The Belgian royal family is in mourning: Princess Astrid has to say goodbye to a loved one who has left a large void.
Brussels – Princess Astrid (59) and her husband Prince Lorenz (66) mourn a close family member. According to media reports, Princess Margherita of Savoy-Aosta died at the age of 91 *.
Joy follows pain: just a few weeks after the palace announced the engagement of Princess Astrid's daughter Princess Maria Laura (33) and William Isvy, the Belgian royals suffer a sad blow with the death of Princess Margherita.
The mother of Prince Lorenz and mother-in-law of Princess Astrid was born as Princess of Savoy-Aosta on April 7, 1930 in Naples. In 1958, Princess Margherita and Robert von Österreich-Este (80, † 1996) tied the knot in France. Her marriage to the second eldest son of the last Austrian Emperor Karl I (34, † 1922) made the then 23-year-old Archduchess of Austria. The two had five children, Lorenz Habsburg-Lothringen is the eldest son of the couple. * 24royal.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA .
