Earlier this week Mathilde's uncle, Count Henri d'Udekem d'Acoz died at the age of 87.
Henri (1933-2021) was the eldest of Mathilde's father's brothers. He lived at castle Couthof in Proven, the small town where he was mayor from 1960 until 1976. Later he was also elected mayor of Poperinge, from 1982 until 1983 and from 1995 until 2005.
Crown Prince Philippe & Mathilde d'Udekem during a joyeuse entrée in Poperinge in 1999. Mayor Henri d'Udekem in the background.
Henri d'Udekem had no children. In 2004 he married Marie-Madeleine Kervyn d'Oud Mooreghem.
As one of the only members of Mathilde's family eager to talk to the press, the not so serious Flemish press mocked him and started calling him "nonkel Henri".
Castle Couthof
Relations between Mathilde's father Patrick and his two brothers, Henri and Raoul were very troubled. The two brothers thought Patrick had received an unfair amount of their mother's inheritance, and didn't hesitate to take their grudge out via the press and court cases. When Patrick d'Udekem died from the consequences of a stroke in 2008 they showed regret about the ongoing feud and about not having made up for lost times.
In the last years of his life Henri made headlines for being convicted (and later also acquitted) for fraud.
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