Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
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Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (Joachim Karl-Maria Nikolaus Isabelle Marcus d'Aviano, born 9 December 1991), Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Modena, is the third child of Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium.
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[edit] Life
[edit] Family
He was born at the University Clinic St. Luc, Woluwe-St-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium and is currently ninth in line to the Belgian throne. He is the first female-line member of the Belgian Royal Family to be born a Prince of Belgium, with succession rights to the throne: his older brother and sister, born Archdukes of Austria, were created Princes of Belgium in December 1991, several years after their birth.
All of his grandparents and great-grandparents are royal or noble; he descends from the Austrian, Belgian, Italian, French, Swedish, Danish, British, Portuguese, Spanish and German royal families.
[edit] Education
He attended Malvern College in Worcestershire, England through 2010. He enlisted in a voluntary army training course at the Centre for Basic Training in Arlon, Belgium on 16 November 2010.[1] On 29 July 2011, he also finished his education at the Nautical School in Brugge to become an officer in the Belgian Navy.[2] He studies for a "Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance"[3] from September 2011 at Bocconi University in Milan.[4]
[edit] Titles and styles
- 9 December 1991 – 7 February 1996: His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary
- 7 February 1996 – present: His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary
Like all the children of Princess Astrid since the Belgian law of 2 December 1991, he bears the title "Prince of Belgium" and, by tradition, that of Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary" (the Este suffix descends by male primogeniture and is properly borne by the head of this branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine pursuant to the Imperial Austrian letters patent conferring it upon Archduke Robert on 16 April 1917.[5][6][7] Internationally Joachim's abbreviated style is HI&RH Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria.
[edit] Military ranks
- Ensign (Vaandrig-ter-Zee 2e Klasse, 29 July 2011)
[edit] Ancestry
[edit] References
- ^ Prins Joachim begonnen aan militaire opleiding in Aarlen – website Het Laatste Nieuws
- ^ Leerlingen nautische school behalen STCW-brevet – website Belgian Navy.
- ^ Bocconi University,International Economics, Management and Finance
- ^ Place Royale, 17/09/2011, report on his formation in the Navy, "Bocconi information" being given at the end of the report.
- ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 44,50. French
- ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstlicher Hauser Bande XIV, C.A. Starke Verlag, Ligne, Limburg, 1991, pp. 92–95. German
- ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 240. ISBN 0220662223
[edit] External links
- Ancestry in Genealogics (using arrows, roots towards the past will be displayed)
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Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Born: 9 December 1991 |
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| Belgian royalty | ||
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| Preceded by Princess Maria Laura, Archduchess of Austria-Este |
Line of succession to the Belgian throne 9th position |
Succeeded by Princess Luisa Maria, Archduchess of Austria-Este |
| Austro-Hungarian royalty | ||
| Preceded by Archduke Amedeo |
Line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne 6th position |
Succeeded by Archduke Gerhard |
| Line of succession to the Modenese throne 2nd position |
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