Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria

European royal, Luxembourg Archduchess
Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
(m. 1982)
IssueArchduchess Marie Christine, Countess of Limburg-Stirum
Archduke Imre
Archduke Christoph
Archduke Alexander
Archduchess Gabriella, Princess of Bourbon-Parma
Names
Marie-Astrid Liliane Charlotte Léopoldine Wilhelmine Ingeborg Antoinette Élisabeth Anne Alberte
HouseNassau-Weilburg (official)
Bourbon-Parma (agnatic)FatherJean, Grand Duke of LuxembourgMotherPrincess Joséphine-Charlotte of BelgiumReligionCatholicism


Princess Joan

  • Princess Charlotte, Mrs. Cunningham
  • Prince Robert
    Princess Julie*
    • Princess Charlotte*
    • Prince Alexandre*
    • Prince Frederik*
*Is a prince/ss of Nassau but not a prince/ss of Luxembourg
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  • The Duke
    The Duchess
    • The Prince of Piacenza
    • The Marchioness of Castell'Arquato
    • The Countess of Berceto


Extended royal family

Descendants of Prince Felix and also members of the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg (see there):


Princess Joan

  • Princess Charlotte
  • Prince Robert
    Princess Julie
    • Princess Charlotte
    • Prince Alexandre
    • Prince Frederik

Descendants of Prince René:


  • Prince Philip
    Princess Annette
    • Prince Jacques
    • Prince Joseph
      Princess Anna Louise
      • Prince Arthur
      • Princess Lily
  • Princess Lorraine
  • Prince Alain
    Princess Inge

Princess Maria Pia

  • Princess Lydia
    • Princess Antonia
    • Princess Marie-Gabrielle
    • Princess Alexia
    • Prince Michael
    • Prince Henri
      Princess Gabriella
      • Princess Victoria
      • Princess Anastasia
      • Prince ?
  • Princess Sybil
  • Prince Charles-Emmanuel
    Princess Constance
    • Prince Amaury
      Princess Pélagie
      • Princess Sybille
    • Princess Charlotte
    • Princess Élisabeth
    • Princess Zita

Princess Marina

  • Princess Tania
  • Princess Astrid
  • Prince Axel
    Princess Raphaèle
    • Prince Côme-Axel
    • Princess Alix
    • Princess Aure

Descendants of Prince Louis:


Princess Brigitte

  • Prince Louis
    Princess Ariane
    • Princess Delphine
    • Prince Guy

Prince Rémy
Princess Elisabeth

  • Prince Tristan
    Princess Shira
    • Princess Talma
    • Prince Imri
  • Princess Aude

Princess Chantal

Prince Jean
Princess Virginia

  • Prince Arnaud
  • Prince Christophe

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Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria[1] (born Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg on 17 February 1954) is the elder daughter and eldest child of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, and the wife of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, grandson of the last Austrian Emperor, Karl I.

Marie Astrid at her father's enthronement in 1964

Biography

Princess Marie-Astrid was born on 17 February 1954, in Castle Betzdorf, Betzdorf, Luxembourg. She is the eldest child of Jean, then Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. Her godparents were King Leopold III of Belgium (her maternal grandfather) and Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (her paternal grandmother).

The princess was named Marie-Astrid in honour of the Virgin Mary and her maternal grandmother the Queen of the Belgians, born Astrid of Sweden who died tragically in 1935. She is the niece of the Kings King Baudouin and King Albert II as well as the cousin of the current King of the Belgians King Philippe.

