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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg to Abdicate

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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg; Credit – Wikipedia

In his Christmas Eve speech on December 24, 2024, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg announced that he would abdicate in favor of his eldest son Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg on October 3, 2025. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg has a history of abdications. On November 12, 1964, Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg signed the declaration of abdication after a reign that lasted nearly 46 years. Her eldest son became the new reigning Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. On October 7, 2000, Grand Duke Jean abdicated in favor of his eldest son Grand Duke Henri.

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg was born on April 16, 1955, in Betzdorf Castle in Luxembourg. He is the eldest son and the second of the five children of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. Henri married María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla civilly at the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg City on February 4, 1981, and religiously on February 14, 1981, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City. The couple had five children.

Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg; Credit – Maison du Grand-Duc / Sophie Margue

Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg was born on November 11, 1981, at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. As the eldest son, Guillaume became Hereditary Grand Duke in 2000 when his father acceded to the throne upon the abdication of Grand Duke Jean. Prince Guillaume married Countess Stéphanie de Lanoy in a civil ceremony at the City Hall in Luxembourg City, on October 19, 2012. Their religious wedding took place on October 20, 2012, at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City.

Prince Charles of Luxembourg with his parents in 2023

Guillaume and Stéphanie have two sons. Their elder son Prince Charles of Luxembourg, born  May 10, 2020, will become the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg when his father becomes the Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Read more about the Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family at Unofficial Royalty: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Index.

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Luxembourg National Day – June 23 – Luxembourg

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Grand Ducal Family on National Day 2024; Credit – ©House of the Grand Duke / Kary Barthelmey (L to R: Prince Félix, Prince Louis, Princess Alexandra and her husband Nicolas Bagory, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, Grand Duke Henri, Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume)

Luxembourg National Day is celebrated every year on June 23. The official birthday of the reigning Grand Duke or Grand Duchess is also celebrated on that day.

Background

Before 1961, the date of Luxembourg National Day changed with each reign and was celebrated on the birthday of the reigning Grand Duke or Grand Duchess. When Grand Duchess Charlotte came to the throne in 1919, Luxembourg National Day was celebrated on her birthday, January 23, in the middle of winter. Her son and eventual heir Grand Duke Jean was also born in January. On December 23, 1961, by Grand Ducal decree, Grand Duchess Charlotte declared Luxembourg National Day would be permanently celebrated on June 23 when the weather would be more favorable. Celebrations begin on June 22 and continue through June 23.

What happens on Luxembourg National Day?

June 22

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie visit Esch-Uelzecht (2024); Credit – © SIP / Emmanuel Claude

The reigning Grand Duke or reigning Grand Duchess and his/her spouse make an official visit to a town in Luxembourg. The Hereditary Grand Duke or Duchess and his/her spouse make an official visit to Esch-Uelzecht, Luxembourg’s second-largest city.

At the Grand Ducal Palace in Luxembourg City, the capital and largest city in Luxembourg, there is a ceremonial changing of the guard at 4:00 PM.

Torchlight Procession (2024); Credit – © House of the Grand Duke / Claude Pisctelli

In the evening, national and local associations, brass bands, and folk groups parade through the streets of Luxembourg City in a torchlight procession.

Fireworks (2024); Credit – © House of the Grand Duke / Claude Piscitelli

At 11:00 PM, a large firework display set off from the Adolphe Bridge in Luxembourg City.

June 23

Civil Ceremony at the Philharmonie Luxembourg (2024); Credit – © House of the Grand Duke / Kary Barthelmey

The celebrations begin with a civil ceremony at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, known officially as the Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte Concert Hall, in Luxembourg City. The reigning Grand Duke or the reigning Grand Duchess, the President of the Parliament, and the Prime Minister give speeches to an audience of government officials, foreign diplomats accredited to Luxembourg, and other dignitaries. The reigning Grand Duke or reigning Grand Duchess awards the Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolphe of Nassau to individuals who have distinguished themselves by their loyalty and meritorious services to the Grand Duke, the Grand-Ducal House Maison, and the country.

