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Old 10-23-2004, 05:08 PM
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Is she older than her husband? she kinds of look older...i'm assuming that is her husband in the last picture...
they're the same age .... both born in 1954.
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Old 10-23-2004, 09:27 PM
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they're the same age .... both born in 1954.
Thanks...silly me i thought she was older...she just looks it but nonetheless still beautiful ^______^
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Old 10-24-2004, 01:23 AM
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Thanks...silly me i thought she was older...she just looks it but nonetheless still beautiful
I would tend to agree ..... her husband looked pretty young on his wedding day, and has worn his age well ... all to the disadvantage of his spouse, Marie-Astrid.
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Old 10-25-2004, 12:09 AM
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I would tend to agree ..... her husband looked pretty young on his wedding day, and has worn his age well ... all to the disadvantage of his spouse, Marie-Astrid.
hahaha...maybe raising the kids was a real difficult task for Marie-Astrid...hahaha they might have been a bunch of hooligans hahaa
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Old 10-25-2004, 09:38 AM
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Photos of Princess Marie Astrid's children IV
Christmas Photos 1992!

Here you see Marie-Christine as a smart little girl at the age of 9 years. I really love these photos and I am sure that you will like them too.:)

1. and 2. looking in an album
3. she ressembles her mother a lot
4. and 5. decorating the christmas tree
6. with Archduke Carl-Christian's parents
7.to 10. with bicycle outside



Note: Princess Gabriella was not yet born at this time!
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File Type: jpg Marie-Christine 1 24.12.1992.jpg (47.1 KB, 73 views)
File Type: jpg Marie-Christine 2 24.12.1992.jpg (48.3 KB, 44 views)
File Type: jpg Marie-Christine 3 24.12.1992.jpg (43.3 KB, 49 views)
File Type: jpg Marie-Christine 4 24.12.1992.jpg (57.3 KB, 31 views)
File Type: jpg Marie-Christine 5 24.12.1992.jpg (51.2 KB, 25 views)
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File Type: jpg Marie Christine a 24.12.1992.jpg (59.2 KB, 29 views)
File Type: jpg Marie Christine b 24.12.1992.jpg (59.0 KB, 28 views)
File Type: jpg Marie Christine c 24.12.1992.jpg (56.4 KB, 26 views)
File Type: jpg Marie Christine d 24.12.1992.jpg (56.0 KB, 31 views)
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hahaha...maybe raising the kids was a real difficult task for Marie-Astrid...hahaha they might have been a bunch of hooligans hahaa
I could see that. And then laugh.
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Old 10-26-2004, 05:46 AM
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The children's names


Princess Marie Christine's name is a special version of Christiane which is Greek and means follower of Christi
Prince Imre has a Hungarain name similar to old german Amalrich meaning one of Eastgothic kings, the Amaler
Prince Christoph's name is Greek and means porter of Christus
Prince Alexander's name is also Greek and means the defender
Princesse Gabriella's name is a special version of Gabriel which is Hebrew and means Man of God
Note: All this names are very old names and very religious one.
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Old 10-26-2004, 06:40 AM
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Princess Marie-Astrid





Princess Marie-Astrid, Archduchess of Habsburg-Lorraine was born on 17 February 1954 at Betzdorf Castle. She is the eldest child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte.




Education and Youth

Princess Marie-Astrid was educated in Luxembourg and Belgium, where she took the State Nursing Diploma in 1974. She later specialised in tropical medicine at the Prince Leopold Institute.

Princess Marie-Astrid is President of the Youth Branch of the Luxembourg Red Cross.




Marriage and Family

On 6 February 1982, Princess Marie-Astrid married Archduke Carl Christian of Habsburg-Lorraine at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Luxembourg. The couple have five children: Princess Marie-Christine (born on 31 July 1983), Prince Imre (born on 8 December 1985), Prince Christophe (born on 2 February 1988), Prince Alexander (born on 26 September 1990) and Princess Gabriella (born on 26 March 1994). The family live in Brussels.





(Source: http://www.geocities.com/luxroyalty/marie-astrid.html)
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Old 10-26-2004, 08:22 AM
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The children's names


Princess Marie Christine's name is a special version of Christiane which is Greek and means follower of Christi
Note: All this names are very old names and very religious one.
It's not a special version: it's a french name, very current in France for women aged 45/50. The Greek is Christianos, the Christian.
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[quote=drimal]Princess Marie-Astrid was educated in Luxembourg and Belgium, where she took the State Nursing Diploma in 1974. She later specialised in tropical medicine at the Prince Leopold Institute.[quote]is she a doctor then ??? ^___^
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I could see that. And then laugh.
Well I'm sure it must be hard to give birth to five children. But wouldn't she have help, like nannies, housekeepers etc taking care of them? Or did she decide to raise them herself with her husband?
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Old 10-26-2004, 05:00 PM
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As a royal she probably would.
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Old 10-27-2004, 08:28 AM
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Their complete names:
HI & RH Carl Christian Maria Anna Rudolph Anton Marcus d'Aviano Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (26-8-1954)
HRH Marie Astrid Charlotte Léopoldine Wilhelmine Ingeborg Antoinette Elisabeth Anna Alberta Princess de Luxemburg, Princess de Bourbon de Parme (17-2-1954)
They married in the Notre Dame Cathedral of Luxemburg on February 6th, 1982
HI & RH Marie Christine Anne Astrid Zita Charlotte Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (Brussels, 31-7-1983)
HI & RH Imre Emanuel Simeon Jean Carl Marcus d'Aviano Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (Geneva, 8-12-1985)
HI & RH Christoph Henri Alexander Maria Marcus d'Aviano Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (Geneva, 2-2-1988)
HI & RH Alexander Hector Marie Karl Leopold Marcus d'Aviano Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (Geneva, 26-9-1990)
HI & RH Gabriella Maria Pilar Yolande Joséphine-Charlotte Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (Geneva, 26-3-1994)
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HI & RH mean his/her imperial and royal highness, right?
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Old 10-28-2004, 04:34 AM
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Princess Marie Astrid named a ship on 25.April.1993

It is a tradition in Luxembourg that a luxury ship is named after Princess Marie Astrid, the "MS Princesse Marie Astrid".

She did it first in 1966 at age of twelve, than a second time, a third time in 1993 and a fourth time in 2000.

Here are the photos of the name of the ship ceremony on 25.April.1993.

(Unfortunately I never found images from the other ceremonies of 1966 or 2000:( !)
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Old 10-28-2004, 04:48 AM
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Excellent photos. Marie-Astrid is one probably the most underrated royal beauty out there. And Marie-Christine is already quite the lovely young woman as well. And the rest of the children are adorable too. Apples that didn´t fall far from the tree as it were.
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Old 10-28-2004, 05:23 AM
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Some photos of the "MS Princesse Marie Astrid"

The actual MS Princesse Marie Astrid IV of March 2000 has a length of 60 meters (1,9685 feet) and a width of 11,20 meters (0,3675 feet). It has the gloss of a 5 stars hotel with marble floor and marble stairs, mirror ceiling, exclusive lamps,Italian tiles on the upper deck and a kitchen of high-grade steel.

It has a capacity of 500 passengers and travels all the way of the (Luxembourgish) Mosel. As these pictures show, Princess Marie Astrid can be very proud of the ship named after her.
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File Type: jpg MS Princess Marie Astrid 4.jpg (6.8 KB, 16 views)
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Old 10-28-2004, 08:45 AM