Archduke Carl-Christian, Pss Marie Astrid (née Luxembourg) and Family, 2003- 2021

[bad_barbarella]

i thought they holiday at borne les mimosas down the south of france near cabasson... do they all go other places?

 

[drimal]

i thought they holiday at borne les mimosas down the south of france near cabasson... do they all go other places?

They have a villa in Bormes (not Borne ) Les Mimosas that's right. I was also surprised to see that they were also in Antibes.

I ignore if they have a villa in Antibes too.

 

[drimal]

Vacation Pictures III (Luxembourg Family on vacation in Bormes les Mimosas) 29.07.1995

I have found vacation pictures of 29.07.1995 in Bormes les Mimosas on the Côte d'Azur.

On these beautiful pictures you see: Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria and her husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria and their children Princess Marie Christine, Prince Imre, Prince Christoph, Prince Alexander and baby Princess Gabriella, than (former) Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and his wife (former)Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte, than the actual Grand Duke Henri and his wife Maria Teresa and their children Prince Louis, Princess Alexandra and Prince Sebastien. (Prince Guillaume and Prince Felix are absent! )

 

[drimal]

Photos of Princess Marie Astrid's children VII :75th Anniversary of Grand Duke Jean in January 1996

The following pictures are from January 1996, the anniversary of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg.

1. the whole family (from left to right):
first row: Prince Guillaume and his wife Sibilla; Prince Carl-Johann, Princess Marie-Gabrielle, Prince Wenceslas, Prince Constantin (children of Prince Jean and Helen Vestur); Princess Alexandra, Prince Sebastien (children of actual Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa); Prince Alexander, Prince Christoph (children of Princess Marie Astrid and Carl-Christian of Austria); Prince Josef-Emanuel and Princess Marie Astrid (children of Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein)
second row: Helen Vestur and husband Prince Jean; Prince Felix, Prince Guillaume and Prince Louis (children of actual Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa); Princess Marie-Christine, Prince Imre (children of Princess Marie Astrid and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria); Princess Marie Astrid and her parents Princess Margaretha and Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein
third row: actual Grand Duchess Maria Teresa and Grand Duke Henri; Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte; Princess Marie Astrid with daughter Princess Gabriella and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria
fourth and fifth row: sisters and brothers of Grand Duke Jean and behind Jean and Josephine-Charlotte there is King Albert II of Belgium and his wife Paola


2. another family picture
3. to 5. some cuttings

Note: The colourful text is to simplify the respective family dependants!!! It is rather difficult to describe so many family members but I hope that the different colours will help you.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Wait...is that Guillaume with blonde hair?

 

[drimal]

Wait...is that Guillaume with blonde hair?

No, Guillaume has no blonde hair on this pictures!

He is the boy near Princess Marie Christine in front of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa. You see him best on the last picture.

 

[drimal]

Photos of Princess Marie Astrid's children VIII: 18th September 1996

The following pictures of Princess Marie Astrid, husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria and their children Marie Christine, Imre, Christoph, Alexandra and Gabriella are from 18th September 1996.

1. Princess Marie Astrid (42 year at the time), with two year old Gabriella on her shoulders and Marie Christine (13 years)
2. Princess Marie Astrid and daughter Marie-Christine swinging little Gabriella
3. the whole family on the bicycles: from left to right (Marie Astrid/42 with Gabriella/2, Carl-Christian/42, Marie Christine/13 and Alexander/6, Imre/11, Christoph/8.
4. gathering the leaf
5. even an Archduchess like Marie Astrid has to relax sometimes
6. Archduke Carl-Christian with little Gabrielle, Imre and Christoph on the moving tractor
7. Archduke Carl-Christian with his sons on the moving tractor
8 to 10 a happy couple

I love Autumn with its beautiful colours!

 

[drimal]

11. Alexander swinging
12.and 13. Marie Astrid with her two daughters (Gabriella and Marie-Christine)
14. the whole family on the sofa



Hope you enjoy these pictures!

