Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este

Prince Joachim
Prince Joachim of Belgium,
Archduke of Austria-Este (more)
Full name
Joachim Karl-Maria Nikolaus Isabelle Marcus d'Aviano
House House of Austria-Este (patrilineal)
Belgian royal house (matrilineal)
Father Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este
Mother Princess Astrid of Belgium
Born 9 December 1991 (1991-12-09) (age 20)
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Woluwe-St-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium
Styles of
Prince Joachim
Reference style His Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style Monseigneur
Belgian Royal Family

HM The King
HM The Queen

HM Queen Fabiola

Extended royal family

Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (Joachim Karl-Maria Nikolaus Isabelle Marcus d'Aviano, born 9 December 1991), Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince of Modena, is the third child of Prince Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium.

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Life

Family

He was born at the University Clinic St. Luc, Woluwe-St-Lambert/Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, Belgium and is currently ninth in line to the Belgian throne. He is the first female-line member of the Belgian Royal Family to be born a Prince of Belgium, with succession rights to the throne: his older brother and sister, born Archdukes of Austria, were created Princes of Belgium in December 1991, several years after their birth.

All of his grandparents and great-grandparents are royal or noble; he descends from the Austrian, Belgian, Italian, French, Swedish, Danish, British, Portuguese, Spanish and German royal families.

Education

He attended Malvern College in Worcestershire, England through 2010. He enlisted in a voluntary army training course at the Centre for Basic Training in Arlon, Belgium on 16 November 2010.[1] On 29 July 2011, he also finished his education at the Nautical School in Brugge to become an officer in the Belgian Navy.[2] He studies for a "Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance"[3] from September 2011 at Bocconi University in Milan.[4]

Titles and styles

Like all the children of Princess Astrid since the Belgian law of 2 December 1991, he bears the title "Prince of Belgium" and, by tradition, that of Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary" (the Este suffix descends by male primogeniture and is properly borne by the head of this branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine pursuant to the Imperial Austrian letters patent conferring it upon Archduke Robert on 16 April 1917.[5][6][7] Internationally Joachim's abbreviated style is HI&RH Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria.

Military ranks


Ancestry

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 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. Amedeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 21. Princess Hélène of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 5. Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 22. Jean, Duke of Guise
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 11. Princess Anne of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 23. Princess Isabelle of Orléans
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1. Prince Joachim, Archduke 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. Fulco Ruffo di Calabria, 5th Duke di Guardia Lombarda
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 14. Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 29. Laura Mosselmann du Chenoy
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 7. Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 30. Augusto Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 15. Luisa Gazelli
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 31. Maria dei Conti Rignon
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

  1. ^ Prins Joachim begonnen aan militaire opleiding in Aarlen – website Het Laatste Nieuws
  2. ^ Leerlingen nautische school behalen STCW-brevet – website Belgian Navy.
  3. ^ Bocconi University,International Economics, Management and Finance
  4. ^ Place Royale, 17/09/2011, report on his formation in the Navy, "Bocconi information" being given at the end of the report.
  5. ^ Enache, Nicolas. La Descendance de Marie-Therese de Habsburg. ICC, Paris, 1996. pp. 44,50. French
  6. ^ Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Furstlicher Hauser Bande XIV, C.A. Starke Verlag, Ligne, Limburg, 1991, pp. 92–95. German
  7. ^ Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (editor). Burke's Guide to the Royal Family, Burke's Peerage, London, 1973, p. 240. ISBN 0220662223

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Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Born: 9 December 1991
Belgian royalty
Preceded by
Princess Maria Laura,
Archduchess of Austria-Este		 Line of succession to the Belgian throne
9th position		 Succeeded by
Princess Luisa Maria,
Archduchess of Austria-Este
Austro-Hungarian royalty
Preceded by
Archduke Amedeo		 Line of succession to the Austro-Hungarian throne
6th position		 Succeeded by
Archduke Gerhard
Line of succession to the Modenese throne
2nd position