Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

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Princess Laetitia Maria
Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium,
Archduchess of Austria-Este (more)
Born (2003-04-23) 23 April 2003 (age 20)
Brussels, Belgium
Full name
Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita
House Austria-Este
Father Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este
Mother Princess Astrid of Belgium
Styles of
Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium
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Reference style Her Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative style Madame

Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita, born 23 April 2003) is the third daughter and youngest child of Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium. She was born at the Clinique Saint Jean, Brussels, Belgium[1] and is currently Ninth in line to the Belgian throne.

Family

All of her grandparents and great-grandparents are royal or noble; she descends from the Austrian, Belgian, Italian, Swedish, French, Danish, British, Portuguese, Spanish and German royal families. Through her maternal grandmother Queen Paola she also descends from a number of prominent Italian noble families.

She has two older brothers, Amedeo (b. 1986) and Joachim (b. 1991), who is also her godfather, and two older sisters: Maria Laura (b. 1988) and Luisa Maria (b. 1995).

She is currently being educated at Bromsgrove Preparatory School in the UK. She is in her 8th year of primary school (2015-2016).[2]

Public duty

Thus far, her notable public duty has been attending the October 2011 Brussels premiere of "The Adventures of Tintin (film)" with her mother Princess Astrid and sister Princess Luisa Maria.[3]

Princess Laetitia was a flower girl at the 2014 wedding of her brother Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este and Elisabetta Rosboch Von Wolkenstein.

Titles and styles

  • 23 April 2003 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

All the children of The Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Lorenz, bear the title "Prince(ss) of Belgium" by Belgian Royal Decree of 2 December 1991, this in addition to their Austrian titles by tradition i.e. "Archduke/Archduchess of Austria-Este, Prince(ss) Imperial of Austria, Prince(ss) Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince(ss) of Modena". Internationally Laetitia Maria is shortly styled as HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este.

Ancestry

Family of Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 16. Archduke Otto Franz of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 8. Charles I of Austria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 17. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 4. Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 18. Robert I, Duke of Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 9. Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 19. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 2. Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 20. Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 10. Prince Amedeo of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Aosta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Hélène of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Anne of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Isabelle of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 24. Albert I of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 12. Leopold III of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 25. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 6. Albert II of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 26. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 13. Princess Astrid of Sweden
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 27. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 3. Princess Astrid of Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 28. Beniamino Tristano Ruffo di Calabria, 5th Duke di Guardia Lombarda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke di Guardia Lombarda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Laura Mosselman du Chenoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria dei Principi di Scilla
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Augusto Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Maria dei Conti Rignon
 
 
 
 
 
 

External links

  1. ↑ La Libre, Article (French) announcing Laetitia Maria's birth
  2. ↑ Noblesse et Royautés, "Rentrée des classes des princes de Belgique" (September 4, 2012)
  3. ↑ Noblesse et Royautés (French), Astrid and her younger daughters at the premiere of "Tintin"
Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Born: 23 April 2003
Belgian royalty
Preceded by Line of succession to the Belgian throne
9th position		 Succeeded by
Prince Laurent of Belgium
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