Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz


Count Patrick Paul François Marie Ghislain d'Udekem d'Acoz was a Belgian nobleman and father of Queen Mathilde of Belgium. Queen Mathilde is the wife of King Philippe of the Belgians.

Genealogy

He was a son of Charles Joseph Marie Ghislain, Baron d'Udekem d'Acoz, and his second wife, Suzanne Marie Désirée Ghislaine Josephe van Outryve d'Ydewalle. 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 Anna Maria Komorowska civilly in Forville on 1 September 1971 and religiously in Hannut on 11 September 1971. She was a daughter of Count Leon Michal Komorowski and his wife, Princess Zofia Sapieżanka. The couple had five children:
Count Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz became seriously ill beginning in January 2008. 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. The illness and coma caused Patrick to miss awareness of the birth of his granddaughter, Princess Eléonore of Belgium, April 2008. 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.
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.

Ancestry