Name Princess Maria | House Austria-Este | |
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Born 23 April 2003 (age 21)
Brussels, Belgium ( 2003-04-23 ) Father Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este Mother Princess Astrid of Belgium Parents Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este Siblings Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este Grandparents Queen Paola of Belgium, Albert II of Belgium Cousins Princess Elisabeth - Duchess, Prince Gabriel of Belgium, Prince Emmanuel of Belgium, Princess Eleonore of Belgium, Prince Aymeric of Belgium Similar People Princess Astrid of Belgium, Princess Luisa Maria of, Prince Joachim of Belgium, Princess Maria Laura of, Prince Lorenz of Belgium | ||
Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita, born 23 April 2003) is the third daughter and youngest child of Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium. She was born at the Saint Jean Clinic , Brussels, Belgium and is currently eleventh in line to the Belgian throne.
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Biography
All of her grandparents and great-grandparents are royal or noble; she descends from the Austrian, Belgian, Italian, Swedish, French, Danish, British, Portuguese, Spanish and German royal families. Through her maternal grandmother Queen Paola she also descends from a number of prominent Italian noble families.
She has two older brothers, Amedeo (b. 1986) and Joachim (b. 1991), who is also her godfather, and two older sisters: Maria Laura (b. 1988) and Luisa Maria (b. 1995).
She is currently being educated at Bromsgrove School in the UK. She is in her 9th year of school (2016-17). Princess Laetitia was a flower girl at the 2014 wedding of her brother Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este and Nob. Elisabetta Rosboch von Wolkenstein.
Titles and styles
All the children of The Archduke of Austria-Este, Prince Lorenz, bear the title "Prince(ss) of Belgium" by Belgian Royal Decree of 2 December 1991, this in addition to their Austrian titles by tradition i.e. "Archduke/Archduchess of Austria-Este, Prince(ss) Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Prince(ss) of Modena". Internationally Laetitia Maria is shortly styled as HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este.