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
Woluwe-St-Lambert, Belgium
Styles of
Prince Joachim of Belgium
Reference style His Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative style Monseigneur

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 Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium.

Life

Family

He was born at the University Clinic St. Luc, Woluwe-St-Lambert, 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 Archduke and Archduchess of Austria, were created Prince and Princess 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 and imperial families.

Education

He attended Malvern College in Worcestershire, England in 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 studied for a "Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance"[3] from September 2011 at Bocconi University in Milan.[4]

Titles and styles

  • 9 December 1991 – present: His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary

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

July 2011 December 2011
"First Master Chief" Ensign 2nd Class


Ancestry

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 0-220-66222-3
  8. Noblesse et Royautés (French), Prince Joachim receives his Navy brevet after his formation in Brugge, 29 July 2011
  9. Belgian monarchy official website Announce of the oath ceremony for 5th March 2012
  10. Noblesse et Royautés, Article (in French), Officier Oath in Zeebrugge on 5 March 2012
  11. Belgian TV, Video (in French) of the Oath Ceremony. At the end of the report, the sleeve insignia of Ensign is clearly visible
  12. Royal Decree n° 8692 of 19 December 2011, "Moniteur Belge" of 1 mars 2012 (see p. 158 of .pdf file) : Rank effective on 26 December 2011

External links

Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
House of Austria-Este
Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Born: 9 December 1991
Lines of succession
Preceded by
Archduchess Maria Laura
Line of succession to the Belgian throne
8th position
Succeeded by
Archduchess Luisa Maria
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