك بلجيكا" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_de_B%C3%A9lxica" title="Felipe de Bélxica – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Felipe de Bélxica" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-az mw-list-item"><a href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_(Bel%C3%A7ika_kral%C4%B1)" title="Filip (Belçika kralı) – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Filip (Belçika kralı)" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-azb mw-list-item"><a href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_(%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9)" title="فیلیپ (بلژیک) – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="فیلیپ (بلژیک)" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_(Pe%CC%8Dk-n%C3%AD-g%C4%AB)" title="Filip (Pe̍k-ní-gī) – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Filip (Pe̍k-ní-gī)" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF_(%D0%BA%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D1%96%D1%96)" title="Філіп (кароль Бельгіі) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Філіп (кароль Бельгіі)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF_(%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%8F)" title="Филип (Белгия) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Филип (Белгия)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bs mw-list-item"><a href="https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip,_kralj_Belgijanaca" title="Filip, kralj Belgijanaca – Bosnian" lang="bs" hreflang="bs" data-title="Filip, kralj Belgijanaca" data-language-autonym="Bosanski" data-language-local-name="Bosnian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bosanski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulup_Belgia" title="Fulup Belgia – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Fulup Belgia" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felip_de_B%C3%A8lgica_(rei_dels_belgues)" title="Felip de Bèlgica (rei dels belgues) – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Felip de Bèlgica (rei dels belgues)" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Belgick%C3%BD" title="Filip Belgický – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Filip Belgický" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe,_brenin_Gwlad_Belg" title="Philippe, brenin Gwlad Belg – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Philippe, brenin Gwlad Belg" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_af_Belgien" title="Philippe af Belgien – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Philippe af Belgien" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_(Belgien)" title="Philippe (Belgien) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Philippe (Belgien)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_I_(Belgia)" title="Philippe I (Belgia) – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Philippe I (Belgia)" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A6%CE%AF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%80%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%92%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%B3%CE%AF%CE%BF%CF%85" title="Φίλιππος του Βελγίου – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Φίλιππος του Βελγίου" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felipe_de_B%C3%A9lgica" title="Felipe de Bélgica – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Felipe de Bélgica" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipo_(Belgio)" title="Filipo (Belgio) – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Filipo (Belgio)" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipe_Belgikakoa" title="Filipe Belgikakoa – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Filipe Belgikakoa" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE%D8%8C_%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87_%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9" title="فیلیپ، پادشاه بلژیک – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فیلیپ، پادشاه بلژیک" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_(roi_des_Belges)" title="Philippe (roi des Belges) – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Philippe (roi des Belges)" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilib_na_mBeilgeach" title="Pilib na mBeilgeach – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Pilib na mBeilgeach" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipe_de_B%C3%A9lxica" title="Filipe de Bélxica – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Filipe de Bélxica" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%95%84%EB%A6%AC%ED%94%84_(%EB%B2%A8%EA%B8%B0%EC%97%90)" title="필리프 (벨기에) – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="필리프 (벨기에)" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%96%D5%AB%D5%AC%D5%AB%D5%BA_(%D4%B2%D5%A5%D5%AC%D5%A3%D5%AB%D5%A1%D5%B5%D5%AB_%D5%A1%D6%80%D6%84%D5%A1)" title="Ֆիլիպ (Բելգիայի արքա) – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Ֆիլիպ (Բելգիայի արքա)" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_od_Belgije" title="Filip od Belgije – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Filip od Belgije" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipus_de_Belgia" title="Filipus de Belgia – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Filipus de Belgia" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_dari_Belgia" title="Philippe dari Belgia – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Philippe dari Belgia" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ie mw-list-item"><a href="https://ie.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_de_Belgia" title="Philippe de Belgia – Interlingue" lang="ie" hreflang="ie" data-title="Philippe de Belgia" data-language-autonym="Interlingue" data-language-local-name="Interlingue" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Interlingue</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippus_Belg%C3%ADukonungur" title="Filippus Belgíukonungur – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Filippus Belgíukonungur" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_del_Belgio" title="Filippo del Belgio – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Filippo del Belgio" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%A4,_%D7%9E%D7%9C%D7%9A_%D7%94%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%92%D7%99%D7%9D" title="פיליפ, מלך הבלגים – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="פיליפ, מלך הבלגים" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pam mw-list-item"><a href="https://pam.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_ning_Belgika" title="Philippe ning Belgika – Pampanga" lang="pam" hreflang="pam" data-title="Philippe ning Belgika" data-language-autonym="Kapampangan" data-language-local-name="Pampanga" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kapampangan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94_(%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="ფილიპე (ბელგია) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="ფილიპე (ბელგია)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip%C3%AA_Bel%C3%A7%C3%AEkay%C3%AA" title="Filipê Belçîkayê – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="Filipê Belçîkayê" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippus_(rex_Belgarum)" title="Philippus (rex Belgarum) – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Philippus (rex Belgarum)" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filips_(Be%C4%BC%C4%A3ija)" title="Filips (Beļģija) – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Filips (Beļģija)" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_vun_der_Belsch" title="Philippe vun der Belsch – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Philippe vun der Belsch" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-li mw-list-item"><a href="https://li.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_vaan_%27t_Belsj" title="Filip vaan 't Belsj – Limburgish" lang="li" hreflang="li" data-title="Filip vaan 't Belsj" data-language-autonym="Limburgs" data-language-local-name="Limburgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Limburgs</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/F%C3%BCl%C3%B6p_belga_kir%C3%A1ly" title="Fülöp belga király – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Fülöp belga király" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0" title="Филип од Белгија – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Филип од Белгија" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-xmf mw-list-item"><a href="https://xmf.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%A4%E1%83%98%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%9E%E1%83%94_(%E1%83%91%E1%83%94%E1%83%9A%E1%83%92%E1%83%98%E1%83%90)" title="ფილიპე (ბელგია) – Mingrelian" lang="xmf" hreflang="xmf" data-title="ფილიპე (ბელგია)" data-language-autonym="მარგალური" data-language-local-name="Mingrelian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>მარგალური</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7" title="فيليب ملك بلجيكا – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="فيليب ملك بلجيكا" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mzn mw-list-item"><a href="https://mzn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_(%D8%A8%D9%84%DA%98%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%87)" title="فیلیپ (بلژیک شاه) – Mazanderani" lang="mzn" hreflang="mzn" data-title="فیلیپ (بلژیک شاه)" data-language-autonym="مازِرونی" data-language-local-name="Mazanderani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مازِرونی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_dari_Belgium" title="Philippe dari Belgium – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Philippe dari Belgium" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_van_Belgi%C3%AB" title="Filip van België – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Filip van België" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%97_(%E3%83%99%E3%83%AB%E3%82%AE%E3%83%BC%E7%8E%8B)" title="フィリップ (ベルギー王) – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="フィリップ (ベルギー王)" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_av_Belgia" title="Philippe av Belgia – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Philippe av Belgia" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felip_de_Belgica" title="Felip de Belgica – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Felip de Belgica" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_IV" title="Philippe IV – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Philippe IV" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ami mw-list-item"><a href="https://ami.