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Archduke Robert Karl Ludwig Maximilian Michael Maria Anton Franz Ferdinand Joseph Otto Hubert Georg Pius Johannes Marcus d'Aviano of Austria-Este (Schonbrunn, February 8, 1915 - Basel, February 7, 1996), Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia was born as the second son of Karl I of Austria and Princess Zita. On April 16, 1917 he was created Archduke of Austria-Este by his father, Emperor Karl I of Austria.

He married Princess Margherita Isabella Maria Vittoria Emanuella Elena Gennara of Savoy-Aosta (b. 7 April 1930, elder daughter of the late Amadeo, 3rd Duke of Aosta on December 28, 1953 in Bourg-en-Bresse, France (civilly) and December 29, 1953 (religious), in Brou, France.
The couple had five children, all with the territorial designation of Austria-Este:

• Archduchess Maria Beatrice (December 11, 1954). Married Count Riprand of Arco-Zinneberg, a great-grandson of the last Bavarian king, Ludwig III, and has issue. They have six daughters:
  • Countess Anna Therese von Arco-Zinneberg (1981- );
  • Countess Margherita von Arco-Zinneberg (1983- );
  • Countess Olympia von Arco-Zinneberg (1988- );
  • Countess Maximiliana von Arco-Zinneberg (1990- );
  • Countess Marie Gabrielle von Arco-Zinneberg (1992- );
  • Countess Giorgiana von Arco-Zinneberg (1997- );
• Archduke Lorenz (December 16, 1955), Created Prince of Belgium on November 10, 1995. Married September 22, 1984 at Brussels, Princess Astrid of Belgium (b. 1962) only daughter of King Albert II of the Belgians. They have three daughters and two sons:
  • Prince Amedeo of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1986- );
  • Princess Maria Laura of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1988- );
  • Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria-Este (1991- );
  • Princess Luisa Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (1995- );
  • Princess Laetitia Maria of Belgium, Archduchess of Austria-Este (2003- );
• Archduke Gerhard (October 30, 1957);
• Archduke Martin (December 21, 1959). Married Princess Katharina of Isenburg-Birstein. They have a son:
  • Archduke Bartholomaeus of Austria (2006- );
• Archduchess Isabella (March 2, 1963). Married Count Andrea Czarnocki-Lucheschi. They have three sons and a daughter:
  • Alvise Czarnocki-Lucheschi (1999- );
  • Carlo Amedeo Czarnocki-Lucheschi (2000- );
  • Maria Anna Czarnocki-Lucheschi (2002- );
  • Alessandro Czarnocki-Lucheschi (2004- );

• An Online Gotha: Austria Genealogy of the Imperial House of Austria-Hungary