She had been married since 2007 to Archduke Carl Christian, and it was the family that announced with sorrow her passing.
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The European aristocracy is in mourning following the death of Archduchess Estelle of Austria at the age of 46. The news was confirmed by her family through a statement in which they expressed their "deep sadness." Her husband, Archduke Carl Christian, along with their five children, her parents, and her in-laws, mourned the irreparable loss that occurred on Tuesday, March 4, 2025.
Marriage and Family Life
Estelle of Austria, born as Estelle Lapra de Saint Romain, married Archduke Carl Christian in April 2007. The civil ceremony took place in Montgirod, a town in Savoy near the Italian border. A month later, the couple celebrated their religious wedding in Saint Bruno, in Voiron, near Orsay, her hometown. Distinguished members of royalty attended the wedding, such as Astrid of Belgium, Marie of Orleans, and Prince Jean Napoléon. For their honeymoon, the newlyweds traveled to Mexico.
La archiduquesa Estelle de Austria y el archiduque Carl Christian el día de su boda.The couple resided in Nice, on the French Riviera, with their five children: Zita, 17 years old; Anezka, 15; Anna, 13; Paola, 10; and Pier Giorgio, 4. In 2019, Estelle and Carl Christian attended Le Bal in Paris, coinciding with the 50th anniversary of the prestigious debutante ball, which was also attended by Victoria and Cristina Iglesias, daughters of Julio Iglesias.
Aristocratic Lineage and Legacy
Daughter of Pierre Lapra de Saint Romain and Nora Boucharlat de Chazotte, Estelle was part of an illustrious European noble family. Her husband, Carl Christian, works in private banking in Monaco and is a direct descendant of Emperor Charles I of Austria and IV of Hungary,the last sovereign of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father, Archduke Rudolf, and his mother, Maria Elena, also Baroness of Villenfagne de Vogelsanck, link him to both the Austrian Imperial House and the Belgian nobility.
Carl Christian's grandfather was Archduke Charles Louis and his grandmother, Princess Yolanda of Ligne. The Habsburg-Lorraine family obtained the title of princes in Belgium thanks to King Baudouin, who in 1983 officially integrated this branch into the country's nobility.
El archiduque Carl Christian y Estelle de Austria. Carl Christian, a graduate of the University of Konstanz and the Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt in Germany, combined his economic education with his aristocratic lineage. His marriage to Estelle consolidated a legacy now marked by the tragic loss of the archduchess.
The causes of her death are still unknown, but the news has caused great shock in the European noble circle.
