Archduke Carl Christian of Austria

Archduke Carl Christian of Austria[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] (German: Carl Christian Maria Anna Rudolph Anton Marcus d'Aviano, Erzherzog und Prinz von Österreich, Prinz von Ungarn, Kroatien, und Böhmen; born 26 August 1954 at Château de Belœil in Belœil, Belgium)[2] is a Belgian aristocrat and a member of the formerly ruling Austro-Hungarian House of Habsburg-Lorraine. He is the third child of Archduke Carl Ludwig of Austria and his wife, Princess Yolande de Ligne.

Austrian Royalty
House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Francis I (Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor)
Children include
Archduchess Marie Louise
Ferdinand I
Archduchess Maria Leopoldina
Archduchess Clementina
Archduke Franz Karl
Grandchildren include
Franz Joseph I
Archduke Maximilian
Archduke Karl Ludwig
Archduke Ludwig Viktor
Great-grandchildren include
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Archduke Otto Franz
Ferdinand I
Franz Joseph I
Children
Archduchess Sophie
Archduchess Gisela
Crown Prince Rudolf
Archduchess Marie Valerie
Grandchildren include
Archduchess Elisabeth Marie
Charles I
Children include
Crown Prince Otto
Archduke Robert
Archduke Felix
Archduke Karl Ludwig
Archduke Rudolf
Grandchildren include
Archduchess Andrea
Archduchess Monika
Archduchess Michaela
Archduchess Gabriela
Archduchess Walburga
Archduke Karl
Archduke Georg
Archduke Lorenz
Great-Grandchildren include
Archduke Ferdinand Zvonimir
Archduke Amedeo
Archduke Carl Christian
Born (1954-08-26) 26 August 1954
Château de Belœil, Belœil, Belgium
Spouse
IssueMarie Christine, Countess of Limburg-Stirum
Imre
Christoph
Alexander
Gabriella
Full name
German: Carl Christian Maria Anna Rudolph Anton Marcus d'Aviano
HouseHabsburg-Lorraine
FatherArchduke Carl Ludwig of Austria
MotherPrincess Yolande de Ligne
ReligionRoman Catholicism

Belgian branch of the Habsburg family

In 1983, Carl Christian, along with his children, were incorporated by King Baudouin into the Belgian nobility with the title and style of HSH Prince/sse de Habsbourg-Lorraine.[4] To this day, they are considered, together with his cousin Archduke Lorenz and his brother Archduke Rudolf, the founders of the Belgian branch of the Habsburg imperial family.

Marriage and issue

Carl Christian married his second cousin Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg (born 17 February 1954 in Betzdorf), eldest child and daughter of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, on 6 February 1982 in Luxembourg.[2] They have five children.

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles
  • 26 August 1954 – present: His Imperial and Royal Highness Archduke and Prince Carl Christian of Austria, Prince of Hungary and Bohemia[2] (traditional title; Austria legally abolished its nobility and banned noble titles in 1919)
    • in Belgium: 1983 – present: His Serene Highness Prince Charles Christian of Habsbourg-Lorraine[4]

Honours
Dynastic honours

References
  1. Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg
  2. Almanach de Gotha (2018), 'Austria', Pages 42-86
  3. Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (1978), 'Österreich, P 111-139
  4. 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
  5. Burkes Royal Families of the World Vol 1 (1977), Page 10-32
  6. Les Maisons Imperiales et Royales d'Europe (1966), Pages 16-88
  7. Gothaisches Genealogisches Handbuch (2015), Pages 167-225
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