Archduke Carl Christian of Austria

Archduke Carl Christian
Archduke and Prince Carl Christian of Austria; Prince Carl Christian of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia
Spouse Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg
Issue Archduchess Marie Christine
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
Born 26 August 1954
Château de Belœil, Belœil, Belgium

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]

Austrian Imperial Family

HI&RH Archduke Karl
HI&RH Archduchess Francesca



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:[1][2]

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 Royal of Hungary, Croatia, and Bohemia

Legal name in Austria - Carl Christian Maria Anna Rudolph Anton Marcus d'Aviano Habsburg-Lothringen

Honours

Foreign honours

Dynastic honours

Ancestry

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Darryl Lundy (1 May 2005). "Karl Christian Erzherzog von Österreich". thePeerage.com. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Paul Theroff. "AUSTRIA: House of Habsburg-Lothringen". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
  3. Paul Theroff's Royal News of 2008
  4. Lux-arazzi, Archduke "marries American"
  5. Tageblatt.lu (German), Photos from the wedding
  6. "An Archduchess Among Us". Northern Kentucky University.
  7. http://royalmusingsblogspotcom.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/its-girl.html
  8. Information given on the blog "Royalement-Blog" (French)
  9. http://www.wort.lu/en/panorama/news-from-the-royal-household-seventh-great-grandchild-for-grand-duke-jean-54affdf10c88b46a8ce510e6
  10. Royalement Blog, Bal in the early 1980s, Photos of Carl Christian & Nikolaus wearing the Order of Adolphe of Nassau
  11. 11.0 11.1 Noblesse et Royautés, Guillaume of Luxembourg's wedding : gala dinner, 2012, Photo of Carl Christian & Marie-Astrid