 

[BMC]

Gabriella sure was adorable as a toddler. I'll bet she was a handful too!

 

[drimal]

Photos of Princess Marie Astrid's children IX: Pics of 1999/2000

Here are some pics of Princess Marie Astrid's eldest daughter Marie-Christine in 1999 and 2000.



1. Marie Christine with her parents at a gala in 2000
2. at a wedding of a certain Marc Cunningham
3. with her cousine Maria Anunciata in 1999 or 2000
4. a family picture of 1999
5.and 6. Marie Christine and her parents at Guillaume's birthday party on 15.07.2000

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Who is Marc Cunningham?

 

[KatieLouise]

Is Marie Astrid now known as HI&RH Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria? Or is she still known as HRH Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg?

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Archduchess, I think.

 

[hillary_nugent]

I think the wives inherit the female versions of the title of their husband... ^___^

 

[drimal]

For all of you interesting in the royal house of Austria, I have found this interesting link of the history of the Emperors of Austria:http://www.newgotha.org/part1/ausgen.htm


Here is the most interesting passage considering Princess Marie Astrid's husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria:



Archduke Carl Christian Maria Anna Rudolph Anton Markus d'Aviano, b at Château de Beloeil 26 Aug 1954, admission into Belgian nobility with title of Prince of Habsburg-Lorraine by Belgian Royal Decree for himself and his descendants with the qualification of Serene Highness, 19 Aug 1983; Kt Order of the Golden Fleece, Kt Order of Lion of Nassau, Bank Dir; m at Luxemburg 6 Feb 1982, Princess Marie Astrid (b at Château Betzdorf 17 Feb 1954), dau of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxemburg and Princess Josephine Charlotte of Belgium, and has issue. (2 Chemin des Cabris, 1254 Jussy, Switzerland).
(1). Archduchess Marie Christine Anne Astrid Zita Charlotte, b at Brussels 31 Jul 1983.
(2). Archduke Imre Emmanuel Simeon Jean Carl Marcus d'Aviano, b at Geneva 8 Dec 1985.


<SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt"><FONT size=2>(3). Archduke Christoph Henri Alexander Maria Marcus d'Aviano, b at Geneva 2 Feb 1988.

 

[drimal]

House Habsburg-Lothringen

I have also found an interesting link about Habsburg-Lothringen (remember Carl-Christian's title is also of Habsburg-Lothringen ):
http://www.hapsburg.com/about.htm

I have copy-pasted from the site the most interesting passage of where the name Habsburg comes from :

HAPSBURG NOMENCLATURE

Then name Hapsburg has many variations: Hapsburgh, Habsburg, Habisburch etc. Since the family has been in existence for half a millenium such variations in spelling are expected (as language evolves and changes through time and geography). Origination from a castle named 'Habichtsburg' built by Bishop Wener of Strasbourg (which is located on the Aar river in present day Switzerland), in 1020 C.E., the name translated from medieval German literally means 'Hawk's Castle.'

Today, the Austrian descendants, and most of the academic community, use the 'Habsburg' spelling. I've opted for the 'Hapsburg' variation, one that was in vogue pre-1980 when much of the focus was on the Spanish branch of the family, for practical reasons, namely that the domain hapsburg was available and habsburg was not. For the purposes of this project the actual spelling of the name is secondary in importance and should not hinder the reader's understanding of the facts or arguments

 

[KatieLouise]

Excellent, thank you drimal! That's interesting that Carl Christian and his descendants are styled Serene Highnesses, rather than Imperial&Royal Highnesses...

 

[msfroyste]

hmmm, that is interesting. then why are astrid of belgium's kids styled imperial and royal highnesses???? odd?

 

[KatieLouise]

Hmm... the mystery deepens - I had a look in my Almanach de Gotha and it says that members of the imperial family are styled Imperial&Royal Highnesses... Could Carl Christian have the authority to adopt a different style, if he felt it was more appropriate?

