Antonine de Mun, duchess d' Ursel and a keen artist

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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.

portrait of Antonine made by her mother own picture taken in 2019 

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. 




Location: Brussel, België

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