Prince Amedeo of Belgium

King Albert IIQueen Paola Amedeo of Austria-Este (Habsburg-Lorraine) (Amedeo Marie Joseph Carl Pierre Philippe Paola Marcus d'Aviano; born 21 February 1986),[2] Prince of Belgium, is a grandson of King Albert II of Belgium, and thus a member of the Belgian royal family.

In September 2005, he began studies at the London School of Economics, where he graduated in 2008 with a BSc degree in Management, and took a sabbatical before entering professional life.

[4] On 15 February 2014, the Belgian Royal Court announced the engagement of Prince Amedeo to Nobile Elisabetta Lili Maria Rosboch von Wolkenstein (b.

[9][11] Amedeo and Elisabetta both descend from Don Giuseppe Tiberio Ruffo di Calabria-Santapau, 2nd Prince of Palazzolo, Count of Sinopoli (1627–1683) and his wife, Agata Branciforte-Colonna (1650-1720).

[12][13] The couple's wedding was celebrated on 5 July 2014 in Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere,[14] in the presence of the royal family (with the exception of his great-aunt Queen Fabiola), as well as members of the cadet branches of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, including the bridegroom's grandmother, Margherita of Savoy, Dowager Archduchess of Austria-Este, and members of other dynasties, including Princess Margaretha of Luxembourg and her husband Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein, Princess Beatrice of York and Jean-Christophe, Prince Napoléon.

[22] In 1993, his maternal grandfather acceded to the throne as King Albert II and he became third in Belgium's line of succession, following his uncle Prince Philippe, Duke of Brabant, and his mother.

Speculation in the media included a commentator on the military parade for La Une who, on 21 July 2014 (Belgian National Day), alleged that no royal authorisation was announced because the prince intentionally chose not to request permission to marry, and therefore Amedeo was no longer deemed in the line of succession.

[citation needed] In November 2015, a royal decree expressing King Philippe's retroactive permission for the marriage was gazetted in the Moniteur Belge,[23][24] without the consultation of the legislative chambers and in contravention of the Article 85 of the Belgian Constitution.