Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz

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

Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz
Count d'Udekem d'Acoz
Born28 April 1936
Uccle, Brussels, Belgium
Died25 September 2008(2008-09-25) (aged 72)
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve, Walloon Brabant, Belgium
Noble familyd´Udekem d´Acoz
Spouse(s)
Issue
Mathilde, Queen of the Belgians
Jonkvrouw Marie-Alix d'Udekem d'Acoz
Margravine Elisabeth Pallavicini
Baroness Hélène Janssen
Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz
FatherBaron Charles d'Udekem d'Acoz
MotherSuzanne van Outryve d'Ydewalle

Genealogy

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 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 Christine Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (b. 20 January 1973) she married Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant on 4 December 1999. They have four children.
  • Jonkvrouw Marie-Alix Suzanne Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (5 September 1974 – 14 August 1997) she died in car accident at the age 22 years old along with her grandmother.
  • Countess Élisabeth Marie Hedwige Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (17 January 1977) she married Margrave Alfonso Pallavicini on 22 July 2006. They have three children"
    • Margravine Olympia Edoarda Matilde Pallavicini (2008)
    • Margrave Adalberto Domenico Carlo Patrizio Maria Pallavicini (2009)
    • Margravine Constanza Carla Maria Pallavicini (2012)
  • Countess Hélène Marie Michèle Ghislaine d'Udekem d'Acoz (22 September 1979) she married Baron Nicolas Janssen on 11 June 2011. They have three children:
    • Baroness Cordélia Janssen (11 February 2012)
    • Baron Alistair Janssen (19 December 2013)
    • Baroness Sophie Janssen (16 March 2016)
  • Count Charles-Henri Marie Ghislain d'Udekem d'Acoz (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]

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References
  1. "Princess Mathilde's father dies". Monsters and Critics. 26 September 2008. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 15 October 2008.
  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"

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