Count Philippe de Lannoy (14 August 1922 – 10 January 2019)[1] was a Belgian noble and provincial councillor of Hainaut.
His full name was Philippe Marie Ernest Albert; his title in French was comte de Lannoy et du Saint-Empire.
[2] Philippe was born as the eldest child of Count Paul Charles de Lannoy (1898–1980) and his wife, Princess Marie Béatrix of Ligne (1898–1982), daughter of Ernest, 10th Prince of Ligne (1857–1937) and Diane de Cossé-Brissac (1869–1950).
[4] Count and Countess Philippe de Lannoy had eight children,[4] one of whom is, Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
[2] He is remembered fondly and with gratitude as having been a volunteer for the First Belgian Field Regiment during World War II.