Birth and Baptism
Elisabeth was delivered by caesarian section at 9:58 pm at the Hôpital Erasme (Erasmus Hospital) in Anderlecht, Brussels. At birth, she weighed 2.9 kg (6.4 lb) and was 49.5 cm (19.5 in) long.
Elisabeth was baptized on 9 December 2001 in the chapel of Ciergnon Castle in the Belgian Ardennes, by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Her godparents are Prince Amedeo of Belgium, her cousin, and Countess Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz, her aunt. She was Elisabeth named for her paternal great-great-grandmother Elisabeth of Bavaria, possibly for her maternal great-great-grandmother Countess Teresa Sobanska, the Virgin Mary and her maternal aunt and godmother Countess Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz.
She has two younger brothers, Prince Gabriel and Prince Emmanuel, and a younger sister, Princess Eléonore.
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