PRINCE LORENZ OF BELGIUM, ARCHDUKE OF AUSTRIA-ESTE

'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; his heir is his oldest son, Prince Amedeo
On September 22, 1984 he married Princess Astrid of Belgium, the only daughter of the then Prince of Liège, now King Albert II of the Belgians. They have five children:

★ HI&RH Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (b. 1986)

★ HI&RH Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 1988)

★ HI&RH Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (b. 1991)

★ HI&RH Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 1995)

★ HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (b. 2003)
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".
Although he uses professionally the surname "Habsburg", his children, as princes of Belgium, bear the surname "de Belgique"/"von Belgien"/"van België".
Archduke 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.

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