Wait - I had another look at drimal's post and I realised it says Carl Christian was admitted into the Belgian nobility with the title Prince of Habsburg-Lorraine and the qualification of HSH. So, presumably this was allowed because of Luxembourg's (and I guess, Austria's) links with Belgium. I wonder why he adopted this style, when one would consider HI&RH to be superior to HSH.

 

[drimal]

Princess Marie Astrid had a later birthday party in Cabasson on 03.07.2004

Princess Marie Astrid born on 17th February 1954 had a later birthday party on the Côte d'Azur in Cabasson on 03.07.2004. (The 03.07 is my birthday! )

1.and 2. a happy celebrating Marie Astrid (she isn't looking like 50 at all! )
3.and 4. with her husband Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria
5. the Archduke couple with the Grand Ducal couple of Luxembourg (how browned Maria Teresa is )
6. Princess Margaretha with husband Nikolaus von und zu Liechtenstein
7. Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg
8. Maria Teresa brown by the sun!
9. Maria Teresa with an other guest
10. eldest daughter Marie Christine with cousin Guillaume

 

[drimal]

The children of Marie Astrid on the funeral of their grandmother Josephine-Charlotte on 15th January 2005

The children of Princess Marie Astrid, Marie-Christine (21), Imre (19), Christopher (16), Alexander (14) and Gabriella (10) were also present in the funeral procession and the requiem.

-Princess Marie-Christine (eldest daughter of Princess Marie Astrid of Austria) was speaking her prayer in German: Gott, seelige die Kirche, speziell die Kirche in Luxemburg, lass die Kirche ein lebendiges Zeichen deiner Liebe zu den Menschen sein.​

Translation: God, bless the church, and especially the church in Luxembourg, let the church be a fervent symbol of your love for human beings.​

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1. before her prayer in the church​

2.to 10. in the funeral procession​

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PS: I will post tomorrow pictures of Princess Marie Astrid at the funeral.​

 

[bad_barbarella]

i cant believe they all still go to cabasson

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

It is the family summer home.

 

[drimal]

Princess Marie Astrid and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria at the funeral

Princess Marie Astrid was in Fischbach for several weeks to look for her very sick mother Josephine-Charlotte and help her in the difficult last weeks of her live!
By the way she had studied for nurse.

 

[BMC]

Princess Marie Astrid and Archduke Carl-Christian of Austria at the funeral

Princess Marie Astrid was in Fischbach for several weeks to look for her very sick mother Josephine-Charlotte and help her in the difficult last weeks of her live!
By the way she had studied for nurse.

That explains why I thought Marie-Astrid looked so exhausted at the funeral. She looked much better in the pictures of the remembrance mass for Josephine-Charlotte yesterday, like she had finally gotten some rest.

 

[drimal]

Pictures of the remembrance mass

Here are the pics BMC was talking about!

Princess Marie Astrid, husband Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, Princess Margaretha and husband Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, such as Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla and Prince Jean were present.

 

[drimal]

Happy birthday Princess Marie Astrid! (she has her birthday only one day after Princess Alexandra! )

Yes she had even two birthday parties last year for her 50th anniversary: one just after her birthday on 17th February 2004 with her husband and her children (I had posted the pictures here in this thread! ) and another one in the summer in Cabasson (the pictures with Maria Teresa and her sunburn! ). I have found two interesting reports here:
1. a report in my newspaper which I had cut, than lot and found back last week!
Images:
1. the scanned report from the newspaper
2. Archduchess Marie Astrid and her family:from left to right: Archduke Imre (2nd row/son), Archduke Alexander (son/1st row), husband Archduke Carl-Christian, the birthday child Archduchess Marie Astrid, Archduke Carl-Ludwig (father-in law/2nd row), Archduchess Yolande of Austria (mother-in law/first row), Archduchess Marie Christine (daughter/2nd row), Archduke Christoph (son/2nd row), Archduchess Gabriella (daughter/1st row)
3. Marie Astrid and Carl-Christian with Henri and Maria Teresa

among the special guests were also Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume, Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Prince Guillaume,, Prince Jean, Crown Prince Philippe and Crown Princess Mathilde of Belgium, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander and Crown Princess Maxima of the Netherlands and Prince Hassan of Jordan.

