Princess Eléonore of Belgium

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{{Infobox royalty

| name = Princess Eléonore

| image = Eléonore de Belgique.jpg

| caption = Princess Eléonore in 2016

| full name = {{langx|fr|Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie}}

{{Langx|de|Eleonore Fabiola Viktoria Anne Marie or (Anna Maria) }}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2008|04|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Erasmus Hospital, Anderlecht, Brussels, Belgium

| house = Belgium

| father = Philippe of Belgium

| mother = Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz

}}

Princess Eléonore of Belgium (Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie; born 16 April 2008) is the younger daughter and the youngest of four children of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium. She is currently fourth in line to the throne of Belgium after her older siblings Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant, Prince Gabriel, and Prince Emmanuel.

Life

Princess Eléonore was born on 16 April 2008 at 4:50 at the Erasmus Hospital, the teaching hospital of Université libre de Bruxelles in Anderlecht.{{cite web|url=https://m.standaard.be/cnt/dmf16042008_002?journeybuilder=nopaywall|title=Prinses Mathilde bevallen van dochtertje|website=De Standaard Online|access-date=16 April 2008|archive-date=2024-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616035802/https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf16042008_002|url-status=live}} She is the twelfth and youngest grandchild of King Albert II and Queen Paola. She was baptised on 14 June 2008 in the chapel of Ciergnon Castle in the Belgian Ardennes, by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Her godparents are Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, Princess Claire of Belgium, and Count Sébastien von Westphalen zu Fürstenberg.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/belgian-princess-baptized/2/|title=Belgian Princess Baptized|website=CBS News|date=17 June 2008|access-date=7 April 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407115000/https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/belgian-princess-baptized/2/|url-status=live}}

Princess Eléonore initially attended St John Berchmans College in Brussels. In September 2020, she was transferred to the Heilig Hart College, a Dutch language secondary school in Wezembeek-Oppem.{{Cite web|last=NWS|first=VRT|date=26 August 2020|title=Nieuwe scholen voor prinses Eléonore en prins Emmanuel, einde van een tijdperk aan het Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege|trans-title=New schools for Princess Eléonore and Prince Emmanuel, end of an era at St. John Berchmans College |url=https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/08/26/nieuwe-scholen-voor-prinses-eleonore-en-prins-emmanuel/|access-date=25 October 2020|website=vrtnws.be|language=nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616034503/https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2020/08/26/nieuwe-scholen-voor-prinses-eleonore-en-prins-emmanuel/|archive-date=2024-06-16|url-status=live}} From September 2023, she attended the International School of Brussels.{{Cite web |first=Pierre|last=Nizet|url=https://www.sudinfo.be/id693790/article/2023-08-04/un-grand-changement-arrive-dans-la-vie-de-la-princesse-eleonore-elle-va-suivre|website= sudinfo.be|title=Un grand changement arrive dans la vie de la princesse Eléonore : elle va suivre les pas de ses frères Gabriel et Emmanuel...|trans-title=A big change is coming in the life of Princess Eléonore: she will follow in the footsteps of her brothers Gabriel and Emmanuel...|date=2024-08-04|access-date=2024-06-16 |language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616034206/https://www.sudinfo.be/id693790/article/2023-08-04/un-grand-changement-arrive-dans-la-vie-de-la-princesse-eleonore-elle-va-suivre|archive-date=2024-06-16|url-status=live}}

Princess Eléonore speaks Dutch, French and English.{{Cite web|url=https://www.monarchie.be/en/royal-family/princess-eleonore|title=Princess Eléonore|website=The Belgian Monarchy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240616035046/https://www.monarchie.be/en/royal-family/princess-eleonore|archive-date=2024-06-16|url-status=live}}

Princess Eléonore plays the violin and practices skiing, sailing, and tennis.

Arms

{{Infobox emblem wide

| image = Coat of arms of a Princess of Belgium.svg

| notes = As a Princess of Belgium and a descendant of King Leopold I, the Princess is entitled to use a coat of arms which was stipulated in the Royal Decree of King Philippe in 2019.{{Cite journal |last=Philippe, Koning der Belgen |date=12 July 2019 |title=Koninklijk besluit houdende vaststelling van het wapen van het Koninklijk Huis en van zijn leden |url=http://www.ejustice.just.fgov.be/mopdf/2019/07/19_2.pdf |journal=Moniteur Belge/ Belgisch Staatsblad |access-date=24 July 2019}}

| year_adopted = 12 July 2019

| coronet = Princely crown of Belgium

| escutcheon = On a lozenge, sable, a lion rampant or, armed and langued gules (Belgium), on the shoulder an escutcheon barry of ten sable and or, a crancelin vert (Wettin), overall a bordure or.

| supporters = Two lions guardant proper

| motto = {{langx|fr|L'union fait la force}}
{{langx|nl|Eendracht maakt macht}}
{{langx|de|Einigkeit macht stark}}

| other_elements = The whole is placed on a mantle purpure with ermine lining, fringes and tassels or and ensigned with the Royal crown of Belgium.

}}