Mitchell Duke (born 18 January 1991) is an Australian footballer currently playing for the Central Coast Mariners in the A-League. Mitchell Duke grew up playing for PCYC on the bench before being spotted by Coach of Australasian Soccer Academy Tony Basha.

Club career[link]

On 9 February 2011, Duke made his senior debut for the Central Coast Mariners and also scored his first goal in a 3-1 win over Gold Coast United.^[1] Mitchell spent four years at the Australasian Soccer Academy under Tony Basha. Mitchell was always rated highly by the coaching staff. Duke did spend a few years at Football NSW Coerver. He then went on to play for Parramatta Eagles and Blacktown City.

On 24 January 2012 it was announced he had signed his first senior contract signing a two year contract with Central Coast Mariners.^[2]

Club	Season	A-League		Finals		Asia		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Central Coast Mariners	2010-11	1	1					1	1
	2011-12					1	0	1	0
Total		1	1	0	0	1	0	2	1

Honors[link]

With Central Coast Mariners:

• A-League Premiership: 2011-2012

References[link]

External links[link]

• Central Coast Mariners profile

Prince Gabriel Full name Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie House House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Father Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant Mother Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant Born (2003-08-20) 20 August 2003 (age 8) Anderlecht, near Brussels, Belgium

Styles of Prince Gabriel of Belgium Reference style His Royal Highness Spoken style Monseigneur

Belgian Royal Family HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Brabant HRH The Duchess of Brabant HRH Princess Elisabeth HRH Prince Gabriel HRH Prince Emmanuel HRH Princess Eléonore HI&RH The Archduchess of Austria-Este HI&RH The Archduke of Austria-Este HI&RH Prince Amedeo HI&RH Princess Maria Laura HI&RH Prince Joachim HI&RH Princess Luisa Maria HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria HRH Prince Laurent HRH Princess Claire HRH Princess Louise HRH Prince Nicolas HRH Prince Aymeric HM Queen Fabiola Extended royal family HRH Princess Léa HRH Princess Marie-Christine HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda v t e

Prince Gabriel of Belgium (French: Gabriel Baudouin Charles Marie, Dutch: Gabriël Boudewijn Karel Maria; born 20 August 2003) is the second child and eldest son of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde. His first name was chosen, his parents said, because of its symbolism, being prominent in the Christian, Muslim, and Jewish religions. He is a grandson of Albert II, King of the Belgians.

Act of succession[link]

He was born 20 August 2003, in Anderlecht, near Brussels. Twelve years before, a new act of succession was put into effect which created the possibility for his sister, Princess Elisabeth, to become Queen of the Belgians. Therefore it seems very unlikely that he will one day become King of the Belgians. In addition to his elder sister Elisabeth, Gabriel also has a younger brother, Prince Emmanuel, and a younger sister, Princess Eléonore.

His godparents are Baroness Maria Christina von Freyberg and his maternal uncle Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz.

Names[link]

• Gabriel – Continues the tradition of El-/-el names in the family, and as previously mentioned, because of its religious symbolism..
• Baudouin is for his great-uncle, King Baudouin of Belgium.
• Charles is for his maternal uncle and godfather, Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz
• Marie is for the Virgin Mary, as per tradition with Catholic royalty.

Arms[link]

Dr. Gustaaf Janssens, Archivist of the Royal Palace, confirms that HRH Prince Gabriel's coat of arms as a Prince of Belgium consists of his grandfather The King's coat of arms with a gold/yellow label of three points, minus the sceptres and Grand Collar of the Order of Leopold and the helm facing to the left [heraldic dexter].

Ancestry[link]

External links[link]

• Royal House of Belgium
• His official website (in French, Dutch, and German only) (not working)
• The official website of the Belgian Royal Family

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Princess Elisabeth Full name Élisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène House House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Father Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant Mother Princess Mathilde, Duchess of Brabant Born (2001-10-25) 25 October 2001 (age 10) Anderlecht, Belgium

Styles of Princess Elisabeth of Belgium Reference style Her Royal Highness Spoken style Madame

