About Prince Gabriel of Belgium
Prince Gabriel of Belgium (French: Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie, Dutch: Gabriël Boudewijn Karel Maria; born 20 August 2003) is the elder son and second child of King Philippe and Queen Mathilde of Belgium. He is currently second in line to the throne of Belgium after his elder sister, Elisabeth. == Early life == Gabriel was born as the second child of Philippe and Mathilde, then the duke and duchess of Brabant. He was delivered at 01:15 CET on 20 August 2003 at Erasmus Hospital, the teaching hospital of the Université libre de Bruxelles in Anderlecht, Brussels. He was christened on 25 October 2003 at Ciergnon Castle, a summer residence of the Belgian royal family, by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, then Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. His godparents are his maternal uncle, Count Charles-Henri d’Udekem d’Acoz (b. 1985), and his second paternal second cousin, Baroness Maria Christina von Freyberg-Eisenberg (b. 1965). King Philippe remarked in an interview that he chose the name Gabriel — unprecedented within the royal family — not only for its beauty, brevity, and strength, but also for its symbolic resonance across the three major monotheistic religions. The prince was named in the honour of his great-uncle King Baudouin of Belgium, his godfather and maternal uncle Count Charles-Henri, and the Virgin Mary, whose name holds traditional significance in Catholic royal naming conventions.
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