Princess Marie-Astrid was educated in Luxembourg and Belgium, where she took the State Nursing Diploma in 1974. She later specialised in tropical medicine at the Prince Leopold Institute.
Princess Marie-Astrid is President of the Youth Branch of the Luxembourg Red Cross.
On 6 February 1982, Princess Marie-Astrid married Archduke Carl Christian of Habsburg-Lorraine at the Cathedral of Our Lady in Luxembourg. The couple have three children: Princess Marie-Christine (born on 31 July 1983), Prince Imre (born on 8 December 1985), Prince Christophe (born on 2 February 1988), Prince Alexander (born on 26 September 1990) and Princess Gabriella (born on 26 March 1994). The family live in Brussels.
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