Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

Belgian Royal Family

HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Duchess of Brabant HRH Prince Gabriel HRH Prince Emmanuel HRH Princess Eléonore HM King Albert II HM Queen Paola HI&RH The Archduchess of Austria-Este HI&RH The Archduke of Austria-Este HI&RH Prince Amedeo HI&RH Archduchess Elisabetta HI&RH Princess Maria Laura HI&RH Prince Joachim HI&RH Princess Luisa Maria HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria HRH Prince Laurent HRH Princess Claire HRH Princess Louise HRH Prince Nicolas HRH Prince Aymeric HRH Princess Léa HRH Princess Marie-Christine HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda

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.^[1] Since 1996 he is also head of the House of Austria-Este, a branch of the formerly Imperial Austrian House of Habsburg-Lorraine.

Early life and marriage

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:

Prince Amedeo Marie Joseph Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano, Archduke of Austria (born 21 February 1986); married Elisabetta Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein (b. 1987) on 5 July 2014.
Princess Maria Laura Zita Beatrix Gerhard, Archduchess of Austria (born 26 August 1988)
Prince Joachim Karl-Maria Nikolaus Isabelle Marcus d'Aviano, Archduke of Austria (born 9 December 1991)
Princess Luisa Maria Anna Martine Pilar, Archduchess of Austria (born 11 October 1995)
Princess Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita, Archduchess of Austria (born 23 April 2003)

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.

Education and career

After finishing school, Archduke Lorenz made his military service in the regiment of Gebirgsjäger (Alpine Hunters) of the Federal Austrian Army and was promoted as Reserve "Leutnant" (Second Lieutenant) in 1980.^[2]
Lorenz studied economics at the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland and the University of Innsbruck in Austria. He worked at various banks in London, Paris, and Rome. In 1983 he joined the Gutzwiller private bank in Basel where he eventually became a Managing Partner. In 1993, he spent one year as a consultant to Swift, a company which provides services to the financial industry. In 1995, he became Advisor to the Board of Directors of BNP Paribas Bank in Paris. He was formerly a director of UCB, Sita (a worldwide waste management company located in France) and of Ondeo Nalco (a water management company in the United States).

Patronages

Since 2004, Lorenz has been the honorary president of the Council of the Koninklijke Vereniging der Historische Woonsteden van België/Association Royale des Demeures Historiques de Belgique.^[3] Since 2005, he has been the Patron of Europae Thesauri, an association of European cathedral and church treasuries.^[4]

Lorenz has also served as deputy chairman of the Société des Amis of the Almanach de Gotha.^[5]

Titles and styles

16 December 1955 – 10 November 1995: His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, Prince Royal of Hungary, Bohemia and Croatia
10 November 1995 – 7 February 1996: His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
7 February 1996 – present: His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Lorenz of Belgium, The Archduke of Austria-Este

As head of the House of Austria-Este since his father's death on 7 February 1996, Lorenz bears the title Archduke of Austria-Este, which was made hereditary according to male primogeniture by declaration of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria on 31 October 1914 (following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Este) and was confirmed by Imperial Austrian letters patent, both of which conferred it (with the traditional coat-of-arms of the House of Austria-Este) upon Lorenz's father, Archduke Robert, on 16 April 1917,^[6]^[7]^[8] and has been confirmed for Lorenz by specific reference in Article IX.1 of the constitution of the Kingdom of Belgium. In addition he also bears the traditional Austrian titles of "Prince Imperial of Austria" and "Prince Royal of Hungary",^[6]^[7] "Croatia and Bohemia".

The Este suffix descended by male primogeniture and is borne by Lorenz and his successors as heads of the Austria-Este cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.^[6]^[7] The title "Prince of Belgium" was granted to him by Royal Decree of 10 November 1995 by his father-in-law, King Albert II of the Belgians.^[9] Depending on the situation, Lorenz is thus legally and formally styled HRH Prince Lorenz of Belgium, or internationally otherwise HI&RH Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este or simply HI&RH The Archduke of Austria-Este.

His children by Princess Astrid bear the titles "Prince(ss) of Belgium" – by Belgian decree of 2 December 1991, in addition to their traditional Austrian titles -, "Archduke/Archduchess of Austria, Prince(ss) Royal of Hungary".

