Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

Princess Laetitia Maria

Princess of Belgium,
Archduchess of Austria-Este (more)

Born

23 April 2003
Clinique Saint Jean, Brussels, Belgium

Full name
Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita

House

Austria-Este

Father

Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este

Mother

Princess Astrid of Belgium

Styles of Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium

Reference style	Her Imperial and Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Imperial and Royal Highness
Alternative style	Madame

Belgian Royal Family

HM The King HM The Queen HRH The Duchess of Brabant HRH Prince Gabriel HRH Prince Emmanuel HRH Princess Eléonore HM King Albert II HM Queen Paola HI&RH The Archduchess of Austria-Este HI&RH The Archduke of Austria-Este HI&RH Prince Amedeo HI&RH Archduchess Elisabetta HI&RH Archduchess Anna Astrid HI&RH Princess Maria Laura HI&RH Prince Joachim HI&RH Princess Luisa Maria HI&RH Princess Laetitia Maria HRH Prince Laurent HRH Princess Claire HRH Princess Louise HRH Prince Nicolas HRH Prince Aymeric HRH Princess Léa HRH Princess Marie-Christine HRH Princess Marie-Esméralda

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 Clinique Saint Jean, Brussels, Belgium^[1] and is currently Ninth in line to the Belgian throne.

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 Preparatory School in the UK. She is in her 8th year of primary school (2015-2016).^[2] Princess Laetitia was a flower girl at the 2014 wedding of her brother Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este and Elisabetta Rosboch Von Wolkenstein.

Titles and styles

23 April 2003 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

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.

Ancestry

Ancestors of Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

16. Archduke Otto Franz of Austria

8. Charles I of Austria

17. Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony

4. Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este

18. Robert I, Duke of Parma

9. Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma

19. Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal

2. Lorenz, Archduke of Austria-Este

20. Emanuele Filiberto, 2nd Duke of Aosta

10. Prince Amedeo of Savoy, 3rd Duke of Aosta

21. Princess Hélène of Orléans

5. Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta

22. Jean d'Orléans, duc de Guise

11. Princess Anne of Orléans

23. Princess Isabelle of Orléans

1. Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

24. Albert I of Belgium

12. Leopold III of Belgium

25. Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria

6. Albert II of Belgium

26. Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland

13. Princess Astrid of Sweden

27. Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

3. Princess Astrid of Belgium

28. Beniamino Tristano Ruffo di Calabria, 5th Duke di Guardia Lombarda

14. Fulco, Prince Ruffo di Calabria, 6th Duke di Guardia Lombarda

29. Laura Mosselman du Chenoy

7. Donna Paola Ruffo di Calabria dei Principi di Scilla

30. Augusto Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana

15. Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana

31. Maria dei Conti Rignon

External links

Imperial House of Austria
Belgian Royal family (Paul Theroff's site)
King Albert II's descent (French)
Ancestry in Genealogics (using arrows, roots towards the past will be displayed)

↑ La Libre, Article (French) announcing Laetitia Maria's birth
↑ Noblesse et Royautés, "Rentrée des classes des princes de Belgique" (September 4, 2012)

Lines of succession
Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este House of Austria-Este Cadet branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine Born: 23 April 2003
Preceded by Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este	Line of succession to the Belgian throne 11th position	Succeeded by Prince Laurent of Belgium

Austrian archduchesses by birth

1st generation	none

2nd generation	Archduchess Helena Kunigunde, Duchess of Bavaria

3rd generation	Margaret, Duchess of Savoy

4th generation	Eleanor, Queen of France* Isabella, Queen of Denmark and Norway* Maria, Queen of Hungary* Catherine, Queen of Portugal*

5th generation	Elisabeth, Queen of Poland Maria, Holy Roman Empress* Anna, Duchess of Bavaria Archduchess Isabella* Maria, Duchess of Jülich-Cleves-Berg Archduchess Magdalena Catherine, Queen of Poland Eleanor, Duchess of Mantua Archduchess Margaret Joanna, Princess of Portugal* Barbara, Duchess of Ferrara Archduchess Ursula Archduchess Helena Joanna, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

