Princess Elisabetta of Belgium


Princess Elisabetta of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este, is an Italian-born member of the Belgian royal family. She is the wife of Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este.

Birth and family

Elisabetta, an Italian aristocrat and journalist, was born in Rome on 9 September 1987, the only child of Italian film producer Ettore Rosboch von Wolkenstein and his wife Anna Maria "Lilia" dei Conti di Smecchia, also a film producer.
Her godfather and uncle was the so-called "editor prince" Don Carlo Caracciolo, 9th Prince di Castagneto and 4th Duke di Melito, who, with Donna Marella Caracciolo di Castagneto, wife of Fiat tycoon Gianni Agnelli, are Ettore's half-siblings, all children of Don Filippo Caracciolo, 8th Prince di Castagneto, Elisabetta's grandfather.
Elisabetta's paternal grandmother, née Elisabeth :File:POL_COA_Jaworski_hrabia.svg|Jaworski von Wolkenstein had been a widow for months of Italian Finance Undersecretary Nob. Ettore Bernardo Rosboch, when her son Ettore was born to Don Filippo. In 2008 Don Carlo left Elisabetta and her father US$1 million in his will. Elisabetta's godmother is her aunt, Countess Muni Sassoli de' Bianchi, her mother's sister.

Education and career

Elisabetta obtained her baccalauréat at Rome's Lycée Chateaubriand in Economics and Social Sciences in 2005. She then moved to London to study comparative literature and film at Queen Mary University of London. She received a bachelor of arts degree with upper-class honours from Queen Mary in May 2009.
Since September 2009, Elisabetta has worked for Bloomberg News' cultural section.

Marriage and children

On 15 February 2014, the Belgian Royal Court announced the engagement of Elisabetta and Prince Amedeo.
The couple's wedding was celebrated on 5 July 2014 in Rome's Basilica Santa Maria in Trastevere. Their daughter, Archduchess Anna Astrid, was born on 17 May 2016 at :nl: UMC Sint-Pieter|UMC Sint-Pieter in Brussels. On 6 September 2019 their second child, Archduke Maximilian, was born.

Ancestry