Honours

National honours

House of Habsburg: 1, 285th Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece^[10]^[11]^[12]
Belgium: Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of Leopold^[13]^[14]

Foreign honours

Germany: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany^[15]^[16]
Luxembourg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau^[17]^[18]
Montenegrin Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Danilo I
Netherlands: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown^[19]
Norway: Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit^[20]
Portugal: Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry^[21]^[22]^[23]
Romanian Royal Family: Extra Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown^[24]^[25]
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit^[26]
Sweden: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star^[27]^[28]

Military ranks

Austria 1980– : Austrian Armed Forces, Leutnant as Reserve Officer

Ancestry

Ancestors of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

16. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria

8. Archduke Otto Franz of Austria

17. Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies

4. Charles I of Austria

18. King George of Saxony

9. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony

19. Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal

2. Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este

20. Charles III, Duke of Parma

10. Robert I, Duke of Parma

21. Louise Marie Thérèse of France

5. Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma

22. Miguel of Portugal

11. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

23. Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

1. Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este

24. Amadeo I of Spain

12. Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta

25. Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo, Princess della Cisterna

6. Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta

26. Philippe, Count of Paris

13. Princess Hélène of Orléans

27. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans

3. Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta

28. Robert, Duke of Chartres

14. Jean, Duke of Guise

29. Princess Françoise of Orléans

7. Princess Anne of Orléans

30. Philippe, Count of Paris (= 26)

15. Princess Isabelle of Orléans

31. Princess Marie Isabelle of Orléans (= 27)

Notes

↑ nomination in the board of "SIX Management SA"
↑ Blog article (French) about Prince Lorenz
↑ Association Royale des Demeures Historiques de Belgique: Conseil d'Administration
↑ Europae Thesauri: Membres.
↑ Almanach de Gotha, Société des Amis de l'Almanach de Gotha
1 2 3 Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 44,50. French
1 2 3 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 0-220-66222-3
↑ Velde, François. Heraldica.org. Titres Royaux en Belgique, section 2.3 (French) accessdate = 31 July 2011.
↑ http://c7.alamy.com/comp/D4KWRB/princess-astrid-of-belgium-l-and-prince-lorenz-r-arrive-for-the-wedding-D4KWRB.jpg
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↑ http://m.zimbio.com/pictures/T-O7FNe5xVf/Wedding+Danish+Crown+Prince+Frederik+Mary/xpR6rS9GC12/Prince+Lorenz
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↑ http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/42-82552914/princess-astrid-and-prince-lorenz
↑ Belga Pictures, State visit of President Herzog in Belgium (1998), Group Photo
↑ http://members2.boardhost.com/royal-jewels/msg/archive/1353171525.html
↑ http://www.gettyimages.co.uk/detail/news-photo/prince-nikolaus-princess-margaretha-prince-lorentz-princess-news-photo/73644825
↑ http://3.t.cdn.belga.be/picture:23472085:preview:watermark
↑ Photo from the Royal Family's official website
↑ presidential website
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↑ Photo
↑ http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/vizita-regala-belgiana-in-romania/
↑ http://www.romaniaregala.ro/jurnal/seara-la-castelul-regal-peles-12-septembrie-2015/
↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado
↑ https://younghotandroyal.files.wordpress.com/2010/06/wedding-2010-0619-belgium-astrid-belga3.jpg
↑ http://www.corbisimages.com/stock-photo/rights-managed/0000378959-031/royal-couple-of-sweden-on-state-visit

External links

Official Belgian Monarchy Website – Prince Lorenz

Titles in pretence
Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este House of Austria-Este Born: 16 December 1955
Preceded by Archduke Robert	Archduke of Austria-Este 1996 – present	Incumbent Heir: Archduke Amedeo
Austro-Hungarian royalty
Preceded by Archduke Károly-Konstantin	Line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne 4th position	Succeeded by Archduke Amedeo

Austrian archdukes

1st generation	Frederick V Albert VI Sigismund

2nd generation	Cristopher Maximilian I John Wolfgang

3rd generation	Philip I of Castile Archduke Francis

4th generation	Charles I Ferdinand I

5th generation	Philip II of Spain* Maximilian II Ferdinand II Ferdinand* John* John Ferdinand* Charles II

6th generation	Charles, Prince of Asturias* Ferdinand Rudolf V Ernest Matthias Maximilian III Albert VII Wenzel Frederick Charles Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias* Ferdinand Carlos Lorenzo* Diego, Prince of Asturias* Philip III of Spain* Ferdinand III Charles Maximilian Ernest Leopold V Archduke Charles

7th generation	Charles Philip IV of Spain* Philipp John-Charles Albert Charles* Ferdinand IV Ferdinand* Alfonso Mauricio Leopold Wilhelm Ferdinand Charles Sigismund Francis

8th generation	Balthasar Charles, Prince of Asturias* Ferdinand IV of Hungary Francisco Fernando* Philip August Maximilian Thomas Leopold VI Charles Joseph Ferdinand Joseph Alois Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias* Ferdinand Thomas* Charles II of Spain*

9th generation	Ferdinand Wenzel John Leopold Joseph I Leopold Joseph Charles III

10th generation	Leopold Joseph Leopold John

11th generation	Joseph II Charles Louis Leopold VII Ferdinand Maximilian Franz, Archbishop-Elector of Cologne**