6th generation	Isabella Clara Eugenia, Co-sovereign of the Habsburg Hetherlands* Catherine Michelle, Duchess of Savoy* Archduchess Maria* Anna, Queen of Spain Elisabeth, Queen of France Archduchess Maria (1555–56) Archduchess Maria (1564) Archduchess Margaret (1567–1633) Archduchess Eleanor (1568-80) Archduchess Maria (1562-67) Archduchess Anna Eleanor Archduchess Maria (1584–1649) Anna, Holy Roman Empress Anna, Queen of Poland Maria Christina, Princess of Transilvania Archduchess Catherine Renata Archduchess Elisabeth (1577–86) Archduchess Gregoria Maximiliana Archduchess Eleanor (1582–1620) Margaret, Queen of Spain Constance, Queen of Poland Maria Maddalena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany

7th generation	Archduchess Christine Anna, Queen of France* Archduchess Maria Maria Anna, Holy Roman Empress* Archduchess Anna Mauritia Maria Anna, Electress of Bavaria Archduchess Margarita Francisca* Cecilia Renata, Queen of Poland Archduchess Maria Eleanor Isabella Clara, Duchess of Mantua Maria Leopoldine, Holy Roman Empress

8th generation	Archduchess Maria Margarita* Archduchess Margarita Maria Catalina* Archduchess Maria Eugenia* Archduchess Isabella Maria Teresa* Maria Anna, Queen of Spain Archduchess Maria Anna Antonia* Maria Theresa, Queen of France* Archduchess Maria Margarita Teresa, Holy Roman Empress* Archduchess Theresia Maria Josepha Eleanor, Queen of Poland, Duchess of Lorraine Claudia Felicitas, Holy Roman Empress Maria Anna Josepha, Electoral Princess of the Palatinate Archduchess Maria Ambrosia de la Concepción* Archduchess Maria Magdalena

9th generation	Maria Antonia, Electress of Bavaria Archduchess Maria Anna Antonia Archduchess Anna Maria Archduchess Maria Josepha Archduchess Christina Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Maria Anna, Queen of Portugal Archduchess Maria Theresa Archduchess Maria Josepha Archduchess Maria Magdalena Archduchess Maria Margaretha

10th generation	Maria Josepha, Queen of Poland Maria Amalia, Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa Maria Anna, Princess Charles Alexander of Lorraine Archduchess Maria Amalia

11th generation	Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Archduchess Maria Anna Archduchess Maria Carolina Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Maria Amalia, Duchess of Parma Archduchess Maria Carolina Archduchess Johanna Archduchess Maria Josepha Maria Carolina, Queen of Naples Marie Antonia, Queen of France**

12th generation	Archduchess Maria Theresa Archduchess Marie Christine Maria Theresia, Queen of Saxony Archduchess Maria Anna Maria Theresa, Queen of Sardinia* Archduchess Maria Josepha* Maria Leopoldine, Electress of Bavaria* Maria Clementina, Hereditary Princess of Naples Archduchess Maria Amalia Archduchess Maria Antonia* Maria Ludovika, Empress of Austria***

13th generation	Archduchess Ludovika Elisabeth Marie Louise, Empress of the French Archduchess Carolina Ferdinande Archduchess Maria Caroline Archduchess Caroline Ludovika Maria Leopoldina, Empress of Brazil Clementina, Princess of Salerno Archduchess Maria Luisa Archduchess Alexandrine Maria Theresa, Queen of Sardinia Marie Caroline, Crown Princess of Saxony Archduchess Maria Anna Archduchess Amalia Theresa Maria Theresa, Queen of the Two Sicilies Maria Theresa, Countess of Chambord* Archduchess Hermine Archduchess Franziska Archduchess Maria Caroline Adelaide, Queen of Sardinia Maria Beatrix, Countess of Montizón*** Archduchess Maria Caroline Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska Marie Henriette, Queen of the Belgians

