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*'''17 February 1954 - 6 February 1982''': ''Her Royal Highness'' Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess Marie-Astrid of Nassau, Princess Marie-Astrid of bourbon-Parma |
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*'''6 February 1982 – present''': ''Her Imperial and Royal Highness'' Archduchess and Princess Imperial Marie-Astrid of Austria; Princess Royal Marie-Astrid of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess |
*'''6 February 1982 – present''': ''Her Imperial and Royal Highness'' Archduchess and Princess Imperial Marie-Astrid of Austria; Princess Royal Marie-Astrid of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of bourbon-Parma |
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Revision as of 16:52, 9 February 2010
Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria (Marie-Astrid Liliane Charlotte Léopoldine Wilhelmine Ingeborg Antonia/Antoinette Élisabeth/Elisabeth Anne/Anna Alberte/Alberta von Habsburg-Lothringen) (born 17 February 1954 at Castle Betzdorf), is the oldest daughter and the first child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. Her godparents are King Leopold III of Belgium (her maternal grandfather), and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (her paternal grandmother).
Biography
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and the Roman Catholic princess was unlikely, as the terms of the Act of Settlement 1701 would have had to have been repealed or modified.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
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 (31 July 1983), Countess of Limburg-Stirum: she married Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum on 6 December, 2008 in Mechelen, Belgium; Paul Theroff's Royal News of 2008
- Archduke Imre Emanuel Simeon Jean Carl Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (8 December 1985)
- Archduke Christoph Henri Alexander Maria Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (2 February 1988)
- Archduke Alexander Hector Marie Karl Leopold Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (26 September 1990)
- Archduchess Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Joséphine-Charlotte of Austria (26 March 1994)
Archduchess Marie-Astrid and her family live quietly, occasionally appearing at royal weddings and similar events.
Titles, styles, honours and arms
Titles and styles
- 17 February 1954 - 6 February 1982: Her Royal Highness Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess Marie-Astrid of Nassau, Princess Marie-Astrid of bourbon-Parma
- 6 February 1982 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Imperial Marie-Astrid of Austria; Princess Royal Marie-Astrid of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia, Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg, Princess of Nassau, Princess of bourbon-Parma
Ancestry
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 | |||||||||||||||||||
References
- ^ "the royals and the press". pbs.org.