Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este
Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este, was the second son of Charles I, last Emperor of Austria-Hungary, and Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. He was also known as Robert Karl Erzherzog von Österreich.
Archduke of Austria-Este
On 16 April 1917, at the age of two, his father the Emperor ceded the title of Archduke of Austria-Este in Robert's favour. Archduke Robert was thereby chosen to preserve, in the form of a distinct secundogeniture, the Habsburg-Lorraine representation of the once-sovereign Duchy of Modena which had belonged to the House of Este. He was thus made heir to his assassinated relative Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, who had inherited in 1875 the Austria-Este designation and what had been salvaged of the Este fortune when the duchy was annexed to Italy in 1860.Family
Archduke Robert married Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta on 28 December 1953 in Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain, France and 29 December 1953, in Brou, Eure-et-Loir, France.The couple had five children:
- Archduchess Maria Beatrice married on 26 April 1980 in Chartres Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg, a great-grandson of the last Bavarian king, Ludwig III and of Maria Theresia, Archduchess of Austria-Este. They have six daughters:
- * Countess Anna Theresa von und zu Arco-Zinneberg married on 29 September 2018, at Niederaltaich Abbey in Bavaria, Colin McKenzie. They have two children.
- ** Josephine McKenzie
- ** Caspar McKenzie
- * Countess Margherita von und zu Arco-Zinneberg married on 19 March 2022, in Moos, Bavaria, Charles Douglas Green
- * Countess Olympia von und zu Arco-Zinneberg married on 17 October 2019, in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon. They have one son.
- ** Louis Charles Napoleon
- * Countess Maximiliana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg married on 17 May 2023, in Moos, Bavaria, Byron Houdayer
- * Countess Marie Gabrielle von und zu Arco-Zinneberg, who is a mezzo-soprano opera singer
- * Countess Giorgiana von und zu Arco-Zinneberg
- Prince Lorenz of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este married on 22 September 1984 at Brussels, Princess Astrid of Belgium, daughter of Albert II, King of the Belgians. They have five children:
- *Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Hereditary Archduke of Austria-Este married Elisabetta Rosboch von Wolkenstein on 5 July 2014 in Rome, Italy. They have three children.
- ** Princess Anna Astrid
- ** Prince Maximilian
- ** Princess Alix
- * Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este married William Isvy on 10 September 2022 in Brussels, Belgium. They have one son:
- ** Albert Isvy
- * Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este
- * Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
- * Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este
- Archduke Gerhard married in 2015 Iris Jandrasits.
- Archduke Martin married in 2004 Princess Katharina of Isenburg, sister of Sophie, Princess of Prussia and Isabelle, Princess of Wied. They have four children:
- * Archduke Bartholomaeus of Austria
- * Archduke Emmanuel of Austria
- * Archduchess Helene of Austria
- * Archduke Luigi of Austria
- Archduchess Isabella married in 1997 Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi. They have four children:
- * Alvise Czarnocki-Lucheschi
- * Carlo Amedeo Czarnocki-Lucheschi
- * Maria Anna Czarnocki-Lucheschi
- * Alessandro Czarnocki-Lucheschi