12th generation	Emperor Francis I Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany Charles, Duke of Teschen Alexander Leopold, Palatine of Hungary Joseph, Palatine of Hungary Anton Victor John Rainer Joseph Archduke Louis Cardinal-Archduke Rudolf Josef Franz* Francis IV, Duke of Modena* Ferdinand Karl Joseph* Maximilian* Karl, Primate of Hungary***

13th generation	Emperor Ferdinand I Francis Leopold, Grand Prince of Tuscany Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany Joseph Franz Franz Karl Johann Nepomuk Albert, Duke of Teschen Stephen, Palatine of Hungary Karl Ferdinand Francis V, Duke of Modena* Frederick Ferdinand Ferdinand Karl Viktor* Archduke Rudolf Leopold Ludwig Ernest Alexander Sigismund Leopold Rainer Ferdinand Wilhelm Franz Heinrich Anton Maximilian Karl Joseph Karl

14th generation	Emperor Franz Joseph I Maximilian I of Mexico Karl Ludwig Ludwig Viktor Ferdinand IV, Grand Duke of Tuscany Karl Salvator Rainier Ludwig Salvator John Salvator** Karl Franz Joseph Friedrich, Duke of Teschen Charles Stephen Eugen Joseph August Archduke Ladislaus

15th generation	Crown Prince Rudolf Franz Ferdinand* Otto Francis Ferdinand Karl Leopold Ferdinand Josef Ferdinand Peter Ferdinand Heinrich Ferdinand Robert Ferdinand Leopold Salvator Franz Salvator Archduke Albrecht Salvator Archduke Rainier Salvator Archduke Ferdinand Salvator** Albrecht Franz, Duke of Teschen Karl Albrecht Leo Karl Wilhelm Joseph Francis Archduke Ladislaus Joseph Archduke Matthias

16th generation	Emperor Charles I Maximilian Eugen Habsburg - Tuscany : Archduke Gottfried Georg Rainer Leopold Maria Anton Franz Joseph Karl Pius Franz Karl Hubert Salvator Theodor Salvator Clemens Salvator Palatines of Hungary** : József Arpád Archduke Itsván Géza Michael Koloman

17th generation	Descent of Charles I : Crown Prince Otto Robert* Felix Carl Ludwig Rudolf Descent of Maximilian : Ferdinand Karl Heinrich Maria Tuscany : Leopold Franz Guntram Radbot Johann Georg Stephan Dominic Friederich Salvator Andreas Salvator Markus Johann Michael Franz Salvator Karl Salvator Palatines of Hungary** : Joseph Karl Andreas Agustinus Nicholas Franz Johann Jacob Edward Karl Paul Rudolf

18th generation	Descent of Charles I : Karl Georg Lorenz* Gerhard* Martin* Karl Philipp Raimund Joseph Itsván Rudolf Carl Christian Karl Peter Simeon Johannes Descent of Maximilian : Maximilian Heinrich Philipp Joachim Ferdinand Karl Konrad Tuscany : Sigismund Georg Guntram Leopold Alexander Salvator Thaddäus Salvator Casimir Salvator Matthias Johannes Bernhard Benedikt Palatines : Joseph Albrecht (1994–) Paul Leo (1996–) Friedrich Cyprian (1995–) Pierre (1997–) Benedikt Alexander (2005–) Nicolás (2003–) Santiago (2006–) Johannes (2010–) Paul Benedikt (2000–)

19th generation	Descent of Charles I : Ferdinand Zvonimir Karl Konstantin Amedeo* Joachim* Bartholomaeus* Emmanuel* Luigi* Felix Carl Andreas Franz Paul Johannes Carl Christian Johannes Thomas Franz Ludwig Michael Joseph Imre Christoph Alexander Lorenz Carl Johannes Ludwig Philipp Descent of Maximilian : Nicholas Constantin Jacob Maximilian Tuscany : Leopold Amedeo Maximilian Leopold Constantin Salvator Paul Salvator

(bold) Holy Roman Emperor *also an infante of Spain ** also a prince of Tuscany *** also a prince of Modena

Belgian princes

1st generation	Crown Prince Louis-Philippe King Leopold II Prince Philippe, Count of Flanders

2nd generation	Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant Prince Baudouin King Albert I

3rd generation	King Leopold III Prince Charles, Count of Flanders

4th generation	King Baudouin King Albert II Prince Alexander

5th generation	King Philippe Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este* Prince Laurent

6th generation	Prince Gabriel Prince Emmanuel Prince Amedeo, Archduke of Austria-Este Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este Prince Nicolas Prince Aymeric

*created prince of Belgium by Royal Decree of 10 November 1995 **created prince of Belgium by Royal Decree of 2 December 1991

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