Belgian Royal Family HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Duke of Brabant HRH The Duchess of Brabant HRH Princess Elisabeth HRH Prince Gabriel HRH Prince Emmanuel HRH Princess Eléonore HI&RH The Archduchess of Austria-Este HI&RH The Archduke of Austria-Este HI&RH Prince Amedeo HI&RH Princess Maria Laura HI&RH Prince Joachim HI&RH Princess Luisa Maria HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria HRH Prince Laurent HRH Princess Claire HRH Princess Louise HRH Prince Nicolas HRH Prince Aymeric HM Queen Fabiola Extended royal family HRH Princess Léa HRH Princess Marie-Christine HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda v t e

Princess Élisabeth Thérèse Marie Hélène of Belgium (born 25 October 2001 in Anderlecht) is the eldest daughter of Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, the heir apparent to the throne of Belgium, and his wife Princess Mathilde. Princess Elisabeth is a granddaughter of Albert II, King of the Belgians and Queen Paola.^[1] She is member of the Belgian Royal Family and second in the line of succession to the Belgian throne.

Birth and baptism[link]

Elisabeth was delivered by caesarian section at 9:58 pm at the Hôpital Erasme (Erasmus Hospital) in Anderlecht, Brussels. At birth, she weighed 2.9 kg (6.4 lb) and was 49.5 cm (19.5 in) long.^[2]

Elisabeth was baptized on 9 December 2001 in the chapel of Ciergnon Castle in the Belgian Ardennes, by Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the Archbishop of Mechelen-Brussels. Her godparents are Prince Amedeo of Belgium, her cousin, and Countess Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz, her aunt.

Her names meant the following:

• Elisabeth is for her great-great-grandmother Elisabeth of Bavaria.
• Marie is for the Virgin Mary as per tradition with Catholic Royalty.
• Hélène is for her maternal aunt and godmother Countess Hélène d'Udekem d'Acoz.

She has two younger brothers, Prince Gabriel and Prince Emmanuel, and a younger sister, Princess Eléonore.

Future monarch[link]

Ten years prior to Elisabeth's birth, a new act of succession was put into effect which created full lineal primogeniture, meaning that despite having two younger brothers, Elisabeth, as the eldest child, comes first in the line of succession. If she ascends the throne, she will be Belgium's first ever queen regnant.^[3]

The eldest son of the heir apparent was traditionally titled 'Count of Hainaut' (French: Comte de Hainaut, Dutch: Graaf van Henegouwen). It was therefore expected that a new royal decree would be issued, granting the title of Countess of Hainaut to Princess Elisabeth. A royal decree was indeed issued, but, despite all predictions, it didn't grant her the title, but abolished it, because the French "Hainaut" was not considered linguistically neutral.

Through her father, Elisabeth is descended from both Italian nobility and several prominent royal families, including the Coburgs, as well as the French Orléans, Danish, Swedish and Bavarian royal houses. Through her mother, she is related to many famous Polish noble, magnate families, such as the Czartoryski, Lubomirski, Radziwiłł, Zamoyski, Sanguszko, Tyszkiewicz houses. As a descendant of the Czartoryski and Sanguszko princes, she is related to the Gediminids, has connections to the Jagiellon royal dynasty, (which reigned in Poland, Lithuania, Hungary and Bohemia) as well as connections to various Russian princely families, such as Galitzines and Trubetskoy.

Education and royal duties[link]

Princess Elisabeth is currently a student at Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege in Marolles, Brussels, which was attended previously by her older cousins, the children of her aunt Princess Astrid. This is a significant change in the habits of the royal family, as it is the first time that a future Belgian monarch's education has begun in Dutch. Elisabeth also attends dance classes conducted in Dutch at the Municipal Music Academy in Asse, in Flemish Brabant.

The princess attended her first official royal duty in 2006 when she was present at the Te Deum in honour of Belgian National Day. In 2007, she accompanied her father to the opening of a Science Museum.^[4][5] She also attended the Queen Elisabeth Music Competition and the presentation at the Royal Palace of a model of the Belgian Antarctic station which bears her name, the Princess Elisabeth Base.^[6]

Arms[link]

Dr. Gustaaf Janssens, Archivist of the Royal Palace, confirms that HRH Princess Elisabeth's coat of arms as Princess of Belgium consist of the gold lion on a black background on a lozenge ensigned with the royal crown.

Ancestry[link]

See also[link]

• Line of succession to the Belgian throne
• Princess Elisabeth Base

References[link]

External links[link]

• The official website of the Belgian Royal Family