Princess Astrid of Belgium

Princess Astrid was born one day before her father's 28th birthday at the Belvédère Château in Laeken, northern Brussels, and was named after her late paternal grandmother, Astrid of Sweden, King Leopold III's popular first wife, who had died in 1935 in a car accident aged 29. Princess Astrid's godparents were her uncle Fabrizio, Prince Ruffo di Calabria-Santapau, 7th Duke di Guardia Lombarda, and her aunt Hereditary Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg. Marriage and issue Princess Astrid married Archduke Lorenz of Austria-Este, subsequently head of the House of Austria-Este, on 22 September 1984 at the Church of Our Lady of Victories at the Sablon in Brussels. Lorenz is the eldest son of Robert, Archduke of Austria-Este (1915–1996) and Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta (1930–2022). • Prince Amedeo Maria Josef Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born on 21 February 1986 at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc in Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Brussels). Married Elisabetta "Lili" Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein on 5 July 2014 in Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere. They have three children: • Archduke Maximilian Joseph Lorenz Ettore Karl Marcus d'Aviano of Austria-Este (born on 6 September 2019) • Archduchess Alix Lorenza Anne Marie Josephine of Austria-Este (born on 2 September 2023) • Princess Maria Laura Zita Beatrix Gerhard of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born on 26 August 1988 at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc in Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Brussels), married William Mark Isvy (b. 9 March 1991) on 10 September 2022 at the Cathedral of St. Michael and St. Gudula in Brussels. They have one son: • Albert Isvy (born on 26 January 2025) • Prince Joachim Karl-Maria Nikolaus Isabelle Marcus d'Aviano of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (born on 9 December 1991 at Cliniques universitaires Saint-Luc in Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Brussels). • Princess Luisa Maria Anna Martine Pilar of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born 11 October 1995 at Clinique St Jean in Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Brussels). • Princess Laetitia Maria Nora Anna Joachim Zita of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (born on 23 April 2003 at Clinique St Jean in Woluwé-Saint-Lambert, Brussels). ==Royal role==

Astrid was formerly President of the Belgian Red Cross, In April 2015, the Princess took over the Prince Albert Fund from her father King Albert. Special Envoy Princess Astrid has been for many years an advocate for landmine survivors rights, participating actively in the work of the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, also known as the Ottawa Treaty, since Belgium joined in 1998. In 2013, the Princess was named Special Envoy of the convention, and has promoted the acceptance of a global ban on landmines and promoted the rights of survivors in various UN meetings. In 2019, she carried out a mission to Lebanon to promote the convention. In Beirut she met with President Michel Aoun, and Minister of National Defense Elias Bou Saab. ==Titles, styles and honours==

Titles • 5 June 1962 – 22 September 1984: Her Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium • 22 September 1984 – present: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Princess Astrid of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este Honours National • : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Leopold I Foreign • : Grand Cross, 1st Class of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany • : Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary • : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau • : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown • : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Merit • : • Latin Catholic Patriarchate of Jerusalem: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre • : Grand Cross of the Order of Prince Henry • : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit • : Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Polar Star Awards • : Freedom of the City of Lima • • : Honorary Citizen of Seoul Other 2016 : Honorary mayor and The Hidalgo Award of San Antonio, Texas. ==Arms==