 

[drimal]

2. an interesting report from Corbis:

January 28, 2004 Geneva, Switzerland

EXCLUSIF

Princess Marie-Astrid will be celebrating her 50th birthday in Geneva on February 17 with husband, Christian (Archduke of Austria) who she married on February 6, 1982 and their five children. Her eldest daughter, Marie-Christine (born on July 31, 1983) is a student of economic sciences; her son Imre (born on December 8, 1985) is still at school like her other children, Christophe (born February 2, 1988) and Gabriella (born March 26, 1994). Marie-Christine, the Princess’s eldest daughter, took a year out after her final school exams to visit Christian’s sister, Alexandra, who lives in Chile and looks after the children of prisoners. She also assisted her father in a medical dispensary on the island of Chileo, the largest island in South America.

Marie-Astrid is closely involved with organisations for abandoned children, in particular the association “Tramontane” in Brussels. She is very close to her parents and spent a lot of her free time with her mother, the Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte of Luxembourg, during her serious illness and likewise with her brothers and sisters who she catches up with either abroad or in Geneva. Her husband, Christian is delighted that Marie-Astrid’s grandfather, the Emperor Charles (who died at the age of 35 in exile on the island of Madeira in 1922) is to be beatified. The decree of beatification was signed by Pope John Paul II on December 20, 2003 in a ceremony attended by the Emperor’s four sons – Archduke Otto (91), Felix (87), Charles-Louis (85) and Rodolphe (83). Christian, who is the director of a finance company, has strongly supported his father, Charles Louis and Felix, his uncle, in their negotiations with the Austrian authorities towards the restitution of personal family property that were returned to them in 1935, then confiscated by the Nazis in 1938 who disapproved of the Hapsburg link. Christian has also been assisted by Bill Clinton’s former secretary, Stewart Eizenstat, who has been concentrating on the injustices meted out during the Nazi era. The property in question includes 25,000 hectares of forest, four houses in Vienna and the Laxenburg Palace just outside Vienna. If and when the properties in question are returned to the family, they will be shared out among 150 members of the Hapsburgs.

Portrait of Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg who is due to celebrate her 50th birthday on February 17, 2004.

Here is a link to the page where I found this interesting report and beautiful pictures of February 2004: http://pro.corbis.com/search/searchFrame.asp?typ=set&isuid={bcbc2850-e2ac-4caa-95c3-c4c77ad5fb9f}}

PS: I have posted these pictures in the photo gallery by changing a bit the lightness.

 

[Genevieve]

Where do Marie-Astrid and her family live and what do she and her husband do? They don't seem to perform very many royal duties or any at all, so they aren't very active royals. Does she have a job?

 

[drimal]

Photos of Princess Marie Astrid's children X: 25.05.2002

The following pictures were taken on the confirmation of Princess Marie Astrid's son Alexander on 25.05.2002. The confirmation was celebrated in Geneva (CH).

1. The Archducal couple of Habsburg-Austria (Marie Astrid and Carl-Christian) and their children, Marie-Christine, Gabriella, Alexander, Christopher and Imre
2. Princess Marie Astrid and husband Carl-Christian of Habsburg-Austria
3.and 4.The Archducal couple of Habsburg-Austria Marie Astrid and Carl-Christian and the parents Archduchess Yolande and Archduke Carl Ludwig of Habsburg-Austria
5. and 6. other pics with the children
7. Princess Marie Astrid filming
8. Marie Astrid's eldest daughter Marie Christine with Princess Elisabeth of Ligne (who was celebrating her confirmation on the same day )
9.and 10. other pictures of Archduchess Marie Christine of Habsburg-Austria, eldest daughter of Marie Astrid

Note: Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg has both titles (Princess of Luxembourg and Archduchess of Austria or Habsburg-Austria; but her children only have the last-named title)