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Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

1837 - 1905

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Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders (Dutch: Filips; 24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905), was the third born and second surviving son of King Leopold I of Belgium and Louise d'Orléans. He was the brother of Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico. Born at the Château de Laeken, near Brussels, Belgium, Philippe was created Count of Flanders on 14 December 1840. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders has received more than 486,954 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 30 in 2019). Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders is the 189th most popular nobleman (down from 151st in 2019), the 111th most popular biography from Belgium (down from 83rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Belgian Nobleman.

Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders is most famous for being the son of King Louis II of France and Queen Marie of Hungary. He was also a grandson of King Louis I of Hungary and Bohemia. He was the first husband of Joan of Constantinople, who was the daughter of Andronikos III Palaiologos, Emperor of the Byzantine Empire.

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  • 62.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.96

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.33

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among NOBLEMEN

Among noblemen, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 189 out of 1,415. Before him are Frederick, Prince of Wales, Princess Sophie of Greece and Denmark, Ingegerd Olofsdotter of Sweden, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale, Germaine of Foix, and Nicholas Alexandrovich, Tsesarevich of Russia. After him are Catherine of Sweden, Countess Palatine of Kleeburg, Queen Noor of Jordan, Maria Theresa of Savoy, Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands, Gioffre Borgia, and Ercole I d'Este, Duke of Ferrara.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 19. Before him are Adam Opel, Pedro V of Portugal, Ivan Kramskoi, Paul Morphy, Vasil Levski, and John Newlands. After him are Georges Ernest Boulanger, Ilia Chavchavadze, Queen Cheorin, Rosalía de Castro, Émile Waldteufel, and Francis, Duke of Teck. Among people deceased in 1905, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 12. Before him are Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Per Teodor Cleve, Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, Louise Michel, and Adolph Menzel. After him are Carl Wernicke, Albert Edelfelt, Leopold, Prince of Hohenzollern, Élisée Reclus, Walther Flemming, and Josip Juraj Strossmayer.

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In Belgium

Among people born in Belgium, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 111 out of 1,190. Before him are Pieter Claesz (1596), Joseph Plateau (1801), Eugène Ysaÿe (1858), André Grétry (1741), Louise Françoise de Bourbon, Duchess of Bourbon (1673), and Gilles Binchois (1400). After him are Karel van Mander (1548), Morris (1923), Yves Chauvin (1930), Elio Di Rupo (1951), Frans Snyders (1579), and Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria (1724).

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Among NOBLEMEN In Belgium

Among noblemen born in Belgium, Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders ranks 4. Before him are Philippe of Belgium (1960), Pepin of Landen (585), and John of Gaunt (1340). After him are Henry I, Duke of Brabant (1165), Gaston IV, Count of Foix (1422), Godfrey I, Count of Louvain (1060), Princess Amélie Louise of Arenberg (1789), Henry IV, Duke of Brabant (1251), Antoinette de Mérode (1828), Gothelo I, Duke of Lorraine (967), and Prince Baudouin of Belgium (1869).

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