Anna Maria Komorowska


Countess Anna Maria d'Udekem d'Acoz is a Polish-Belgian noblewoman and the mother of Queen Mathilde of Belgium.

Family and issue

Countess Anna Maria Komorowska was born in Białogard, Pomerania, Poland. She is the third of six children born to Leon Michał Komorowski and his wife, Princess Zofia Sapieha. She has five siblings: Countess Gabriella Maria Komorowska, Countess Roza Maria Komorowska, Count Michał Leon Komorowski, Countess Krystyna Maria Komorowska, and Countess Maria Teresa Komorowska.
She married then-Jonkheer Patrick d'Udekem d'Acoz civilly on 1 September 1971 in Forville and religiously on 11 September 1971 in Hannut. They had five children:
Upon the marriage of their eldest daughter, Mathilde, to Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, King Albert II elevated Anna Maria's husband, Jonkheer Patrick, and his two older brothers, Baron Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz and Jonkheer Raoul d'Udekem d'Acoz, to the rank of Count in the Belgian nobility on 4 December 1999. The title is hereditary in the male line and can be passed on to the male-line descendants of Anna Komorowska's son Count Charles-Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz.

Ancestry

Anna Komorowska's family, the Komorowskis, were members of the Polish aristocracy. The Komorowski family traces it roots to Dymitr Komorowski and uses the Korczak coat of arms. Piotr Komorowski, was appointed “Count of Liptov and Orava”, in 1469 by King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary. After the expiry of his descendants, the title "Count of Liptov and Orava" was used by Piotr’s brother Mikolaj Komorowski and his descendants. One of them, Jakub Komorowski obtained the title of Count from King Stanisław August Poniatowski in 1780, a title held by subsequent generations of the Komorowski family.
Anna Komorowska's mother, Princess Zofia Sapieha, came from the Kodeńscy line of the Sapieha family, an illustrious Polish princely family.