14th generation	Archduchess Maria Anna Archduchess Maria Carolina Auguste Ferdinande, Princess Luitpold of Bavaria Archduchess Maria Maximiliana Maria Isabella, Countess of Trapani Archduchess Maria Theresia Archduchess Maria Cristina Archduchess Maria Anna Maria Theresa, Duchess Philipp of Württemberg Archduchess Mathilda Maria Christina, Queen of Spain Archduchess Maria Eleonora Archduchess Elisabeth Maria Dorothea, Duchess of Orléans Margaretha Klementine, Princess of Thurn and Taxis Archduchess Elisabeth Henriette Archduchess Klotilde Maria Theresa, Queen of Bavaria*

15th generation	Archduchess Sophie Gisela, Princess Leopold of Bavaria Archduchess Marie Valerie Margarete Sophie, Duchess of Württemberg Archduchess Maria Annunziata Elisabeth, Princess Aloys of Liechtenstein Archduchess Maria Antonietta Luise, Crown Princess of Saxony Anna, Princess of Hohenlohe-Bartenstein Archduchess Margareta Archduchess Germana Archduchess Agnes Archduchess Maria Theresa Karoline Marie, Princess Leopold of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Archduchess Maria Antonietta Maria Immaculata, Duchess of Württemberg Archduchess Henriette** Maria Christina, Princess Emmanuel of Salm-Salm Maria Anna, Princess Elias of Bourbon Parma Maria Henrietta, Princess of Hohenlohe-Waldenburg-Schillingsfürst Archduchess Natalie Archduchess Stephanie Archduchess Gabrielle Isabella, Princess Georg of Bavaria Alice, Baroness Waldbott of Bassenheim Archduchess Eleonora, Mrs. Alfons von Kloss Renata, Princess Hieronymus Radziwill Mechthildis, Princess Olgierd Czartoryski Archduchess Gisele Archduchess Sophie Archduchess Magdalena

16th generation	Elisabeth Marie, Princess of Windisch-Graetz Helena, Duchess Philipp of Württemberg Rosa, Duchess of Württemberg Archduchess Dolores Maria Inmaculada, Nobile Inigo Neri Sereneri Margarita, Marchioness Taliani di Marchio Princess Maria Antonia, Mrs. Luis Pérez Archduchess Assunta, Mrs. Joseph Hopfinger Elisabeth, Countess of Waldburg-Zeil Hedwig, Countess of Stolberg-Stolberg Gertrud, Countess of Waldburg-Zeil-Trauchburg Archduchess Maria Elisabeth Archduchess Agnes Archduchess Margarethe, Mrs. Alexander Cech Ilona, Duchess of Mecklenburg Archduchess Anna Theresia Archduchess Maria Kynga, Mrs. Joachim Krist

17th generation	Descent of Charles I : Archduchess Adelheid Charlotte, Duchess of Mecklenburg Elisabeth, Princess Heinrich of Liechtenstein Tuscany : Elisabeth, Edle Hubert von Braun Alice, Baroness Vittorio Manno Marie Antoinette, Baroness of Proff in Irnich Archduchess Marie Christine Archduchess Walburga, Mrs. Carlos Tasso Archduchess Verena Archduchess Katharina, Mrs. Roland Huber Agnes, Baroness Peter of Fürstenberg Maria Ileana, Countess Adam Kottulinski Alexandra, Baroness Viktor of Baillou Maria Magdalena, Baroness of Holzhausen Archduchess Elisabeth, Mrs. Friedrich Sandhofer Agnes, Princess Karl Alfred of Liechtenstein Archduchess Maria Margaretha Archduchess Ludovica Archduchess Allix Josepha, Countess Clemens of Waldstein-Wartenberg Valerie, Margravine of Baden Alberta, Baroness Alexander of Kottwitz-Erdödy Theresa, Princess Rasso of Bavaria Maria Inmakulata, Countess Reinhart of Hoensbroech Palatines** : Archduchess Monika, Mrs. Charles de Rambures Archduchess Marie Christine, Mrs. Raymond van der Meide Archduchess Maria, Mrs. Wilhelm de Witt Margherita, Countess Benedikt of Piatti

