Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
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Prince Lorenz Otto Carl Amadeus Thadeus Maria Pius Andreas Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Duke of Modena, Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, styled His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Lorenz of Belgium, was born on December 16, 1955 in Clinique du Belvédère, Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France as the second child of Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este and of Archduchess Margaret, née Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta. Prince Lorenz is the head of the Modenese ducal family.
On September 22, 1984 Lorenz married Princes Astrid of Belgium, the only daughter of the then Prince of Liège, now King Albert II of the Belgians. They have five children:
- Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (b. 1986)
- Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 1988)
- Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (b. 1991)
- Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 1995)
- Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 2003)
Lorenz was created Prince of Belgium by Royal Decree of November 10, 1995. His children bear the titles "Prince(ss) of Belgium, Archduke/Archduchess of Austria-Este, Prince(ss) Imperial of Austria, Prince(ss) Royal of Hungary and Bohemia".
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 is currently a director of UCB, a global pharmaceutical manufacturer.[1] He was formerly a director of Sita (a worldwide waste management company located in France) and of Ondeo Nalco (a water management company in the United States).[2]
Sinc 2004 Lorenz has been the honorary president of the Council of the 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 is the head of the Ducal Family of Modena; this status was given to his father by Emperor Charles I of Austria, his grandfather.
[edit] Ancestry
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Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Born: 16 December 1955 |
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| Preceded by Archduke Robert |
Archduke of Austria-Este 1996-present |
Incumbent Designated heir: Archduke Amedeo |
| — TITULAR — Duke of Modena 1996-present |
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| Preceded by Archduke Károly-Konstantin |
Line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne | Succeeded by Archduke Amedeo |
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