Ferdinand Friedrich Anton Meyer (1808 - 1864)

Born 22 Aug 1808 in Coburg, Herzogtum Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha

Husband of Virginie Jeanne Françoise Wouters — married 26 Apr 1838 in Bruxelles, Belgique

Husband of Marie Anne Arcadie Eugénie (Claret) Meyer — married 30 Jun 1845 in Ixelles, Belgique

Died 27 Aug 1864 at age 56 in Karlsruhe,,,,ALLEMAGNE

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Biography

Leopold I met Arcadie Claret in 1842 or at the latest in 1844. She was then only sixteen or eighteen and almost immediately became his mistress. He installed it luxuriously in a patrician house, Koningsstraat, Sint-Joost-ten-Node (now number 312). Because the king's love life did not go unnoticed and was extensively covered in the press, in 1845 he organized a marriage of convenience between Claret and his servant and friend, the Coburger Ferdinand Meyer ( Coburg 1808 - Karlsruhe 1864), who then ordered the children king had conceived with his mistress as his acknowledged. Meyer was a widower of Virginie Wouters (1819-1841) from whom he had three children.

The two sons of Leopold, Georg , born in Liege in 1849 and Christian , born in Laken in 1852, were registered as Meyer in the civil status documents.

Sources

• https://www.ancestry.com.au/family-tree/person/tree/42125756/person/68001869348/facts
• "Belgique, Brabant, registres d’état civil, 1582-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DTL7-S9C?cc=1482191&wc=STL9-829%3A966886201%2C966916701 : 22 May 2014), Elsene > Geboorten, huwelijken, overlijden 1845-1846 > image 170 of 661; België Nationaal Archief, Brussels (Belgium National Archives, Brussels).