Blanche Delacroix

Blanche Zélia Joséphine Delacroix, created Baroness Vaughan in 1906

Daughter of Jules Delacroix and Catherine Sebille.

Born: Bucharest 13. May 1883

A prostitute

Married:

1. Brussels 14. Dec 1909 (in a religious ceremony with no validity under Belgian law since a civil ceremony wa not performed) Léopold II King of the Belgians (1835-1909), son of Leopold I King of the Belgians (1790-1865) and his second wife Louise, Princess d’Orléans (1812-1850).

2. 1910 (div.) Antoine-Emmanuel Durrieux

Illegitimate issue by Léopold II King of the Belgians; both sons were later adopted by Antoine Durrieux:

• Lucien Duc de Tervueren (1906-1984) m. 1927 Lucie Mundutey

• Philippe Comte de Ravenstein (1907-1914)

Died: Cambo, France 12. Feb 1948

Buried: Cimetière Père Lachaise, Paris

Georges Dufoux ”Les Saxe-Cobourg-Gotha. Une dynastie mythique”, Fontainbleau 2000