In her youth, as one of the few eligible princesses from European reigning houses, she was considered an ideal candidate by match makers for marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales. Media reports in the 1970s speculated about the prospects of such a marriage, the Daily Express claiming in June 1977 that the couple's engagement was imminent.[2] (Unconfirmed media reports in the British press claimed that Pope Paul VI had prevented a marriage by refusing under Ne Temere to accept that the children of the couple could not be brought up Roman Catholic.)[citation needed]

It has been since suggested[by whom?] that the marriage rumours were a result of efforts to detect a leaker in the Privy Council. In reality, a marriage between the British heir and the Roman Catholic princess was unlikely, as the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701 needed to be repealed or modified.[citation needed]

Marie-Astrid studied in Luxembourg and also in Belgium. She received her diploma as a registered nurse in 1974, and finished her education in 1977, with a nursing certificate in tropical medicine from the Prince Leopold Institute.[citation needed]

She has been the president of the Red Cross for Luxembourg Youth since 1970.[citation needed]

Marriage

On 6 February 1982 in Luxembourg, she married her second cousin Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, younger son of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria (himself the fourth son of Emperor Charles I of Austria) and his wife Princess Yolande of Ligne, of the House of Ligne.

They have five children:

  • Archduchess Marie-Christine Anne Astrid Zita Charlotte of Austria (b. 31 July 1983, Brussels, Belgium). She married Count Rodolphe Christian Léopold Carl Ludwig Philippe de Limburg-Stirum (b. 20 March 1979, Uccle, Brussels, Belgium) on 6 December 2008.[citation needed] They have three sons:
    • Count Léopold Menno Philippe Gabriel François-Xavier Marie Joseph Ghislain de Limburg-Stirum (b. 19 April 2011, Buenos Aires, Argentina).[citation needed]
    • Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (b. 25 October 2013, Buenos Aires, Argentina).[citation needed]
    • Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (b. 20 October 2016, Buenos Aires, Argentina).[citation needed]
  • Archduke Imre Emanuel Simeon Jean Carl Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (b. 8 December 1985, Geneva, Switzerland). He married Kathleen Walker, daughter of a Fifth Third Bank executive, on 8 September 2012.[3]
    They have four daughters and a son:
    • Archduchess Maria-Stella Elizabeth Christiana Yolande Alberta of Austria (b. 11 November 2013, Kirchberg, Luxembourg).[4][better source needed]
    • Archduchess Magdalena Maria Alexandra Zita Charlotte of Austria (b. 24 February 2016, Kirchberg, Luxembourg).[5][better source needed] She was baptized on 28 April 2016.
    • Archduchess Juliana Marie Christine Wilhelmina Margaret Astrid of Austria (b. 14 October 2018, Geneva, Switzerland).[6]
    • Archduchess Cecilia Marie Josephine Adelaide Henrietta of Austria (b. 15 January 2021, Geneva, Switzerland).[citation needed]
    • Archduke Karl Maria Thomas Rafael Christian Robert Marcus d’Aviano of Austria (b. 4 June 2023). He was baptized on 10 June 2023.[citation needed]
  • Archduke Christoph Henri Alexander Maria Marcus d' Aviano of Austria (b. 2 February 1988, Geneva, Switzerland). He got engaged to Adélaïde Marie Béatrice Drapé-Frisch (b. 4 September 1989, Les Lilas, Paris, France), daughter of a diplomat,[7][8][9] on 22 December 2011. They married civilly on 28 December 2012[10] and in a religious ceremony on 29 December 2012.[11][12][13]
    They have four children:
  • Archduke Alexander Hector Marie Karl Leopold Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (b. 26 September 1990, Meyrin, Switzerland).[citation needed] He married Natacha Roumiantzeff-Pachkevitch on 30 September 2023, in Beloeil, Belgium.[17][18]
  • Archduchess Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Joséphine-Charlotte of Austria (b. 26 March 1994, Geneva, Switzerland). She married Prince Henri Luitpold Antoine Victor Marie Joseph of Bourbon-Parma (b. 14 October 1991, Roskilde, Denmark) on 12 September 2020 at Tratzberg Castle, Jenbach, Tyrol, Austria.[19][20][21][22]
    They have three children:
    • Princess Victoria Antonia Marie-Astrid Lydia of Bourbon-Parma (b. 30 October 2017, Geneva, Switzerland).[23][24][25]
    • Princess Anastasia Erika Alexandra Marie Yolande of Bourbon-Parma (b. 3 July 2021, Geneva, Switzerland).[26]
    • Princess Philippine of Bourbon-Parma (b. 2023)

Title and styles

Marie-Astrid is a Princess of Luxembourg with the official style and title "Her Royal Highness Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess of Bourbon-Parma".

