Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz

Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz
Born	28 April 1936 Uccle, Belgium
Died	25 September 2008 (aged 72) Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Title	Count d'Udekem d'Acoz
Spouse(s)	Countess Anna Maria Komorowska
Children	Queen Mathilde of Belgium Jonkvrouw Marie-Alix d'Udekem d'Acoz Margravine Elisabeth Pallavicini Baroness Hélène Janssen Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz
Parent(s)	Baron Charles d'Udekem d'Acoz Suzanne van Outryve d'Ydewalle

Patrick Paul François Marie Ghislain, Count d'Udekem d'Acoz (Uccle, 28 April 1936 - Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, 25 September 2008) was a Belgian nobleman and father of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.^[1] Queen Mathilde is the wife of Philippe, King of the Belgians.

He was a son of Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain, Baron d'Udekem d'Acoz (Ghent, 8 March 1885 - Proven, 7 December 1968), and his second wife, (m. Proven, 4 February 1933) Suzanne Marie Désirée Ghislaine Josephe van Outryve d'Ydewalle (Wingene, 22 June 1898 - Ypres, 6 April 1983). Upon the marriage of his daughter Princess Mathilde, he was created Count d'Udekem d'Acoz on 4 December 1999.

Count d'Udekem d'Acoz married Countess^[2] Anna Maria Komorowska (b. Białogard, 23 September 1946) civilly in Forville on 1 September 1971 and religiously in Hannut on 11 September 1971.^[1] She was a daughter of Count^[2] Leon Michal Komorowski (Siedliska, 14 August 1907 - 1992) and his wife (m. Warszawa, 25 July 1942), Princess Zofia Sapieżanka (Bobrek, 10 October 1919 - Herstal, 14 August 1997). The couple had five children:^[1]

• Countess Mathilde Marie Christiane Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 20 January 1973) - married Philippe, King of the Belgians on 4 December 1999. They have four children:
  • Princess Elisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène, Duchess of Brabant (b. 2001)
  • Prince Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie of Belgium (b. 2003)
  • Prince Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie of Belgium (b. 2005)
  • Princess Eléonore Fabiola Victoria Anne Marie of Belgium (b. 2008)
• Jonkvrouw Marie-Alix Suzanne Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 5 September 1974 - d. 14 August 1997) - died in a car accident together with her grandmother, Countess Sophia Komorowska.
• Countess Elisabeth Marie Hedwige Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 17 January 1977) - married Margrave Alfonso Pallavicini on 22 July 2006. They have 2 children:
  • Margravine Olympia Edoarda Matilde Pallavicini (b. 2008)
  • Margrave Adalberto Domenico Carlo Patrizio Maria Pallavicini (b. 2009)
• Countess Hélène Marie Michele Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 22 September 1979) - married Baron Nicolas Janssen on 11 June 2011. They have three children:
  • Baroness Cordélia Janssen (b. 2012)
  • Baron Alistair Janssen (b. 2013)
  • Baroness Sophie Janssen (b. 2016)
• Count Charles-Henri Marie Ghislain d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 14 May 1985).

Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz became seriously ill beginning in January 2008.^[1] His brother, Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz, revealed that Patrick had fallen into an irreversible coma and was dying of the progressive disease in March 2008.^[1] The illness and coma caused Patrick to miss awareness of the birth of his granddaughter, Princess Eléonore of Belgium, April 2008.^[1] Princess Eléonore, the fourth child of Prince Philippe and Princess Mathilde, was born in the same hospital where Patrick was being treated for his illness.^[1]

Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz died on 25 September 2008, at a neurological center in Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, at the age of 72. He was survived by his wife and four children.^[1]

Ancestry

16. Baron Gérard d'Udekem 1785–1866

8. Baron Albert d'Udekem d'Acoz 1828–1900

17. Justine de Posson 1799–1884

4. Baron Maximilien d'Udekem d'Acoz 1861–1921

18. Frédéric de Kerchove 1805–1880

9. Alice de Kerchove 1838–1877

19. Elise de Naeyer 1812–1899

2. Baron Charles d'Udekem d'Acoz 1885–1968

20. Baron Alexandre van Eyll 1781–1867

10. Gustave van Eyll 1830–1905

21. Countess Angélique de Gourcy-Serainchamps 1796–1865

5. Maria van Eyll 1863–1935

22. Joseph van Goethem 1803–1894

11. Marie Louise van Goethem 1834–1863

23. Marie Colette Ghislaine Maertens 1806–1834

1. Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz 1936–2008

24. Eugène van Outryve d'Ydewalle 1797–1854

12. Eugene van Outryve d'Ydewalle 1830–1901

25. Clémence van Severen 1801–1873

6. Clement van Outryve d'Ydewalle 1876–1942

26. Jules de Serret 1803–?

13. Laurence de Serret 1836–1910

27. Marie Mathilde Anselmine van Caloen 1808–1856

3. Suzanne van Outryve d'Ydewalle 1898–1983

28. Désiré de Thibault de Boesinghe 1815–1887

14. Desire de Thibault de Boesinghe 1837–1909

29. Adélaide van Hamme 1812–1846

7. Madeleine de Thibault de Boesinghe 1876–1931

30. Louis Antoine Firmin Frennelet 1799–1852

15. Marie Isabelle Frennelet 1843–1881

31. Anne Coppieters Stochove 1818–1851

References

1. "Princess Mathilde's father dies". Monsters and Critics. 2008-09-26. Retrieved 2008-10-15.
2. Anna Maria Komorowska and Leon Michal Komorowski are referred with the titles Hrabianka and Hrabia, which are titles used for a rank of Polish nobility roughly translated to that of "Countess" and "Count"