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium – Amis" lang="ami" hreflang="ami" data-title="Philippe of Belgium" data-language-autonym="Pangcah" data-language-local-name="Amis" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Pangcah</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ps mw-list-item"><a href="https://ps.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%DB%8C%D9%85_%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE" title="د بلجیم فیلیپ – Pashto" lang="ps" hreflang="ps" data-title="د بلجیم فیلیپ" data-language-autonym="پښتو" data-language-local-name="Pashto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پښتو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_I_Belgijski" title="Filip I Belgijski – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Filip I Belgijski" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipe_da_B%C3%A9lgica" title="Filipe da Bélgica – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Filipe da Bélgica" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_al_Belgiei" title="Filip al Belgiei – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Filip al Belgiei" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BF_(%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%B8)" title="Филипп (король Бельгии) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Филипп (король Бельгии)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-szy mw-list-item"><a href="https://szy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium – Sakizaya" lang="szy" hreflang="szy" data-title="Philippe of Belgium" data-language-autonym="Sakizaya" data-language-local-name="Sakizaya" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sakizaya</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_o_Belgium" title="Philippe o Belgium – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Philippe o Belgium" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-trv mw-list-item"><a href="https://trv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium – Taroko" lang="trv" hreflang="trv" data-title="Philippe of Belgium" data-language-autonym="Seediq" data-language-local-name="Taroko" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Seediq</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipi_i_Belgjik%C3%ABs" title="Filipi i Belgjikës – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Filipi i Belgjikës" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-si mw-list-item"><a href="https://si.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B6%B6%E0%B7%99%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%8A%E0%B6%A2%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%9A_%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%8A_%E0%B6%BB%E0%B6%A2%E0%B6%AD%E0%B7%94%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%8F" title="බෙල්ජියමේ පිලිප් රජතුමා – Sinhala" lang="si" hreflang="si" data-title="බෙල්ජියමේ පිලිප් රජතුමා" data-language-autonym="සිංහල" data-language-local-name="Sinhala" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>සිංහල</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Philippe of Belgium" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_(Belgicko)" title="Filip (Belgicko) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Filip (Belgicko)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sl mw-list-item"><a href="https://sl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_Belgijski" title="Filip Belgijski – Slovenian" lang="sl" hreflang="sl" data-title="Filip Belgijski" data-language-autonym="Slovenščina" data-language-local-name="Slovenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenščina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ckb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE%DB%8C_%D8%A8%DB%95%D9%84%D8%AC%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%A7" title="فلیپی بەلجیکا – Central Kurdish" lang="ckb" hreflang="ckb" data-title="فلیپی بەلجیکا" data-language-autonym="کوردی" data-language-local-name="Central Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>کوردی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BF_%D0%BE%D0%B4_%D0%91%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B5" title="Филип од Белгије – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Филип од Белгије" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_od_Belgije" title="Filip od Belgije – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Filip od Belgije" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_(Belgia)" title="Philippe (Belgia) – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Philippe (Belgia)" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_av_Belgien" title="Philippe av Belgien – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Philippe av Belgien" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tay mw-list-item"><a href="https://tay.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_of_Belgium" title="Philippe of Belgium – Atayal" lang="tay" hreflang="tay" data-title="Philippe of Belgium" data-language-autonym="Tayal" data-language-local-name="Atayal" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tayal</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-th mw-list-item"><a href="https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%98%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%A1" title="สมเด็จพระราชาธิบดีฟีลิปแห่งเบลเยียม – Thai" lang="th" hreflang="th" data-title="สมเด็จพระราชาธิบดีฟีลิปแห่งเบลเยียม" data-language-autonym="ไทย" data-language-local-name="Thai" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ไทย</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_(Bel%C3%A7ika_kral%C4%B1)" title="Philippe (Belçika kralı) – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Philippe (Belçika kralı)" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A4%D1%96%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BF_I" title="Філіп I – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Філіп I" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%BE_%D8%B4%D8%A7%DB%81_%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%AC%D8%A6%DB%8C%D9%85" title="فیلیپ شاہ بلجئیم – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="فیلیپ شاہ بلجئیم" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vi mw-list-item"><a href="https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_c%E1%BB%A7a_B%E1%BB%89" title="Philippe của Bỉ – Vietnamese" lang="vi" hreflang="vi" data-title="Philippe của Bỉ" data-language-autonym="Tiếng Việt" data-language-local-name="Vietnamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tiếng Việt</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wa mw-list-item"><a href="https://wa.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flipe_di_Beldjike" title="Flipe di Beldjike – Walloon" lang="wa" hreflang="wa" data-title="Flipe di Beldjike" data-language-autonym="Walon" data-language-local-name="Walloon" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Walon</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-wuu mw-list-item"><a href="https://wuu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%B2%E5%88%A9%E6%99%AE%EF%BC%88%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%97%B6%E5%9B%BD%E7%8E%8B%EF%BC%89" title="菲利普（比利时国王） – Wu" lang="wuu" hreflang="wuu" data-title="菲利普（比利时国王）" data-language-autonym="吴语" data-language-local-name="Wu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>吴语</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-yue mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%B2%E8%87%98_(%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%99%82%E5%9C%8B%E7%8E%8B)" title="菲臘 (比利時國王) – Cantonese" lang="yue" hreflang="yue" data-title="菲臘 (比利時國王)" data-language-autonym="粵語" data-language-local-name="Cantonese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>粵語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zea mw-list-item"><a href="https://zea.