18th generation	Descent of Charles I : Andrea, Hereditary Countess of Neipperg Monika, Duchess of Maqueda Michaela, Countess Hubertus of Kageneck Archduchess Gabriela, Mrs. Christian Meister Walburga, Countess Archibald Douglas Maria Beatrix, Countess Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg* Isabella, Countess Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi* Maria del Pilar, Edle Vollrad-Joachim von Poschinger Kinga, Baroness Wolfgang of Erffa Archduchess Marie Adelheid, Mrs. Jaime Corcuerra Archduchess Viridis, Mrs. Karl Dunning-Gribble Archduchess Alexandra, Mrs. Héctor Riesle Maria Constanza, Princess of Auersperg-Trautson Maria Anna, Princess Peter Galitzine Catharina, Countess Maximiliano Secco d'Aragona Descent of Maximilian : Archduchess Elisabeth, Mrs. James Litchfield Sophie, Princess of Windisch-Grätz Archduchess Marie Christine, Mrs. Clemens Guggenberg Tuscany : Archduchess Marie Bernadette, Mrs. Rupert Wolff Archduchess Katharina, Mrs. Niall Brooks Archduchess Alicia Archduchess Maria Christina Archduchess Margaretha, Mrs. Andreas Baumgartner Archduchess Marie Valerie, Mrs. Martin Josef Wagner Archduchess Hedwig Archduchess Veronika Palatines : Archduchess Johanna Archduchess Elisabeth Archduchess Celina Archduchess Maria Floriana Archduchess Sofía Archduchess Anna Carolina Archduchess Theresa Archduchess Sophie Archduchess Ladislaya

19th generation	Descent of Charles I : Archduchess Eleonore Archduchess Gloria Archduchess Sophie Archduchess Hilda Archduchess Maria Laura*° Archduchess Luisa Maria° Archduchess Laetitia Maria° Archduchess Helen* Archduchess Sophia Archduchess Maria Theresa Archduchess Margherite Archduchess Priscilla Archduchess Marie des Neiges Marie Christine, Countess Rodolphe of Limburg-Stirum Archduchess Gabriella Archduchess Antonia Archduchess Isabelle Archduchess Carlotta Descent of Maximilian : Archduchess Katharina Archduchess Amaya Archduchess Paulina Archduchess Lara Archduchess Leonie Tuscany : Archduchess Tatyana Archduchess Anabella Archduchess Tara Archduchess Valentina

20th generation	Descent of Charles I : Archduchess Zita Archduchess Anežka Archduchess Anna Archduchess Maria Stella * Archduchess Anna Astrid

* also an infanta of Spain ** also a princess of Tuscany *** also a princess of Modena ° also a princess of Belgium

Belgian princesses by birth

1st generation	Charlotte, Empress of Mexico

2nd generation	Princess Louise of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha Stéphanie, Crown Princess of Austria Clémentine, Princess Napoléon Princess Joséphine Princess Henriette, Duchess of Vendôme Princess Joséphine of Hohenzollern

3rd generation	Marie José, Queen of Italy

4th generation	Joséphine Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Princess Marie Christine, Mrs. Gourges Princess Marie Esméralda, Lady Moncada

5th generation	Astrid, Archduchess of Austria-Este

6th generation	Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant Princess Eléonore Princess Maria Laura, Archduchess of Austria-Este* Princess Luisa, Archduchess of Austria-Este Princess Laetitia, Archduchess of Austria-Este Princess Louise

*created princess of Belgium by Royal Decree of 2 December 1991

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