Philippe de Lannoy
Count Philippe de Lannoy (14 August 1922 – 10 January 2019)[1] was a Belgian noble and provincial councillor of Hainaut. He was the alderman of finance for Frasnes-lez-Anvaing.[2] He was the father of Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. His full name was Philippe Marie Ernest Albert; his title in French was comte de Lannoy et du Saint-Empire.[2]
Philippe de Lannoy | |
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Count de Lannoy | |
Full name
Philippe Marie Ernest Albert de Lannoy | |
Born | Brussels, Kingdom of Belgium | 14 August 1922
Died | 10 January 2019 96) | (aged
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Issue
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Father | Count Paul Charles de Lannoy |
Mother | Princess Marie Béatrix de Ligne |
Family
He married his wife, the late Countess Alix de Lannoy, in 1965.[3] Countess Alix de Lannoy, born Alix della Faille de Leverghem, died on 27 August 2012 at the age of 70.[3]
Count and Countess Philippe de Lannoy had eight children,[3] one of whom, Stéphanie, married Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Death and legacy
He died on 10 January 2019[2] at the age of 96. The funeral, attended by Queen Matilde, took place at the Church of Saint-Amand in Frasnes-lez-Anvaing.[2] He is remembered fondly and with gratitude as having been a volunteer for the First Belgian Field Regiment during World War II.[2]
Honours and decorations
- Volunteer's Medal 1940–1945 (1946).
- Officer of the Order of Leopold II.
- Knight of the Order of Leopold.
- Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria.
- Knight Grand Cross Jure Sanguinis of the Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George (1982).[4]
References
- Le père de la Grande-Duchesse héritière est mort (in French)
- Tancrède, Martin (30 January 2019). "Les obsèques du comte de Lannoy". Point du Vue (in French). Royalement Vôtre Éditions. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- "Bride's mother dies two months before Luxembourg royal wedding". Hello. 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
- Membership of the Constantinian Order Archived 2012-03-05 at the Wayback Machine