Archduke Carl Christian of Austria

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Archduke Carl Christian
Archduke and Prince Carl Christian of Austria; Prince Carl Christian of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
Born (1954-08-26) 26 August 1954 (age 69)
Château de Belœil, Belœil, Belgium
Spouse Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg (m. 1982)
Issue Archduchess Marie Christine, Countess of Limburg-Stirum
Archduke Imre
Archduke Christoph
Archduke Alexander
Archduchess Gabriella
Full name
German: Carl Christian Maria Anna Rudolph Anton Marcus d'Aviano
House House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria
Mother Princess Yolande of Ligne

Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (German: Carl Christian Maria Anna Rudolph Anton Marcus d'Aviano, Erzherzog und Prinz von Österreich, Prinz von Ungarn, Kroatien, und Böhmen[1][2]) (born 26 August 1954 at Château de Belœil in Belœil, Belgium[1][2]) is a member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke and Prince of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia. Carl Christian is the third child and second-youngest son[1][2] of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria and his wife Princess Yolande of Ligne.[1][2]

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Marriage and issue

Carl Christian married Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg, eldest child and daughter of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, on 6 February 1982 in Luxembourg.[1][2] Carl Christian and Marie Astrid have five children and five grandchildren:[1][2]

  • 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).[3] They have two sons:
    • Count Léopold Menno Philippe Gabriel François-Xavier Marie Joseph Ghislain de Limburg-Stirum (b. 19 April 2011).
    • Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (b. 25 October 2013).
  • Archduke Imre Emanuel Simeon Jean Carl Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (born 8 December 1985) married on 8 September 2012 Kathleen Elizabeth Walker (b. Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1986) in Washington, D.C..[4][5] The couple lives in Luxembourg, where Archduke Imre works for Ernst and Young.[6] They have two daughters:
    • Archduchess Maria Stella Elizabeth Christiana Yolande Alberta of Austria (b. 11 November 2013)[7]
    • Archduchess Magdalena Maria Alexandra Zita Charlotte of Austria (b. 24 February 2016)
  • Archduke Christoph Henri Alexander Maria Marcus d'Aviano of Austria (b. Geneva, 2 February 1988), who married Adélaïde Marie Béatrice Drapé-Frisch (b. Lilas, 4 September 1989) on 28 December (civil) and 29 December 2012 (religious) in the Basilica of Saint-Epvre, Nancy, France.[8] They have one daughter:
    • Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola of Austria (b. 22 December 2014)[9]
  • 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).

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

  • 9 May 1977 - 28 May 1978: His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke and Prince Carl Christian of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia (Traditional title: Austria legally abolished its nobility and banned noble titles in 1919)
  • 29 May 1978 – present: His Serene Highness Prince Carl Christian of Habsburg-Lorraine[10]

Honours

Foreign honours

Dynastic honours

Ancestry

Family of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
16. Archduke Charles Louis of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
8. Archduke Otto Francis of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17. Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
4. Charles I of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
18. George of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
9. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19. Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
2. Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
20. Charles III, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
10. Robert I, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
21. Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
5. Zita of Bourbon-Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
22. Miguel of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
11. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
23. Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1. Archduke Carl Christian of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
24. Prince Henri Maximilien of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
12. Ernest, 10th Prince of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
25. Marguerite de Talleyrand-Périgord
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6. Eugène, 11th Prince of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
26. Roland de Cossé-Brissac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13. Diane de Cossé-Brissac
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
27. Jeanne Marie Say
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3. Princess Yolande of Ligne
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
28. Antoine, 5th Duke of Mouchy, 6th Prince of Poix
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
14. François de Noailles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
29. Princess Anne Murat
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
7. Philippine de Noailles
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
30. Arthur Constant, 3rd Baron Dubois de Courval
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15. Madeleine Dubois de Courval
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
31. Marie Ray
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  3. Paul Theroff's Royal News of 2008
  4. Lux-arazzi, Archduke "marries American"
  5. Tageblatt.lu (German), Photos from the wedding
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  7. http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/its-girl.html
  8. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/31/austria-royal-wedding-photos_n_2389326.html
  9. http://www.wort.lu/en/panorama/news-from-the-royal-household-seventh-great-grandchild-for-grand-duke-jean-54affdf10c88b46a8ce510e6
  10. de Badts de Cugnac, Chantal. Coutant de Saisseval, Guy. Le Petit Gotha. Nouvelle Imprimerie Laballery, Paris 2002, p. 738-742, 748-749, 756-759 (French) ISBN 2-9507974-3-1
  11. Royalement Blog, Bal in the early 1980s, Photos of Carl Christian & Nikolaus wearing the Order of Adolphe of Nassau
  12. 12.0 12.1 Noblesse et Royautés, Guillaume of Luxembourg's wedding : gala dinner, 2012, Photo of Carl Christian & Marie-Astrid