  • 17 February 1954 – 6 February 1982: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma.
  • 6 February 1982 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess Marie-Astrid, Archduchess Carl Christian of Austria, Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma.

Honours

National honours

As Princess of Luxembourg, at 18 years old :

Foreign honours

References

  1. ^ Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg
  2. ^ "the royals and the press". pbs.org.
  3. ^ "Washington's Katie Walker weds Archduke Imre of Austria". The Washington Post. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. ^ "Imre et Marie-Christine d'Autriche : Deux bébés dans la famille grand-ducale" (in French). Purepeople. 25 November 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
  5. ^ "Imre et Kathleen de Habsbourg-Lorraine parents d'une deuxième fille" (in French). Purepeople. 1 March 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2016.
  6. ^ "Le baptême de l'archiduchesse Juliana de Habsbourg-Lorraine" (in French). Point de vue. 21 December 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Un Mariage Princier à Nancy". CNews (in French). 29 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  8. ^ "Une fille de diplomate". Le Républicain Lorrain (in French). 29 December 2012. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  9. ^ "Mariage princier à Nancy". Le Journal de Saône-et-Loire (in French). 30 December 2022. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  10. ^ "A third marriage for the Grand-Ducal Court: Archduke Christoph of Austria is to marry Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch this weekend in Nancy". Luxembourg Times. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  11. ^ "Royal wedding for Austrian Archduke". CBS News. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  12. ^ "Austrian archduke takes a French bride". CBS News. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  13. ^ "Mariage de S.A.I.R. l'Archiduc Christophe d'Autriche et Mlle Adelaïde Drapé-Frisch" (in French). Cour Grand-Ducale. 29 December 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  14. ^ "Seventh great-grandchild for Grand Duke Jean". Luxembourg Times. 9 January 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2015.
  15. ^ "L'archiduc Christophe d'Autriche et l'Archiduchesse Adelaïde parents" (in French). Closer. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Christoph de Habsbourg-Lorraine et Adelaïde : Parents d'une petite archiduchesse" (in French). Purepeople. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  17. ^ Nicolas Fontaine (30 September 2023). "Mariage de l'archiduc Alexander d'Autriche en présence du grand-duc Henri de Luxembourg au château de Belœil". Histoires Royales (in French). Retrieved 1 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Les prestigieux invités du mariage de l'archiduc Alexandre d'Autriche et de Natacha Roumiantzeff-Pachkevitch". Point de vue (in French). 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  19. ^ "Primos y con una hija de dos años: los protagonistas de la última boda real europea" (in Spanish). El Universo. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  20. ^ "Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma marries Archduchess Gabriella of Austria in glamorous European Royal Wedding". Tatler. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  21. ^ "Mariage princier en Autriche: l'union de l'archiduchesse Gabriella d'Autriche et du prince Henri de Bourbon-Parme a pu être célébrée" (in French). La Libre. 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  22. ^ "Gabriella d'Autriche et Henri de Bourbon-Parme, mariage impérial au Tyrol" (in French). Point de vue. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  23. ^ "Prince Henri of Bourbon-Parma marries Archduchess Gabriella of Austria in glamorous European Royal Wedding". Tatler. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2020.
  24. ^ "La nièce du Grand-Duc Henri a eu un bébé" (in French). L'Essentiel. 19 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  25. ^ "Erzherzogin Gabriellas Tochter" (in German). Luxemburger Wort. 20 December 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.
  26. ^ "Henri de Bourbon-Parme et Gabriella d'Autriche sont parents pour la seconde fois" (in French). Gala.fr. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  27. ^ Honorary distinctions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, publication of the government of Luxembourg : Princes and Princesses of the Grand-Ducal House of Luxembourg are Grand Crosses of the Order by birth but the decoration is worm only after they reach their majority (18 years old).
  28. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
  29. ^ Boletín Oficial del Estado
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