Philippe de Lannoy

Philippe de Lannoy
Count de Lannoy
Spouse(s)	Alix della Faille de Leverghem (1965–2012; her death)
Issue Count Jehan de Lannoy Count Christian de Lannoy Nathalie Hamilton Countess Gaëlle de Lannoy Count Amaury de Lannoy Count Olivier de Lannoy Baroness Isabelle de le Court Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Full name Philippe Marie Ernest Albert de Lannoy
Father	Count Paul Charles de Lannoy
Mother	Princess Marie Béatrix de Ligne
Born	14 August 1922 Brussels, Belgium

Count Philippe de Lannoy (born 14 August 1922) is a Belgian nobleman and Provincial Councillor of Hainaut. He is the father of Stéphanie de Lannoy, the wife of Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, heir apparent to the throne of Luxembourg.

Family

He married his wife, the late Countess Alix de Lannoy, in 1965.^[1] Countess Alix de Lannoy,born Alix della Faille de Leverghem, died on 27 August 2012 at the age of 70.^[1]

Count and Countess Philippe de Lannoy had eight children.^[1] They all have the rank of Count and Countess in Belgium, as sons and daughters of a Count:

• Count Jehan Marie Paul Emmanuel Harold de Lannoy (b. 1966), married in 1993 Béatrice Spates (b. 1968, daughter of U.S. citizen Alfred Waters Spates and of Marie Renée Kneppelhout van Sterkenburg, herself daughter of Cornelis Kneppelhout van Sterkenburg and Madeleine Marie Blanche Charlotte Ghislaine, Comtesse du Chastel de la Howarderie), they have four children:
  • Countess Caroline de Lannoy (b. 2001)
  • Countess Louise de Lannoy (b. 2003)
  • Count Antoine de Lannoy (b. 2005)
  • Count Maxime de Lannoy (b. 2006)
• Count Christian Marie Harold Philippe de Lannoy (b. 1968), married in 2009 Luisa Moreno de Porras-Isla-Fernández (of the family bearing the Spanish titles of Marquéz (marquess) de Chiloeches y del Arco), they have three children:
  • Countess Teresa de Lannoy (b. 2010)
  • Count Ignace de Lannoy (b. 2012)
  • Count Jacques de Lannoy (b. 2014)
• Countess Nathalie Marie Béatrice Lydia de Lannoy (b. 1969), married in 1996 John Hamilton (b. 1955), they have five daughters:
  • Antonia Hamilton (b. 1997)
  • Charlotte Hamilton (b. 1999)
  • Madeleine Hamilton (b. 2001)
  • Alix Hamilton
  • Victoria Hamilton
• Countess Gaëlle Marie Diane Madeleine de Lannoy (b. 1970), a religious sister
• Count Amaury Marie Dominique Paul de Lannoy (b. 1971), engaged to Countess Astrid d' Harcourt (b. 1985).
• Count Olivier Marie Arnaud Albert de Lannoy (b. 1974), married in 2006 his secound cousin jonkvrouw Alice van Havre (b. 1980, daughter of Jonkheer Philippe van Havre and of Anne-Françoise de Hennin de Boussu-Walcourt, herself the maternal first cousin of Alix de Lannoy), they have three sons:
  • Count Philippe de Lannoy
  • Count Gustave de Lannoy (b. 2013)
  • Count Léopold de Lannoy (b. 2016)
• Countess Isabelle Myriam Jehanne Alix de Lannoy (b. 1976), married in 2001 baron Jean-Charles de le Court (b. 1969, son of baron Jean-Charles de le Court and of Suzanne d'Otreppe de Bouvette), they have five children:
  • Isaure de le Court (b. 2003)
  • Aline de le Court (b. 2005)
  • Lancelot de le Court (b. 2007)
  • Héloïse de le Court (b. 2010)
  • Nicodème de le Court (b. 2013)
• Countess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine de Lannoy (b. 1984), married in 2012 Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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).^[2]

Ancestry

Ancestors of Philippe de Lannoy

16. Count Gustave Ferdinand de Lannoy               8. Count Charles Maximilien de Lannoy                       17. Countess Marie Josephine van der Noot d’Assche               4. Count Philippe Marie de Lannoy                             18. Marquis Charles Alain du Parc Locmaria               9. Marie Emma du Parc                       19. Zénaïde van Volden               2. Count Paul Charles de Lannoy                                   20. Baron Léon Hyacinthe de Beeckman du Vieusart               10. Baron Albert Marie de Beeckman du Vieusart                       21. Octavie Catherine Desmanet de Boutonville               5. Rosalie Ghislaine de Beeckman du Vieusart                             22. Count Adrien Eugène d'Oultremont de Wégimont               11. Countess Bathilde Louise d'Oultremont de Wégimont                       23. Baroness Valérie Françoise de Copis               1. Count Philippe de Lannoy                                         24. Eugène François, 8th Prince of Ligne               12. Prince Henri Maximilien de Ligne                       25. Amélie Mélanie de Conflans               6. Ernest Henri, 10th Prince de Ligne                             26. Count Ernest de Talleyrand-Périgord               13. Marie Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord                       27. Marie Louise Lepelletier de Morfontaine               3. Princess Marie Béatrix de Ligne                                   28. Marie Artus de Cossé-Brissac, Duc de Brissac               14. Gabriel Roland de Cossé-Brissac, Marquis de Brissac                       29. Angélique Marie Le Lièvre de La Grange               7. Marguerite Constance de Cossé-Brissac                             30. Constant André Say               15. Jeanne Marie Say                       31. Jeanne Marie Wey

References

1. "Bride's mother dies two months before Luxembourg royal wedding". Hello (magazine). 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-09-02.
2. Membership of the Constantinian Order