Royal Profile: 25 Facts About Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este

  1. Princess Luisa Maria Anna Martine Pilar of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este was born 11 October 1995 as the second youngest child of Prince Lorenz of Belgium, The Archduke of Austria-Este and Princess Astrid of Belgium, The Archduchess of Austria-Este{Source}.
  2. She has three older siblings, a younger sister{Source}:
    1. Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986)
    2. Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1988)
    3. Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1991)
    4. Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (2003)
  3. She has a sister-in-law:
    1. Archduchess Elisabetta 'Lili' Maria of Austria-Este (1987, m.2014)
  4. Through her eldest brother's marriage, she has a niece:
    1. Archduchess Anna Astrid of Austria-Este (2016)
  5. She also has a new nephew:
    1. Archduke Maximilian of Austria-Este (2019)
  6. She was educated in Belgium and England.
  7.  Like her elder siblings and cousins did before her, she attended Sint Jan Berchmans College in Belgium.
  8.  In 2009, she began to attend Sevenoaks College in England, just like her eldest brother had before her{Source}. 
  9. She attended university in McGill University in Montreal, Canada{Source}
  10. . In 2017, she traveled through Australia with a group of university friends.
  11. Since her mother is fiercely private about her children's lives, Princess Luisa Maria is rarely seen in the public eye. 
  12. In recent years as she and her siblings get older, her mother has relaxed a bit, allowing them to attend events. 
  13. In 2003, she attended her youngest siblings baptism {Photos} and was a flower girl in her uncle Prince Laurent's wedding to Claire Combs. 
  14. In 2008, she attended her great-aunt, Queen Faboila's 80th birthday celebrations {Photo
  15. Also in 2008, she took part in the Royal Family's annual summer photocall {Photos}.
  16. In 2011, she joined her mother and youngest sister for the world premiere of The Adventures of Tintin directed by Steven Spielberg {Photos}{Source}. 
  17. In 2012, she attended her mother's 50th birthday celebrations {Photo} and the family photocall {Photos}. 
  18. In 2013, she was among the Royal Family when they attended the abdication ceremony and investiture ceremonies of her grandfather and uncle and National Day celebrations {Photos}. 
  19. In 2014, she served as a bridesmaid to her sister-in-law in her brother's wedding{Source}.
  20.  In March 2018, while her uncle and aunt were on an official visit to Canada, she joined them at the reception offered to the Belgian community living in Quebec and later joined her aunt when Queen Mathilde toured McGill University{Source}.
  21. Since 2016, she has been in a relationship with Prince Karl of Auersperg-Ilias Breunner, who she met while they were both studying politcal science in Caanda.
  22. Princess Luisa Maria is presently 10th in line for the Belgian throne after her four cousins, mother, a brother and sister, niece and nephew. 
  23. She speaks French, Dutch, German and English.
  24. Her godparents consisted of her paternal uncle Archduke Martin of Austria-Este and her great-aunt's niece, Pilar Escriva de Romani.
  25. She is named for:
    1. Luisa: for her maternal great grandmother, Luisa Gazelli dei Conti di Rossana
    2. Maria: either for the Catholic Virgin Mary or her maternal greatx2 grandmother, Maria Cristina dei Conti Rignon
    3. Anna: her paternal greatx3 grandmother, Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal
    4. Martine: No idea.
    5. Pilar: her godmother

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