Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria

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Archduchess Marie Astrid (more)
Spouse Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
Issue
Archduchess Marie Christine
Archduke Imre
Archduke Christoph
Archduke Alexander
Archduchess Gabriella
Full name
Marie-Astrid Liliane Charlotte Léopoldine Wilhelmine Ingeborg Antoinette Élisabeth Anne Alberte
House House of Habsburg-Lorraine
House of Bourbon-Parma
Father Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Mother Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
Born (1954-02-17) 17 February 1954 (age 59)
Castle Betzdorf
Luxembourgish Grand Ducal Family
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HRH The Grand Duke
HRH The Grand Duchess

HRH Grand Duke Jean

HRH Princess Marie Gabriele
HRH The Dowager Princess of Ligne

  • HRH Princess Charlotte
  • HRH Prince Robert
    HRH Princess Julie
    • HRH Princess Charlotte
    • HRH Prince Alexandre
    • HRH Prince Frederik
Austrian Imperial Family
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HI&RH Archduke Karl
HI&RH Archduchess Francesca

Extended family
Extended family
Extended family
Styles of
Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria
Reference style Her Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative style Ma'am

Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria (née Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg; born 17 February 1954 at Castle Betzdorf), is the oldest daughter and the first child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte, and the wife of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria. Her godparents are King Leopold III of Belgium (her maternal grandfather), and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (her paternal grandmother).

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Biography [edit]

In her youth, as one of the few eligible royal princesses from European reigning houses, she was considered an ideal candidate by royal watchers for marriage to Charles, Prince of Wales. Media reports in the 1970s regularly speculated about the prospects of such a marriage, the Daily Express claiming in June 1977 that the couple's engagement was imminent.[1] (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.)

It has been since suggested 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 would have had to have been repealed or modified.

The Archduchess 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.

She has been the President of the Red Cross for Luxembourg Youth since 1970.

Marriage [edit]

On 6 February 1982 in Luxembourg she married her second cousin Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (born in Belœil, 6 February 1954) also known as Christian, 1,289th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece in 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 prominent Belgian noble family, the House of Ligne.

They have five children:

  • Archduchess Marie Christine Anne Astrid Zita Charlotte of Austria (b. Brussels, 31 July 1983), Countess of Limburg-Stirum after her marriage on 6 December 2008 in Mechelen, Belgium, to Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (b. Uccle, 20 March 1979).[2] They have one son:
    • Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum (b. 19 April 2011).
  • Archduke Imre Emanuel Simeon Jean Carl Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (b. 8 December 1985) married on 8 September 2012 Kathleen Elizabeth Walker (b. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1986) in Washington, DC.[3][4]
  • Archduke Christoph Henri Alexander Maria Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (b. Geneva, 2 February 1988), who married Adélaïde Drapé-Frisch (b. Lilas, 4 September 1989) on 28 December (civil) and 29 December 2012 (religious) in Nancy.[5]
  • Archduke Alexander Hector Marie Karl Leopold Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (b. Meyrin, 26 September 1990).
  • Archduchess Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Joséphine Charlotte of Austria (b. Geneva, 26 March 1994).

Archduchess Marie-Astrid and her family live quietly, occasionally appearing at royal weddings and similar events.

Titles, styles, honours and arms [edit]

Titles and styles [edit]

  • 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 of Austria, Princess Imperial of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, Princess of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma

Honours [edit]

National honours [edit]

See also List of honours of the Luxembourgish Grand-Ducal Family by country

As Princess of Luxembourg, at 18 years old :

Ancestry [edit]

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Charles III, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Robert I, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Louise Marie Thérèse of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Felix of Bourbon-Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Miguel of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Miguel of Portugal (= 18)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (= 19)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Marie Astrid of Luxembourg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Albert I of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Leopold III of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Duke Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Elisabeth of Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Maria Josepha of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Oscar II of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Sofia of Nassau
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Astrid of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Frederick VIII of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Lovisa of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 

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References [edit]

  1. ^ "the royals and the press". pbs.org. 
  2. ^ Paul Theroff's Royal News of 2008
  3. ^ Lux-arazzi, Archduke "marries American"
  4. ^ Tageblatt.lu (German), Photos from the wedding
  5. ^ Information given on the blog "Royalement-Blog" (French)
  6. ^ 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)
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