Archduchess Estelle of Austria: Sudden death shakes Europe!

Archduchess Estelle of Austria: Sudden death shakes Europe!

Nizza, Frankreich - Der europäische Adel trauert um die Erzherzogin Estelle von Österreich, die am 4. März 2025 im Alter von nur 46 Jahren unerwartet verstorben ist. This tragic news was announced by her family in a message in the "Carnet du Figaro", in which you can tell that "her husband, Archduke Carl Christian, her children, her parents and her in -laws are deeply sad." There are currently no details about the cause of death, which increases the grief for archduchess. Estelle, born Lapra de Saint Romain, leaves her husband and five children: Zita (17), Anezka (15), Anna (13), Paola (10) and Pier-Giorgio (4).

The background to Estelle's life is also moving. Although she comes from a French family without noble descent, she became a member of the Habsburg-Lorraine Haus in April 2007 through her marriage to Archduke Carl Christian von Austria. The couple led a withdrawn life in Nice on the Côte d’Azur, far from the ramp light. On March 11, 2025, the funeral took place with a solemn requiem in the Franciscan monastery of Cimiez in Nice, as reported by the international “Hola”.

a life in the shadow of the public

Archduchess Estelle was part of one of the most famous nobility families in Europe, although after the end of the monarchy in Austria, the Habsburgs were no longer allowed to carry their nobility titles. Nevertheless, your title is often used in unofficial circles or abroad. The grief for Estelle shows how strong the gang are in the nobility, even if their roots were not royal. Carl Christian, as a great-grandson of Emperor Karl I, the last emperor of Austria-Hungary, and Estelle shaped the family life of her five children in France, where they built up a new chapter. The grief for her much too early death combines the European nobility in a moment of sadness and respect for a remarkable woman.