Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
| Prince Lorenz | |||||
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| Prince of Belgium Archduke of Austria-Este (more) |
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Prince Lorenz at the wedding of the Crown Princess of Sweden in 2010
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| Head of the House of Austria-Este | |||||
| Tenure | 7 February 1996 – present | ||||
| Predecessor | Robert | ||||
| Heir apparent | Amedeo | ||||
| Born |
16 December 1955 Clinique du Belvédère, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France |
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| Spouse | Princess Astrid of Belgium (m. 1984) | ||||
| Issue |
Prince Amedeo Princess Maria Laura Prince Joachim Princess Luisa Maria Princess Laetitia Maria |
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| House | Austria-Este | ||||
| Father | Archduke Robert of Austria-Este | ||||
| Mother | Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta | ||||
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| Lorenz Otto Carl Amadeus Thadeus Maria Pius Andreas Marcus d'Aviano |
HM King Albert II
HM Queen Paola
HRH Princess Léa
HRH Princess Marie-Christine, Mrs Gourges
HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda, Lady Moncada
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born 16 December 1955) is a member of the Belgian Royal Family and an Austrian-Belgian citizen. Since 1996 he is also head of the House of Austria-Este, a branch of the formerly Imperial Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Prince Lorenz was born in Clinique du Belvédère, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France, as the second child of Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este and of Archduchess Margaret, born Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta.
On 22 September 1984 in Brussels, Lorenz married Princess Astrid of Belgium, the only daughter of the then Prince and Princess of Liège, former King Albert II and Queen Paola. The couple have five children and one granddaughter:
Prince Lorenz is a godfather to Prince Carl-Johan of Nassau, youngest child of Prince Jean of Luxembourg and Count Costantino Secco di Aragona, oldest son of his cousin Archduchess Catharina-Maria of Austria.
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