An archducal wedding - Archduke Pal marries Antonia Lütz

 

On July 27th, 2024  Archduke Pal of Austria and Antonia Lütz were married in a Roman Catholic service at the Bonner Münster in Bonn, Germany.  

The newlyweds share several lines of descent, from Emperor Leopold II of Austria and Prince Constantin of Löwenstein-Wertheim Rosenberg.  The groom is the son of Archduke Istvàn of Austria and Paola de Temesvàry.  The new archduchess is the daughter of Princess Maria Isabella Josefine Ulrike Ludmilla of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenburg and Manfred Lütz.

Archduke Pal Johannes Maria Marcus d'Aviano Melchior of Austria was born in Luxembourg on January 10, 1997.  He is the second of three children.  Pal earned a BA in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.  He left Switzerland to attend the University of Bath for a master's program in computer science.  Since January 2023, he has been the Commercial Manager for Munich-based Granular Energy, which "provides a platform for utilities to build and manage their green energy offers and trade hourly renewable energy certificates."

Antonia was born on July 9, 1996.  She has a BS in Business Informatics from Steinbeis Hochschule in Berlin.  She has been employed by Amazon Web Services for several years.

 

Archduke Michael with the Prince and Princess of Auersperg-Trautson

The Prince of Beira and Infante Diniz of Portugal

Antonia Pacher von Theinburg (nee von Poschinger), one of the groom's paternal first cousins

The Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg with his daughter-in-law, Stephanie and granddaughter, Augustina

Archduke Simeon and Archduchess Maria of Austria with their two eldest sons, Archdukes Johannes & Ludwig

Archduke Carl Peter and Archduchess Alexandra

The Prince and Princess of Auersperg-Trautson (Archduchess Constantza of Austria)

The Margravine of Meissen (Princess Gisela of Bavaria)

Princess Isabella, Frau Lütz and Archduke Istvan

Prince Carl Philipp of Croy

Archduke Michael, whose wife Christiane is the sister of Aloys, Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg

Infante Diniz of Portugal

The Duchess of Brabant (left)

Prince Felix of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, uncle of the bride

Guests at the wedding included the Duchess of Brabant, Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg, and two of their children, Prince Paul-Louis and Princess Charlotte of Nassau, the Prince of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, accompanied by his daughter-in-law, Hereditary Princess Stephanie, Archduke Michael and Archduchess Christiana of Austria, Archduke Carl Peter and Archduchess Alexandra of Austria, the Prince and Princess of Auersperg-Trautson, the Margravine of Meissen, the Prince of Beira and Infante Diniz of Portugal, the Prince of Beira and his brother Infante Diniz,  Prince Alexander von Croy, Prince Carl Philipp and Princess Anastasia von Croy, Archduke Simeon and Archduchess Maria of Austria and Countess Assunta von Waldburg zu Zeil und Trauchburg, who was also one of official photographers.

The photos were taken by a friend, who is the copyright holder