made official regent when he was absent from the country. His suggestion was however met with such unanimous opposition that he was forced to retract his plans. Queen Louise was given public sympathy in Belgium when her parents were deposed during the February Revolution of 1848. She visited her exiled parents in England in October that same year. The revolution in France made the Belgian king and queen more popular in Belgium, and they toured the Belgian provinces to great acclaim. Death Queen Louise died of tuberculosis in the former Royal palace of Ostend on 11 October 1850. Her death was confirmed in record by ministers Charles Rogier and Victor Tesch. Her body was brought to Laeken, and a memorial was erected in Oostende. She is buried beside her husband in the Royal Crypt of the Church of Our Lady of Laeken. Children Louise and Leopold had four children, including Leopold II of Belgium and Empress Carlota of Mexico. Prince Louis Philippe, Crown Prince of Belgium (24 July 1833 – 16 May 1834) King Leopold II of the Belgians (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders (24 March 1837 – 17 November 1905) His son succeeded Leopold II as King Albert I of the Belgians; Princess Charlotte of Belgium (7 June 1840 – 19 January 1927), consort of Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico. Honours : Grand Cordon of the Royal Order of Leopold : Dame of the Order of Queen Saint Isabel, 14 July 1835 : Dame of the Order of Queen Maria Luisa, 10 February 1835 Arms Ancestry References Further reading Mia Kerckvoorde (2002). Louise d’Orléans, reine oubliée, 1812-1850. Paris: Duculot. . Madeleine Lassère (2006). Louise, reine des Belges. 1812-1850. Paris: Perrin. . 1812 births 1850 deaths 19th-century French people 19th-century French women Nobility from Palermo Princesses of France (Orléans) Belgian queens consort Belgian Roman Catholics French Roman Catholics 19th-century deaths from tuberculosis Tuberculosis deaths in Belgium House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (Belgium) Burials at the Church of Our Lady of Laeken Dames of the Order of Saint Isabel Children of Louis Philippe I Daughters of kings