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filip_van_Belhi%C3%AB" title="Filip van Belhië – Zeelandic" lang="zea" hreflang="zea" data-title="Filip van Belhië" data-language-autonym="Zeêuws" data-language-local-name="Zeelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Zeêuws</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8F%B2%E5%88%A9%E6%99%AE_(%E6%AF%94%E5%88%A9%E6%97%B6%E5%9B%BD%E7%8E%8B)" title="菲利普 (比利时国王) – Chinese" lang="zh" hreflang="zh" data-title="菲利普 (比利时国王)" data-language-autonym="中文" data-language-local-name="Chinese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>中文</span></a></li> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="wb-langlinks-edit wb-langlinks-link"><a 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class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/King_of_the_Belgians" class="mw-redirect" title="King of the Belgians">King of the Belgians</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reign</th><td class="infobox-data">21 July 2013 – present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Predecessor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">Albert II</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">Heir apparent</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Princess_Elisabeth,_Duchess_of_Brabant" title="Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant">Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Belgium" title="Prime Minister of Belgium">Prime ministers</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><div class="collapsible-list mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align: left;"> <div style="line-height: 1.6em; font-weight: bold;"><div><i>See list</i></div></div> <ul class="mw-collapsible-content" style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin-left: 0;"><li style="line-height: inherit; margin: 0"><a href="/wiki/Elio_Di_Rupo" title="Elio Di Rupo">Elio Di Rupo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Charles_Michel" title="Charles Michel">Charles Michel</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sophie_Wilm%C3%A8s" title="Sophie Wilmès">Sophie Wilmès</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Alexander_De_Croo" title="Alexander De Croo">Alexander De Croo</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bart_De_Wever" title="Bart De Wever">Bart De Wever</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e4dcf6;color:inherit;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><div style="height: 4px; width:100%;"></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1960-04-15</span>) </span>15 April 1960<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 64)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Belv%C3%A9d%C3%A8re_Ch%C3%A2teau" title="Belvédère Château">Belvédère Château</a>, <a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a>, Brussels, Belgium</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Mathilde_d%27Udekem_d%27Acoz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz">Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz</a></div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="4 December 1999">1999</span>)<wbr /></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Issue_(genealogy)" title="Issue (genealogy)">Issue</a><br /><span style="font-weight:normal"><i><a href="#Marriage">Detail</a></i></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Elisabeth,_Duchess_of_Brabant" title="Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant">Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Gabriel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Gabriel of Belgium">Prince Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Emmanuel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Emmanuel of Belgium">Prince Emmanuel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_El%C3%A9onore_of_Belgium" title="Princess Eléonore of Belgium">Princess Eléonore</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox" style="border-collapse:collapse; border-spacing:0px; border:none; width:100%; margin:0px; font-size:100%; clear:none; float:none"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="text-align:left">Names</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data nickname" style="text-align:left; padding-left:0.7em;"><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">Philippe Léopold Louis Marie<sup 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Belgians</a>. He is the eldest child of <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">King Albert II</a> and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Paola_of_Belgium" title="Queen Paola of Belgium">Queen Paola</a>. He succeeded his father upon the former’s abdication for health reasons on 21 July 2013. He married <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mathilde_of_Belgium" title="Queen Mathilde of Belgium">Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz</a> in 1999, with whom he has four children. Their eldest child, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Elisabeth,_Duchess_of_Brabant" title="Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant">Princess Elisabeth</a>, is first in the <a href="/wiki/Succession_to_the_Belgian_throne" title="Succession to the Belgian throne">line of succession</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Philippe was born on 15 April 1960 at the <a href="/wiki/Belv%C3%A9d%C3%A8re_Ch%C3%A2teau" title="Belvédère Château">Belvédère Château</a> in <a href="/wiki/Laeken" title="Laeken">Laeken</a>, northern <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>. His father, <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">Prince Albert</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prince_of_Li%C3%A8ge" title="Prince of Liège">Prince of Liège</a> (later King Albert II), was the second son of <a href="/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium" title="Leopold III of Belgium">King Leopold III</a> and a younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Baudouin_of_Belgium" title="Baudouin of Belgium">Baudouin</a>. His mother, <a href="/wiki/Queen_Paola_of_Belgium" title="Queen Paola of Belgium">Paola, Princess of Liège</a> (later Queen Paola), is a daughter of the Italian aristocrat <a href="/wiki/Fulco_Ruffo_di_Calabria" title="Fulco Ruffo di Calabria">Fulco VIII, Prince Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke of Guardia Lombarda</a>. His mother descends from the French <a href="/wiki/House_of_La_Fayette" title="House of La Fayette">House of La Fayette</a>, and the king is a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Gilbert_du_Motier,_marquis_de_Lafayette" class="mw-redirect" title="Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette">Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Adrienne_de_La_Fayette" title="Adrienne de La Fayette">Marie Adrienne Françoise de Noailles</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2021)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Philippe was <a href="/wiki/Baptism" title="Baptism">baptised</a> one month later at the <a href="/wiki/Church_of_St._James_on_Coudenberg" title="Church of St. James on Coudenberg">Church of St. James on Coudenberg</a> in Brussels on 17 May,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and named Philippe after his great-great-grandfather <a href="/wiki/Prince_Philippe,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders">Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders</a>. His godparents were his paternal grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium" title="Leopold III of Belgium">King Leopold III</a>, and his maternal grandmother, Donna Luisa, Princess Ruffo di Calabria.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Albert and Paola's marriage was unhappy, and they were usually absent from Philippe's life. The <a href="/wiki/Child_neglect" title="Child neglect">child neglect</a> was so severe that child psychologist <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Adriaenssens&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Adriaenssens (page does not exist)">Peter Adriaenssens</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Adriaenssens" class="extiw" title="nl:Peter Adriaenssens">nl</a>]</span> described it as, "something that would justify intervention by <a href="/wiki/Social_worker" class="mw-redirect" title="Social worker">social workers</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-moens20220721_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moens20220721-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Philippe has a half-sibling, <a href="/wiki/Princess_Delphine_of_Belgium" title="Princess Delphine of Belgium">Princess Delphine of Belgium</a> (born 1968). </p><p>He was also the fifth cousin of the late <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_II_of_the_United_Kingdom" class="mw-redirect" title="Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom">Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom</a> since they share a common ancestor, <a href="/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" title="Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Francis</a> (he was the grandfather of <a href="/wiki/Queen_Victoria" title="Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a> and one of his sons, <a href="/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium" title="Leopold I of Belgium">Leopold I</a> would become the first King of the Belgians). Queen Elizabeth II and King Philippe had been 3rd cousins once removed through King <a href="/wiki/Christian_IX_of_Denmark" title="Christian IX of Denmark">Christian IX of Denmark</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As a child the future king was required to move from a French-language school which he liked to a secondary school in Flanders, where he found it difficult to make friends. "In my youth, I had many problems at school", Philippe told teenage dropouts in 2019. "I felt badly treated. It was not easy for me".<sup id="cite_ref-moens20220721_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-moens20220721-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> From 1978 to 1981, Philippe was educated at the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Military_Academy_(Belgium)" title="Royal Military Academy (Belgium)">Belgian Royal Military Academy</a> in the 118th "Promotion Toutes Armes" (Promotion All Weapons). On 26 September 1980, he was appointed <a href="/wiki/Second_lieutenant" title="Second lieutenant">second lieutenant</a> and took the officer's oath.