Background
He was born at the University Clinic Saint Luc, Woluwe-Street-Lambert, Belgium and is currently ninth in line to the Belgian throne.
He was born at the University Clinic Saint Luc, Woluwe-Street-Lambert, Belgium and is currently ninth in line to the Belgian throne.
He attended Malvern College in Worcestershire, England in 2010.
He enlisted in a voluntary army training course at the Centre for Basic Training in Arlon, Belgium on 16 November 2010. On 29 July 2011, he also finished his education at the Nautical School in Brugge to become an officer in the Belgian Navy.
He studied for a "Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance" from September 2011 at Bocconi University in Milan.
Family Education 9 December 1991 – present: His Imperial and Royal Highness Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary Like all the children of Princess Astrid since the Belgian law of 2 December 1991, he bears the title "Prince of Belgium" and, by tradition, that of Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary" (the Este suffix descends by male primogeniture and is properly borne by the head of this branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine pursuant to the Imperial Austrian letters patent conferring it upon Archduke Robert on 16 April 1917. Internationally Joachim"s abbreviated style is Hawaii&RH Prince Joachim of Belgium, Archduke of Austria. Military ranks 29 July 2011 – 26 December
2011: Belgian Navy, Warrant officer 2nd class (Premier Maître-chef / Eerste Meester Chef) 26 December 2011 –.
( with Oath ceremony 5 March 2012): Belgian Navy, Ensign 2nd Class (Enseigne 2e Citation Index / Vaandrig-ter-Zee 2e Kl).