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Around 1065, Robert II, Count of Flanders was born as the eldest son of Robert I, Count of Flanders and Gertrude of Saxony. He was a member of the noble house of Flanders also called the Baldwins. Duty From 1085 till 1091, Robert II already was regent of Flanders when his father was on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land. Love and Marriage Robert II, Count of Flanders married to Clementia of Burgundy. Robert and Clementia had 3 sons together. Reign After becoming count in 1093, Robert joined the First Crusade launched by Pope Urban II. He made his wife regent of Flanders and formed an army with Godfrey, Duke of Lower Lorraine. When he reached Constantinople the Crusaders were obligated to swear an oath of fealty to the Byzantine emperor Alexius I Comemnus of Constantinople. Later Robert participated in the Sieges of Nicaea, Antioch and Jerusalem. He supported Godfrey of Bouillon in his quest to become King of Jerusalem. It was in 1099 that Robert II, Count

4 October 2005 marks the birth of Prince Emmanuel of Belgium. This took place at the Erasmus Hospital in Anderlecht, near Brussels. He received the full names: Emmanuel Léopold Guillaume François Marie. Prince Emmanuel is the Prince on the right side Family His parents are  Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium and his wife Crown Princess Mathilde (now King and Queen of the Belgians). His godparents are Countess Elisabeth d'Udekem d'Acoz (his maternal aunt) and Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Emmanuel is a member of the Royal House of Belgium. Flags from Belgium Study First Prince Emmanuel attended, like his siblings, the Sint-Jan Berchman College in Brussels. In 2012 it was announced that Prince Emmanuel would attend the Eureka special school at Kessel-Lo. Later it was told that he had dyslexia. He likes cycling, skying, swimming, sailing and he plays several music instruments inter alia the flute and saxophone. Prince Em