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Philippe continued his education at <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College,_Oxford" title="Trinity College, Oxford">Trinity College</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oxford_University" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxford University">Oxford</a>, and he attended graduate school at <a href="/wiki/Stanford_University" title="Stanford University">Stanford University</a>, California, where he graduated in 1985 with an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Arts" title="Master of Arts">MA</a> degree in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He obtained his fighter <a href="/wiki/Pilot%27s_wings" class="mw-redirect" title="Pilot's wings">pilot's wings</a> and his certificates as a parachutist and a commando. In 1989, he attended a series of special sessions at the Royal Higher Defence Institute. The same year, he was promoted to <a href="/wiki/Colonel" title="Colonel">colonel</a>. </p><p>In 1993, <a href="/wiki/Baudouin_of_Belgium" title="Baudouin of Belgium">King Baudouin</a> died in Spain, <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">Albert</a> became the new king, and Philippe became the new <a href="/wiki/Heir_apparent" title="Heir apparent">heir apparent</a>, titled <a href="/wiki/Duke_of_Brabant" title="Duke of Brabant">Duke of Brabant</a>. </p><p>On 25 March 2001, Philippe was appointed to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Major-general" class="mw-redirect" title="Major-general">major-general</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Land_Component" title="Belgian Land Component">Land Component</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Air_Component" title="Belgian Air Component">Air Component</a> and to the rank of <a href="/wiki/Rear-admiral" class="mw-redirect" title="Rear-admiral">rear-admiral</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Belgian_Naval_Component" class="mw-redirect" title="Belgian Naval Component">Naval Component</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Official_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Official-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Marriage">Marriage</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Marriage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Philippe_and_Mathilde_d%27Udekem_d%27Acoz" title="Wedding of Prince Philippe and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz">Wedding of Prince Philippe and Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Belgian_King_Philippe_and_Queen_Mathilde.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Belgian_King_Philippe_and_Queen_Mathilde.JPG/250px-Belgian_King_Philippe_and_Queen_Mathilde.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Belgian_King_Philippe_and_Queen_Mathilde.JPG/375px-Belgian_King_Philippe_and_Queen_Mathilde.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Belgian_King_Philippe_and_Queen_Mathilde.JPG/500px-Belgian_King_Philippe_and_Queen_Mathilde.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3868" data-file-height="2334" /></a><figcaption>King Philippe and <a href="/wiki/Queen_Mathilde_of_Belgium" title="Queen Mathilde of Belgium">Queen Mathilde</a> wave to crowds in Brussels after his swearing in as the new Belgian monarch.</figcaption></figure> <p>Philippe married <a href="/wiki/Mathilde_d%27Udekem_d%27Acoz" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz">Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz</a>, daughter of a <a href="/wiki/Walloons" title="Walloons">Walloon</a> count of a Belgian <a href="/wiki/Nobility" title="Nobility">noble</a> family and female line descendant of <a href="/wiki/Polish_people" title="Polish people">Polish</a> <a href="/wiki/Szlachta" title="Szlachta">noble families</a> such as the princes <a href="/wiki/Sapieha" title="Sapieha">Sapieha</a> and counts <a href="/wiki/Komorowski_(Korczak)_family" class="mw-redirect" title="Komorowski (Korczak) family">Komorowski</a>, on 4 December 1999 in <a href="/wiki/Brussels" title="Brussels">Brussels</a>, in a civil ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Brussels_Town_Hall" title="Brussels Town Hall">Brussels Town Hall</a> and a religious ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/St._Michael_and_St._Gudula_Cathedral" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Michael and St. Gudula Cathedral">Cathedral of Saint Michel and Saint Gudule</a> in Brussels. They have four children who were all born at <a href="/wiki/Erasmus_Hospital" title="Erasmus Hospital">Erasmus Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Anderlecht" title="Anderlecht">Anderlecht</a>, Brussels: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Elisabeth,_Duchess_of_Brabant" title="Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant">Princess Elisabeth</a> (born 25 October 2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Gabriel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Gabriel of Belgium">Prince Gabriel</a> (born 20 August 2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Emmanuel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Emmanuel of Belgium">Prince Emmanuel</a> (born 4 October 2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_El%C3%A9onore_of_Belgium" title="Princess Eléonore of Belgium">Princess Eléonore</a> (born 16 April 2008)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Foreign_trade">Foreign trade</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Foreign trade"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 6 August 1993, the government named Philippe as honorary chairman of the Belgian Foreign Trade Board (BFTB). He succeeded his father, who had been honorary chairman of the BFTB since 1962. On 3 May 2003, he was appointed honorary chairman of the board of the Foreign Trade Agency, replacing the BFTB.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In this capacity, Philippe has headed more than 60 economic missions.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Upon his accession as seventh King of the Belgians, this role was taken over by his sister <a href="/wiki/Princess_Astrid_of_Belgium,_Archduchess_of_Austria-Este" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este">Princess Astrid</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reign">Reign</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Serment_de_Philippe_de_Belgique.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Serment_de_Philippe_de_Belgique.jpg/156px-Serment_de_Philippe_de_Belgique.jpg" decoding="async" width="156" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Serment_de_Philippe_de_Belgique.jpg/234px-Serment_de_Philippe_de_Belgique.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Serment_de_Philippe_de_Belgique.jpg/312px-Serment_de_Philippe_de_Belgique.jpg 2x" data-file-width="341" data-file-height="512" /></a><figcaption>King Philippe during the swearing-in ceremony at the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_the_Nation" title="Palace of the Nation">Palace of the Nation</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belgian_National_Day" title="Belgian National Day">July 21</a>, 2013.</figcaption></figure> <p>King Albert II announced on 3 July 2013 that he would abdicate in favour of Philippe on 21 July 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approximately one hour after King Albert II's abdication, Prince Philippe was sworn in as King of the Belgians.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His eldest child, Princess Elisabeth, became his heir apparent and is expected to become Belgium's first <a href="/wiki/Queen_regnant" title="Queen regnant">queen regnant</a>. </p><p>Philippe played a role in forming a coalition government after the <a href="/wiki/2014_Belgian_federal_election" title="2014 Belgian federal election">2014 Belgian federal election</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-politico_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Political meetings with the King were moved from the <a href="/wiki/Palace_of_Laeken" title="Palace of Laeken">Palace of Laeken</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Palace_of_Brussels" title="Royal Palace of Brussels">Royal Palace of Brussels</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-politico_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2019, Philippe met with <a href="/wiki/Vlaams_Belang" title="Vlaams Belang">Vlaams Belang</a> President <a href="/wiki/Tom_Van_Grieken" title="Tom Van Grieken">Tom Van Grieken</a>, the first time the party had received a royal audience.<sup id="cite_ref-politico_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2020, Philippe announced regret for the "acts of violence and cruelty" committed in the <a href="/wiki/Congo_Free_State" title="Congo Free State">Congo Free State</a> under the rule of his great-great-granduncle King <a href="/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium" title="Leopold II of Belgium">Leopold II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-politico_12-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-politico-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In September 2024, Philippe, along with Belgian Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Alexander_De_Croo" title="Alexander De Croo">Alexander De Croo</a> publicly criticised <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Pope Francis</a> during their welcome addresses for him over sexual abuses committed by the Roman Catholic Church in Belgium.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Honours_and_arms">Honours and arms</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Honours and arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Royal_Standard_of_King_Philippe_of_Belgium.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Royal_Standard_of_King_Philippe_of_Belgium.svg/220px-Royal_Standard_of_King_Philippe_of_Belgium.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Royal_Standard_of_King_Philippe_of_Belgium.svg/330px-Royal_Standard_of_King_Philippe_of_Belgium.