Philippe de Lannoy

Count Philippe de Lannoy (14 August 1922 – 10 January 2019) was a Belgian noble and provincial councillor of Hainaut. He was the alderman of finance for Frasnes-lez-Anvaing. He was the father of Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. His full name was Philippe Marie Ernest Albert; his title in French was "comte de Lannoy et du Saint-Empire". 
Family.
He married his wife, the late Countess Alix de Lannoy, in 1965. Countess Alix de Lannoy, born Alix , died on 27 August 2012 at the age of 70.
Count and Countess Philippe de Lannoy had eight children. They all have the rank of Count and Countess in Belgium, as sons and daughters of a Count:
Death and legacy.
He died on 10 January 2019 at the age of 96. The funeral, attended by Queen Matilde, took place at the Church of Saint-Amand in Frasnes-lez-Anvaing. He is remembered fondly and with gratitude as having been a volunteer for the First Belgian Field Regiment during World War II.