Princess Louise of Belgium
Quick Facts
Biography
Princess Louise of Belgium (Louise Sophie Mary; born 6 February 2004 in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert) is the first child and only daughter of Prince Laurent and Princess Claire. She is currently 14th in the line of succession to the Belgian throne.
Life
Princess Louise was born in 6 February 2004 at Saint-Luc University Hospital in Woluwe-Saint-Lambert, She was named after her great-grandmothers: Marie Louise Sclifet, Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana, Astrid Sofia Lovisa Thyra of Sweden, and Olive Mary Harmer. She was christened on 4 September 2004, in Longfonds, La Hulpe, Belgium, the estate of Baron Jacques-Ernest Solvay de La Hulpe. Her godmothers are Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein and Baroness Marie-Claude Solvay. There was no mention of who the godfather was, though some reports give the godfather to be Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi of Iran.
Princess Louise attends the Lycee Francais, and previously attended a private school in Tervuren.
On 2 June 2011, she received her first communion at Sainte-Catherine Bonlez, a district of Chaumont-Gistoux in the province of Walloon Brabant, with the royal family in attendance.