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Royal_Standard_of_King_Philippe_of_Belgium.svg/440px-Royal_Standard_of_King_Philippe_of_Belgium.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="600" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/List_of_Belgian_flags" title="List of Belgian flags">Personal Standard</a> of Philippe, King of the Belgians</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_honours">National honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: National honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Grand_Cordon_bar.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Grand_Cordon_bar.svg/55px-BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Grand_Cordon_bar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Grand_Cordon_bar.svg/83px-BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Grand_Cordon_bar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Grand_Cordon_bar.svg/110px-BEL_-_Order_of_Leopold_-_Grand_Cordon_bar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Master of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a> (21 July 2013)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BEL_Order_of_the_African_Star_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/BEL_Order_of_the_African_Star_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/55px-BEL_Order_of_the_African_Star_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/BEL_Order_of_the_African_Star_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/83px-BEL_Order_of_the_African_Star_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/BEL_Order_of_the_African_Star_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/110px-BEL_Order_of_the_African_Star_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Master of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_African_Star" title="Order of the African Star">Order of the African Star</a> (21 July 2013)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/55px-BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/83px-BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png/110px-BEL_Royal_Order_of_the_Lion_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Master of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_the_Lion" title="Royal Order of the Lion">Royal Order of the Lion</a> (21 July 2013)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BEL_Kroonorde_Grootkruis_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/BEL_Kroonorde_Grootkruis_BAR.svg/55px-BEL_Kroonorde_Grootkruis_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/BEL_Kroonorde_Grootkruis_BAR.svg/83px-BEL_Kroonorde_Grootkruis_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/BEL_Kroonorde_Grootkruis_BAR.svg/110px-BEL_Kroonorde_Grootkruis_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Master of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_(Belgium)" title="Order of the Crown (Belgium)">Order of the Crown</a> (21 July 2013)</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg/55px-BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="55" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg/83px-BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg/110px-BEL_Order_of_Leopold_II_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="218" data-file-height="60" /></a></span> Grand Master of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_II" title="Order of Leopold II">Order of Leopold II</a> (21 July 2013)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_honours">Foreign honours</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Foreign honours"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/23px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/35px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Flag_of_Argentina.svg/46px-Flag_of_Argentina.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Liberator_General_San_Mart%C3%ADn" title="Order of the Liberator General San Martín">Order of the Liberator General San Martín</a> (6 May 1994)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_Austria.svg/45px-Flag_of_Austria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a>: Grand Star of the <a href="/wiki/Decoration_of_Honour_for_Services_to_the_Republic_of_Austria" title="Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria">Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria</a> (21 March 2022)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/22px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="22" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/34px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Bolivia.svg/44px-Flag_of_Bolivia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="750" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Bolivia" title="Bolivia">Bolivia</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Condor_of_the_Andes" title="Order of the Condor of the Andes">Order of the Condor of the Andes</a> (9 September 1996)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/20px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/31px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Denmark.svg/40px-Flag_of_Denmark.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="387" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Denmark" title="Denmark">Denmark</a>: Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Elephant" title="Order of the Elephant">Order of the Elephant</a> (28 May 2002)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Flag_of_Finland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Finland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="1100" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Rose_of_Finland" title="Order of the White Rose of Finland">Order of the White Rose of Finland</a> (30 March 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/23px-Flag_of_France.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/35px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/c3/Flag_of_France.svg/45px-Flag_of_France.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Legion_of_Honour" title="Legion of Honour">National Order of the Legion of Honour</a> (6 February 2014)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>: Grand Cross Special Class of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany" title="Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany">Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany</a> (6 March 2016)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/23px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/35px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Greece.svg/45px-Flag_of_Greece.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greece</a>: <ul><li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Redeemer" title="Order of the Redeemer">Order of the Redeemer</a> (2 May 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Honour_(Greece)" title="Order of Honour (Greece)">Order of Honour</a> (1 February 2005)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/15px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/86/Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg/30px-Flag_of_Vatican_City_%282001%E2%80%932023%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Holy_See" title="Holy See">Holy See</a>: Knight of the Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Holy_Sepulchre" title="Order of the Holy Sepulchre">Order of the Holy Sepulchre</a> (17 November 2015)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Hungary" title="Hungary">Hungary</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Republic_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary">Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary</a> (18 April 2008)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/35px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/45px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>: Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Italian_Republic" title="Order of Merit of the Italian Republic">Order of Merit of the Italian Republic</a> (25 October 2021)<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>: Collar and Grand Cordon of the <a href="/wiki/Supreme_Order_of_the_Chrysanthemum" class="mw-redirect" title="Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum">Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum</a> (9 October 2016)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>: Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_al-Hussein_bin_Ali" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of al-Hussein bin Ali">Order of al-Hussein bin Ali</a> (18 May 2016)</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Lithuania.svg/46px-Flag_of_Lithuania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lithuania" title="Lithuania">Lithuania</a>: Grand Cross with Golden Chain of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Vytautas_the_Great" title="Order of Vytautas the Great">Order of Vytautas the Great</a> (24 October 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/23px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/35px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg/46px-Flag_of_Luxembourg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="307" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>: Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Gold_Lion_of_the_House_of_Nassau" title="Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau">Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau</a> (15 March 1999)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>: <ul><li>Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion" title="Order of the Netherlands Lion">Order of the Netherlands Lion</a> (28 November 2016)</li> <li>Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Orange-Nassau" title="Order of Orange-Nassau">Order of Orange-Nassau</a> (6 May 1993)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Decorations_and_medals_of_the_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="Decorations and medals of the Netherlands">King Willem-Alexander Inauguration Medal</a> (30 April 2013)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/21px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="21" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/32px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/41px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a>: Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_St._Olav" title="Order of St. Olav">Order of St. Olav</a> (20 May 2003)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/23px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/35px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Flag_of_Oman.svg/46px-Flag_of_Oman.