Sybille de Selys Longchamps
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Sybille, Baroness de Selys Longchamps (born August 28, 1941) is a Belgian
aristocrat
. She is known as the mother of Delphine Boël
, supposedly the illegitimate daughter of Albert II of Belgium
, current King of the Belgians.
Born in Uccle
, Belgium
, she is the daughter of Count
and ambassador Michel François de Selys Longchamps (1910–1983) and Countess Pauline Cornet de Ways-Ruart (1914–1953). In 1962, she married Jacques Boël (°1929), an industrialist and nephew of René Boël
. They divorced in 1978 and in 1982 Sybille remarried with a wealthy British widower, the Honorouble Michael-Anthony-Rathborne Cayzer, of the Barons Rotherwick of Tylney (1929–1990), from the family of shipping tycoons.
In 1968, Delphine Boël was born, allegedly from an extramarital affair with Albert of Belgium, who was not king at the time. The purported affair was made public in 1999.
Sybylle has lived with her second husband in London and in his rural estate until the early nineties and lives now in Brussels and mostly in the Provence.
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
aristocrat
Aristocracy (class)
The aristocracy are people considered to be in the highest social class in a society which has or once had a political system of Aristocracy. Aristocrats possess hereditary titles granted by a monarch, which once granted them feudal or legal privileges, or deriving, as in Ancient Greece and India,...
. She is known as the mother of Delphine Boël
Delphine Boël
Delphine Michèle Anne Marie Ghislaine Boël is a Belgian artist who specializes in papier maché sculpture. She is alleged to be the illegitimate daughter of Albert II of Belgium. Sometimes in the media Delphine is incorrectly titled as a Baroness, because of her mother's title...
, supposedly the illegitimate daughter of Albert II of Belgium
Albert II of Belgium
Albert II is the current reigning King of the Belgians, a constitutional monarch. He is a member of the royal house "of Belgium"; formerly this house was named Saxe-Coburg-Gotha...
, current King of the Belgians.
Born in Uccle
Uccle
Uccle or Ukkel is one of the nineteen municipalities located in the Brussels-Capital Region of Belgium.Uccle is known for its well-to-do areas, its green spots and its high rental rates.-History:...
, Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
, she is the daughter of Count
Count
A count or countess is an aristocratic nobleman in European countries. The word count came into English from the French comte, itself from Latin comes—in its accusative comitem—meaning "companion", and later "companion of the emperor, delegate of the emperor". The adjective form of the word is...
and ambassador Michel François de Selys Longchamps (1910–1983) and Countess Pauline Cornet de Ways-Ruart (1914–1953). In 1962, she married Jacques Boël (°1929), an industrialist and nephew of René Boël
René Boël
Count René Boël was a Belgian banker and industrialist and Director of the Usines Gustave Boël. He was married with Yvonne Solvay , granddaughter of Ernest Solvay. They have two sons Yves Boël and Pol Boël.-Career:...
. They divorced in 1978 and in 1982 Sybille remarried with a wealthy British widower, the Honorouble Michael-Anthony-Rathborne Cayzer, of the Barons Rotherwick of Tylney (1929–1990), from the family of shipping tycoons.
In 1968, Delphine Boël was born, allegedly from an extramarital affair with Albert of Belgium, who was not king at the time. The purported affair was made public in 1999.
Sybylle has lived with her second husband in London and in his rural estate until the early nineties and lives now in Brussels and mostly in the Provence.