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The naiad Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
In 2018, Queen Mathilde became the honorary president of the Federal Council for Sustainable Development. [4] According to the royal tradition, Queen Mathilde became an honorary member of the Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium. [4] Queen Mathilde is a member of the board of the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship.
Prince Wauthier de Ligne (1952–2022) (2) Prince Philippe de Ligne (born 1977) (3) Prince Antoine de Ligne (born 1959) (4) Prince Louis de Ligne (born 2003) Prince Charles-Joseph de Ligne (1837–1914) Prince Henri Florent Lamoral of Ligne (1881–1967) Jean Charles, Prince de Ligne de La Trémoïlle (1911–2005)
Since 1991, Belgium practises absolute primogeniture among the descendants of King Albert II (then Prince of Liège). Descendants of earlier monarchs and princes are only eligible to succeed if male and descended from King Leopold I in male-line (i.e. according to agnatic primogeniture), meaning that descendants of all Belgian princesses not descended from Albert II are barred from the throne.
Philippe, then Duke of Brabant, is the eldest son of King Albert II and Queen Paola. [3] Mathilde d'Udekem d'Acoz is a descendant of Belgian and Polish nobility. [4] After the wedding, Mathilde became the duchess of Brabant and a princess of Belgium on 8 November 1999 (published on 13 November 1999 and effective from 4 December 1999).
Archduchess Yolande of Austria (née Princesse Yolande Marie Jeanne Charlotte de Ligne; 6 May 1923 – 13 September 2023) was a Belgian princess of the House of Ligne, and an Austrian archduchess by her marriage to the Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria, being the daughter of Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne and Princess Philippine de Noailles.
Minthe: Elis daughter of Cocytus; loved by the god Hades but as punishment her boasts was transformed by Persephone or Demeter into a mint-plant Nacole: Phrygia eponym of Nacoleia Nais: Laconia wife of Silenus: Neaera: Thrace wife of the river-god Strymon, and mother of Evadne: Neaera: Lydia mother of Dresaeus by Theiodamas: Neis - mother of ...
Because of the First World War and the resultant strong anti-German sentiment, the family name was changed in 1920, from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to van België, de Belgique, or von Belgien ("of Belgium"), depending upon which of the country's three official languages (Dutch, French, and German) is in use. It is this family name which is used on the ...