Antonine de Mun, duchess d' Ursel and a keen artist
Antonine de Mun was born on 14 November 1849 in Paris
as the daughter of marquis Adrien de Mun and Pauline de
Ludre.
Love and Marriage
She married her nephew Joseph d'Ursel. He became
duke d'Ursel and he entered in the Belgian senate.
portrait from 1926 painted by Philip de László
Source picture: Wikipedia
Charles Joseph d' Ursel by by Emile Wauters
Source picture: Wikipedia
Antonine de Mun moved from Paris to Belgium, where she
lived in Hingene and Brussels.
In Belgium, she became a respected artist in aristocratic circles.
She painted many portraits of family members and members
of the Belgian Royal Family.
a portrait of her daughter in law
own picture taken in 2019
A year before her death, she was honoured in her own right by
the Belgian King: she was rewarded and became a Dame in the
Order of Leopold.
Royal Letters
Antonine duchess d'Ursel also had a correspondence with Marie
of Hohenzollern Sigmaringen. She married to Prince Philippe,
Count of Flanders and a brother of King Leopold II of Belgium.
Princess Marie of Hohenzolleren Sigmaringen was the mother of
King Albert I of Belgium.
Recently, she was honoured with the production of an exclusive
beer, the Cuvee Antonine, and the artworks on the bottle are
of the duchess. (Belgium wouldn't be Belgium without beer :-) )
Death
Antonine de Mun died in May 1931 in Brussels, Belgium at the
age of 81.
The Grave of the Duchess d' Ursel in Hingene
Source picture: Geert Janssens
Grave of Antonine de Mun
Source picture: Geert Janssens
👉 More about the family d'Ursel, check this link.
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