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1050" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Oman</a>: <ul><li>Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Al-Said" title="Order of Al-Said">Order of Al-Said</a> (3 December 2024)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Member Special Class of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Oman" title="Order of Oman">Order of Oman</a> (3 February 2022)<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/35px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/46px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland" title="Poland">Poland</a>: <ul><li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Eagle_(Poland)" title="Order of the White Eagle (Poland)">Order of the White Eagle</a> (13 October 2015)</li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Republic_of_Poland" title="Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland">Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland</a> (18 October 2004)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/23px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/35px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Flag_of_Portugal.svg/45px-Flag_of_Portugal.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="400" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portugal</a>: <ul><li>Grand Collar of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Prince_Henry" title="Order of Prince Henry">Order of Prince Henry</a> (22 October 2018)</li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Christ_(Portugal)" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of Christ (Portugal)">Military Order of Christ</a> (18 October 2005)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Military_Order_of_Aviz" title="Military Order of Aviz">Military Order of Aviz</a> (18 September 1997)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/35px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/45px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="750" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>: Knight Grand Cross of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_Isabella_the_Catholic" title="Order of Isabella the Catholic">Order of Isabella the Catholic</a> (16 May 2000)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a>: <ul><li>Knight of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Order_of_the_Seraphim" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Order of the Seraphim">Royal Order of the Seraphim</a> (7 May 2001)<sup id="cite_ref-SenateBio_1-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SenateBio-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Royal_Jubilee_Commemorative_Medals" title="Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals">50th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf</a> (30 April 1996)</li> <li>Recipient of the <a href="/wiki/Swedish_Royal_Jubilee_Commemorative_Medals" title="Swedish Royal Jubilee Commemorative Medals">70th Birthday Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf</a> (30 April 2016)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/35px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/45px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>: Member of the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_State_of_Republic_of_Turkey" class="mw-redirect" title="Order of the State of Republic of Turkey">Order of the State of Republic of Turkey</a> (4 October 2015)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Arms">Arms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Arms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="max-width: 100%"> <caption class="nowrap">Coat of arms of Philippe of Belgium </caption> <tbody><tr> <td style="width: 220px;"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Coat_of_Arms_of_the_King_of_the_Belgians.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_King_of_the_Belgians.svg/220px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_King_of_the_Belgians.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="246" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_King_of_the_Belgians.svg/330px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_King_of_the_Belgians.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_King_of_the_Belgians.svg/440px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_King_of_the_Belgians.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="972" data-file-height="1089" /></a></span> </td> <td style="min-width:175px;"> <dl><dt>Notes</dt> <dd>In 2019 the king codified the <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coats of arms</a> of himself and those of his family through a Royal Decree. The arms of the reigning monarch was modified to include the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">Saxonian</a> escutcheon. The arms of other members of the royal family was similarly modified.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reinstatement of the shield of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha into the royal arms occurred shortly after the visit of the king and queen to the ancestral <a href="/wiki/Friedenstein_Palace" title="Friedenstein Palace">Friedenstein Castle</a>. The latest royal decree therefore reverses previous changes made to the Royal versions of the coat arms which removed the armorial bearings of Saxony during the First World War.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> By including the three official languages in the motto it reflects his wish "to be the King of the whole Kingdom and of all Belgians".<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd> <dt>Adopted</dt> <dd>12 July 2019</dd> <dt>Coronet</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Crown_(heraldry)" title="Crown (heraldry)">Royal crown of Belgium</a></dd> <dt>Helm</dt> <dd>A golden royal helm with the visor open</dd> <dt>Escutcheon</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Sable_(heraldry)" title="Sable (heraldry)">Sable</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Lion_(heraldry)" title="Lion (heraldry)">lion</a> rampant <a href="/wiki/Or_(heraldry)" title="Or (heraldry)">or</a>, armed and langued <a href="/wiki/Gules" title="Gules">gules</a> (<a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms_of_Belgium" title="Coat of arms of Belgium">Belgium</a>), on the shoulder an escutcheon barry of ten sable and or, a <a href="/wiki/Crancelin" title="Crancelin">crancelin</a> <a href="/wiki/Vert_(heraldry)" title="Vert (heraldry)">vert</a> (<a href="/wiki/House_of_Wettin" title="House of Wettin">Wettin</a>), with two crossed sceptres (a hand of justice and a lion) or behind a shield.</dd> <dt>Supporters</dt> <dd>Two lions guardant proper each supporting a lance or with two <a href="/wiki/Flag_of_Belgium" title="Flag of Belgium">National Flags of Belgium</a> (Tierced per pale Sable, Or and Gules).</dd> <dt>Motto</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>: <i lang="fr">L'union fait la force</i><br /><a href="/wiki/Dutch_language" title="Dutch language">Dutch</a>: <i lang="nl">Eendracht maakt macht</i><br /><a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>: <i lang="de">Einigkeit macht stark</i></dd> <dt>Orders</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Order_of_Leopold_(Belgium)" title="Order of Leopold (Belgium)">Order of Leopold</a></dd> <dt>Other elements</dt> <dd>The whole is placed on a mantle <a href="/wiki/Purpure" title="Purpure">purpure</a> with ermine lining, fringes and tassels or and ensigned with the Royal crown of Belgium.</dd> <dt>Previous versions</dt> <dd>Previously as monarch, Philippe used the royal coat of arms of Belgium undifferenced.