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Jonkvrouw Marie-Pierre Brigitte Olivier Corneille Verhaegen, Countess d'Udekem d'Acoz (born 20 April 1966) is a Belgian noblewoman and a historian. [1] [2]
Verhaegen is of noble birth and daughter of Baron Pierre Corneille Theodore Verhaegen (b. 1923), mayor of Merelbeke and his wife Michelle Charlotte d'Hoop de Synghem. [3] She is a direct descendant of Pierre-Théodore Verhaegen. [4] She married in 1998 to Count Bernard d'Udekem d'Acoz, a first cousin of Queen Mathilde of Belgium. They have three children. She is a member of the Royal Commission of Mesen, [5] member of the board of directors of the Association de la Noblesse du Royaume de Belgique.
She completed her studies in History at Ghent University. [6]
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