Eleonore von Habsburg | |
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Born |
Salzburg, Austria | 28 February 1994
Education | European Business School London |
Occupation(s) | Jewelry designer, gemologist |
Spouse | |
Children | 1 |
Parent(s) |
Karl von Habsburg Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza |
Relatives | House of Habsburg-Lorraine |
Eleonore von Habsburg-Lothringen (Eleonore Maria del Pilar Iona Christina Jelena; born 28 February 1994) is an Austrian jewelry designer, gemologist, and member of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Eleonore Habsburg-Lorraine was born in 1994 in Salzburg to Karl, a politician and head of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, and Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza de Kászon et Impérfalva, an art collector and by birth member of the Thyssen- Bornemisza family. [1] Her maternal grandparents are Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza and Fiona Frances Elaine Campbell-Walter, a model with an aristocratic background whose father, Vice-Admiral Keith McNeill Campbell-Walter, was Aide-de-camp to George VI. [2] Her paternal grandparents were Archduke Otto Habsburg, Crown Prince of Austria and Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen. Her paternal great-grandparents Charles I of Austria and Zita of Bourbon-Parma were the last Emperor and Empress of Austria. [3] Her brother is race car driver Ferdinand Habsburg. [4]
Habsburg-Lorraine attended boarding school in Gstaad before studying law at the European Business School London. [5] She completed her master's degree at Instituto Marangoni Milan in Fine Jewelry Design in 2020 and works as a jewelry designer. [6] Habsburg has also worked as a fashion model, being featured in advertisement campaigns and walking the runway for Dolce & Gabbana. [7] [8]
On 20 July 2020, Eleonore von Habsburg-Lorraine married Belgian race car driver Jérôme d'Ambrosio in a small civil ceremony at the Civil Registry of Monaco, conducted by the Mayor of Monaco Georges Marsan. [9] [10] On 20 October 2021 she gave birth to a son, Otto d'Ambrosio, named after her grandfather Otto von Habsburg. [11]