</dd></dl> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ancestry">Ancestry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Philippe_of_Belgium&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Ancestry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Kings_of_Belgium_family_tree" class="mw-redirect" title="Kings of Belgium family tree">Kings of Belgium family tree</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1268078990">.mw-parser-output table.ahnentafel{border-collapse:separate;border-spacing:0;line-height:130%}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel tr{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-t{border-top:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px;border-left:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px}.mw-parser-output .ahnentafel-b{border-bottom:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px;border-left:var(--color-base,#000)solid 1px}</style><div class="noresize"><table class="collapsible collapsed" style="margin:0.3em auto;clear:none;min-width:60em;width:auto;font-size:88%;border:1px solid #aaa"><tbody><tr><th style="padding:0.2em 0.3em 0.2em 4.3em;background:none;color:inherit;width:auto">Ancestors of Philippe of Belgium</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center"><table class="ahnentafel" style="margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><tbody><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">8. <a href="/wiki/Albert_I_of_Belgium" title="Albert I of Belgium">Albert I of Belgium</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">4. <a href="/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium" title="Leopold III of Belgium">Leopold III of Belgium</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">9. <a href="/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Bavaria,_Queen_of_Belgium" class="mw-redirect" title="Elisabeth of Bavaria, Queen of Belgium">Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #fb9;">2. <a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">Albert II of Belgium</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">10. <a href="/wiki/Prince_Carl,_Duke_of_V%C3%A4sterg%C3%B6tland" title="Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland">Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">5. <a href="/wiki/Princess_Astrid_of_Sweden" class="mw-redirect" title="Princess Astrid of Sweden">Princess Astrid of Sweden</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">11. <a href="/wiki/Princess_Ingeborg_of_Denmark" title="Princess Ingeborg of Denmark">Princess Ingeborg of Denmark</a></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #fcc;">1. <b>Philippe of Belgium</b></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="11"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="28" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="15" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="14" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">12. Fulco VII, Prince Ruffo di Calabria</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">6. <a href="/wiki/Fulco_Ruffo_di_Calabria" title="Fulco Ruffo di Calabria">Fulco VIII, Prince Ruffo di Calabria</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">13. Laura Mosselman du Chenoy</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #fb9;">3. <a href="/wiki/Queen_Paola_of_Belgium" title="Queen Paola of Belgium">Paola Ruffo di Calabria</a></td><td rowspan="2" colspan="7"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="13"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="12" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="7" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="6" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">14. Augusto Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-t"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #ffc;">7. Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana e di Sebastiano</td><td rowspan="2" colspan="3"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="5"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="4" colspan="2"> </td><td rowspan="3" class="ahnentafel-b"> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td rowspan="2" colspan="4" style="border:1px solid black;height:0.5em; padding: 2px 4px 2px 4px;background-color: #bfc;">15. 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href="/wiki/Monarchy_of_Belgium#Members_of_the_Belgian_royal_family" title="Monarchy of Belgium"> Royal Decree of 2 December 1991</a> gave titles to husbands and children of any Princess of Belgium by birth</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Princes_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha246" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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href="/wiki/Francis,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld" title="Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld">Duke Francis I</a>*</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1st generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_I,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Duke Ernest I</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Ferdinand_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Ferdinand</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_I_of_Belgium" title="Leopold I of Belgium">King Leopold I of the Belgians</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2nd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ducal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_II,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Ernest II, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Duke Ernest II</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Albert, Prince Consort of the United Kingdom</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha-Koh%C3%A1ry" title="House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha-Koháry">Koháry</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_II_of_Portugal" title="Ferdinand II of Portugal">King Ferdinand II of Portugal and the Algarves</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_August_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince August</a>*</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Leopold_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Leopold</a>*</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belgium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Louis_Philippe,_Crown_Prince_of_Belgium" title="Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium">Crown Prince Louis Philippe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_II_of_Belgium" title="Leopold II of Belgium">King Leopold II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Philippe,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders">Prince Philippe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">3rd generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_VII" title="Edward VII">King Edward VII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Duke Alfred I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Arthur,_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn" title="Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn">Prince Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Leopold,_Duke_of_Albany" title="Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany">Prince Leopold</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/House_of_Braganza-Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="House of Braganza-Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Portugal</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pedro_V_of_Portugal" title="Pedro V of Portugal">King Pedro V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_I_of_Portugal" title="Luís I of Portugal">King Luís I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infante_Jo%C3%A3o,_Duke_of_Beja" title="Infante João, Duke of Beja">Infante João</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infante_Fernando_of_Portugal" title="Infante Fernando of Portugal">Infante Fernando</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infante_Augusto,_Duke_of_Coimbra" title="Infante Augusto, Duke of Coimbra">Infante Augusto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Koháry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Philipp_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Philipp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Ludwig_August_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Ludwig August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Ludwig August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferdinand_I_of_Bulgaria" title="Ferdinand I of Bulgaria">Tsar Ferdinand I of the Bulgarians</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belgium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Leopold,_Duke_of_Brabant" title="Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant">Prince Leopold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Baudouin_of_Belgium" title="Prince Baudouin of Belgium">Prince Baudouin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_I_of_Belgium" title="Albert I of Belgium">King Albert I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">4th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Albert_Victor,_Duke_of_Clarence_and_Avondale" title="Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale">Prince Albert Victor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_V" title="George V">King George V</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alfred,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Alfred, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Hereditary Prince Alfred</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Arthur_of_Connaught" title="Prince Arthur of Connaught">Prince Arthur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Edward,_Duke_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Duke Charles Edward I</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Carlos_I_of_Portugal" title="Carlos I of Portugal">King Carlos I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Afonso,_Duke_of_Porto" title="Afonso, Duke of Porto">Infante Afonso</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Koháry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Leopold_Clement_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Leopold Clement of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Leopold Clement</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Peter_August_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Peter August of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Peter August</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_August_Leopold_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince August Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince August Leopold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Joseph_Ferdinand_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Joseph Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Joseph Ferdinand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Ludwig_Gaston_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Ludwig Gaston of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Ludwig Gaston</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bulgaria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_III_of_Bulgaria" title="Boris III of Bulgaria">Tsar Boris III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiril,_Prince_of_Preslav" title="Kiril, Prince of Preslav">Prince Kiril</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belgium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leopold_III_of_Belgium" title="Leopold III of Belgium">King Leopold III</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles,_Count_of_Flanders" title="Prince Charles, Count of Flanders">Prince Charles</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">5th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">United Kingdom</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_VIII" title="Edward VIII">King Edward VIII</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">King George VI</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Henry,_Duke_of_Gloucester" title="Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester">Prince Henry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_George,_Duke_of_Kent" title="Prince George, Duke of Kent">Prince George</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_John_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Prince John of the United Kingdom">Prince John</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alastair_Windsor,_2nd_Duke_of_Connaught_and_Strathearn" title="Alastair Windsor, 2nd Duke of Connaught and Strathearn">Prince Alastair</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ducal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johann_Leopold,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Johann Leopold, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Hereditary Prince Johann Leopold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Hubertus_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha_(pilot)" title="Prince Hubertus of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (pilot)">Prince Hubertus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Friedrich_Josias,_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Friedrich Josias</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Portugal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Lu%C3%ADs_Filipe,_Prince_Royal_of_Portugal" title="Luís Filipe, Prince Royal of Portugal">Prince Luís Filipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_II_of_Portugal" title="Manuel II of Portugal">King Manuel II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Koháry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Rainer_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Rainer of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Rainer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Philipp_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha_(1901%E2%80%931985)" title="Prince Philipp of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (1901–1985)">Prince Philipp</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bulgaria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Simeon_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" title="Simeon Saxe-Coburg-Gotha">Tsar Simeon II</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belgium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baudouin_of_Belgium" title="Baudouin of Belgium">King Baudouin I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_II_of_Belgium" title="Albert II of Belgium">King Albert II</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Alexandre_of_Belgium" title="Prince Alexandre of Belgium">Prince Alexandre</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">6th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ducal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Andreas,_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Andreas, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Andreas</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Koháry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Johannes_Heinrich_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Johannes Heinrich</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bulgaria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kardam,_Prince_of_Tarnovo" title="Kardam, Prince of Tarnovo">Prince Kardam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyril,_Prince_of_Preslav" title="Kyril, Prince of Preslav">Prince Kyril</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belgium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">King Philippe I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Laurent_of_Belgium" title="Prince Laurent of Belgium">Prince Laurent</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">7th generation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ducal</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Hubertus,_Hereditary_Prince_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha" title="Hubertus, Hereditary Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Hubertus</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Koháry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><a href="/wiki/Prince_Johannes_Heinrich_of_Saxe-Coburg_and_Gotha#_Life" title="Prince Johannes Heinrich of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha">Prince Johannes</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Bulgaria</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boris_Saxe-Coburg-Gotha" title="Boris Saxe-Coburg-Gotha">Prince Boris</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Belgium</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Gabriel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Gabriel of Belgium">Prince Gabriel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Emmanuel_of_Belgium" title="Prince Emmanuel of Belgium">Prince Emmanuel</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><i>*Titled as Princes of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld before 11 February 1826</i></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link 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class="nowrap">Kuwait: <a href="/wiki/Mishal_Al-Ahmad_Al-Jaber_Al-Sabah" title="Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah">Mishal</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Malaysia: <a href="/wiki/Ibrahim_Iskandar_of_Johor" title="Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor">Ibrahim Iskandar</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Oman: <a href="/wiki/Haitham_bin_Tariq" title="Haitham bin Tariq">Haitham</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Qatar: <a href="/wiki/Tamim_bin_Hamad_Al_Thani" title="Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani">Tamim</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Saudi Arabia: <a href="/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia" title="Salman of Saudi Arabia">Salman</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Thailand: <a href="/wiki/Vajiralongkorn" title="Vajiralongkorn">Vajiralongkorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">United Arab Emirates: <a href="/wiki/Mohamed_bin_Zayed_Al_Nahyan" title="Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan">Mohamed</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" 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II, Prince of Monaco">Albert II</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Netherlands: <a href="/wiki/Willem-Alexander_of_the_Netherlands" title="Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands">Willem-Alexander</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Norway: <a href="/wiki/Harald_V" title="Harald V">Harald V</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Spain: <a href="/wiki/Felipe_VI" title="Felipe VI">Felipe VI</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Sweden: <a href="/wiki/Carl_XVI_Gustaf" title="Carl XVI Gustaf">Carl XVI Gustaf</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">United Kingdom: <a href="/wiki/Charles_III" title="Charles III">Charles III</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Vatican City: <a href="/wiki/Pope_Francis" title="Pope Francis">Francis</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Americas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span 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class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Cyprus" title="Cyprus"><img alt="Cyprus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/35px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/45px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nikos_Christodoulides" title="Nikos Christodoulides">Christodoulides</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic"><img alt="Czech Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" 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data-file-height="387" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Frederik_X" title="Frederik X">Frederik X</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Estonia" title="Estonia"><img alt="Estonia" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Flag_of_Estonia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Estonia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="990" data-file-height="630" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alar_Karis" title="Alar Karis">Karis</a> </span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland"><img alt="Finland" 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