After the ceremony at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, a 21-gun salute is fired in honor of the reigning Grand Duke or the reigning Grand Duchess.

Grand Duke Henri and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and the Chief of Staff review the troops (2024); Credit – © House of the Grand Duke / Kary Barthelmey

At noon there is a military parade on Liberty Avenue. The Grand Duke, the Hereditary Grand Duke, and the Chief of Staff review the troops, who salute them in return with a resounding triple “Vive! Vive! Vive!” (Long Live! Long Live! Long Live!). Besides the Luxembourg Armed Forces, the Grand Ducal Police, the Customs and Excise Administration, the Prison Administration, the Grand Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps, the Luxembourg Red Cross, and the Grand Duke Adolphe Union march participate in the parade.

The Grand Ducal Family attending the Te Deum (2024); Credit – Credit – © House of the Grand Duke / Kary Barthelmey

In the afternoon, the Te Deum, a religious service of blessing and thanks, is held at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

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  • Luxemburgischer Nationalfeiertag. (2024). Wikipedia. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxemburgischer_Nationalfeiertag
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A New Baby in Luxembourg!

Prince Felix with Princess Claire with their two eldest children Princess Amalia and Prince Liam, 2023; Credit – The Grand Ducal Court

Prince Felix of Luxembourg, the second child and the second of the four sons of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, and his wife Princess Claire have announced the birth of their third child, a son, Prince Balthasar Felix Karl of Nassau. Prince Balthasar was born on  January 7, 2024 at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. He weighed 3,220 kg/7.1 lbs. and measured 50 cm/19 in. and is seventh in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg.

The press release read:

We are happy to announce the birth of our son, born on January 7, 2024 at the Grand-Duchesse Charlotte Maternity Hospital.
The newborn Prince will be named Balthasar Felix Karl.
It weighs 3,220 kg and measures 50 cm.

The baby and Princess Claire are in perfect health.

Félix and Claire
with Amalia and Liam

The couple already had two children:

  • Princess Amalia Gabriella Maria Teresa of Nassau (born June 15, 2014)
  • Prince Liam Henri Hartmut of Nassau (born on November 28, 2016)

Read more about the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg at Unofficial Royalty: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Index.

Breaking News: Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and Nicolas Bagory are expecting their first child

Nicolas Bagory and Princess Alexandra Photo Credit – © Grand Duke’s House / Sophie Margue https://www.facebook.com/courgrandducale

On December 18, 2023, the Grand Ducal House of Luxembourg announced that Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and Nicolas Bagory are expecting their first child in the spring of 2024.

The announcement said: “Their Royal Highnesses the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess are delighted to announce that Princess Alexandra and Mister Nicolas Bagory are expecting their first child. The birth is scheduled for spring. The Grand Duke, the Grand Duchess as well as the members of the two families join in this great happiness.”

Princess Alexandra, born February 16, 1991, is the fourth child of the five children and the only daughter of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg,

On November 7, 2022, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Theresa of Luxembourg announced the engagement of Princess Alexandra to Nicolas Bagory. Nicolas was born on November 11, 1988, and grew up in Brittany, France. Alexandra married Nicolas in a civil ceremony in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on April 22, 2023, followed by a religious ceremony at Saint Trophy in Bormes-les-Mimosas, Var, France on April 29, 2023.

Ancestors of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg; Credit – Maison du Grand-Duc / Sophie Margue

On the side of his father, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg, Prince Guillaume has an impressive set of royal ancestors. Among his ancestors are Kings of Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden, and of course rulers of the Principality of Luxembourg.

King Miguel I of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg are Guillaume’s great-great-great-grandparents two times and also his great-great-great-great-grandparents. When Miguel’s father King João VI of Portugal died in 1826, his elder brother Pedro became King of Portugal.  Pedro was king for only two months, abdicating in favor of his daughter Queen Maria II.  Miguel served as regent for his niece Maria and then claimed the Portuguese throne in his own right in 1828. This led to a difficult political situation, during which many people were killed, imprisoned, persecuted, or sent into exile, finally culminating in the Portuguese Liberal Wars. Ultimately, Miguel was deposed in 1834 and lived the last 32 years of his life in exile in the Duchy of Baden.

Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was never Queen of Portugal because she and Miguel did not marry until 1851. When Miguel died in 1866, all his children were under the age of fifteen.  Adelaide continued to raise their children and arranged some rather brilliant marriages for them despite their dubious status. Through the marriages of their many children and grandchildren, Miguel and Adelaide are the ancestors of the current monarchs of Belgium, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg, as well as pretenders to the thrones of Austria, Bavaria, Italy, and Portugal.

Guillaume’s mother Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, was born Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla in Havana, Cuba. Her parents José Antonio Mestre y Álvarez and María Teresa Batista y Falla de Mestre were both from Cuban bourgeois families of Spanish descent.

Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Great-Great-Grandparents, and Great-Great-Great-Grandparents of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (born November 11, 1981)

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Parents

Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla, parents; Credit – Wikipedia

Grandparents

Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium, paternal grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Grandparents

Leopold III, King of the Belgians and Princess Astrid of Sweden, great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Grandparents

Prince Carl of Sweden and Princess Ingeborg of Denmark, great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

Miguel I, former King of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, two times great-great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

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Prince François of Luxembourg

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Prince François of Luxembourg; Credit – StudioByC / Celine Maia

Prince François of Luxembourg was born on March 27, 2023, at Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. He is the second of the two sons of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy, and is third in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg after his father and his elder brother. François’ paternal grandparents are  Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg born Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista Falla. His maternal grandparents are Count Philippe de Lannoy and Alix della Faille de Leverghem, both from noble Belgian families.

François has one elder brother:

Prince François, held by his grandmother Grand Duchess Maria Theresa with his grandfather Grand Duke Henri, his parents and his brother on the day of his baptism; Credit – House of the Grand Duke / Sophie Margue

On June 3, 2023, at Fischbach Church, near Fischbach Castle, the home of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Prince François was baptized during a mass presided over by Cardinal Jean-Claude Hollerich, Archbishop of Luxemburg.

François’s godparents were:

He was given the names:

  • François: This is the first time the name has been used as a first name in the grand ducal family. François is one of the middle names of Prince Robert of Luxembourg, a paternal first cousin of Grand Duke Henri. François is the French version of Francis, the name of Pope Francis, the head of the Roman Catholic Church when François was baptized. It is also the name of several Catholic saints.
  • Henri: for his paternal grandfather Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg
  • Louis: possibly for his paternal uncle Prince Louis of Luxembourg
  • Marie: in honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a common name among male and female Roman Catholic royalty
  • Guillaume: for his father

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  • Baptême de S.A.R. le Prince François (2023) Cour Grand-Ducale. Available at: https://monarchie.lu/fr/actualites/bapteme-de-sar-le-prince-francois (Accessed: 29 June 2023).
  • Flantzer, Susan. (2014) Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Unofficial Royalty. Available at: https://www.unofficialroyalty.com/prince-guillaume-hereditary-grand-duke-of-luxembourg/%C2%A0 (Accessed: 29 June 2023).
  • H.R.H. Prince François (2023) Cour Grand-Ducale. Available at: https://monarchie.lu/en/grand-ducal-family/hrh-prince-francois (Accessed: 29 June 2023).
  • Toureille, Claire. (2023) Royal Family of Luxembourg Baptise Little Prince Francois, Daily Mail Online. Available at: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-12157341/Royal-family-Luxembourg-baptise-little-Prince-Francois.html (Accessed: 29 June 2023).

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

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Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City; Credit – By Francisco Anzola – Notre Dame, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32183261

Notre Dame Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church in Luxembourg City, the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. Luxembourg was under Habsburg rule from 1444 – 1794 and then under French rule from 1794 -1815. At the Congress of Vienna in 1815, Luxembourg was made a Grand Duchy and united in a personal union with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The King of the Netherlands was also the Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg remained in personal union with the Netherlands until the death of King Willem III of the Netherlands in 1890. His successor was his daughter Wilhelmina who could not inherit the throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg due to the Salic Law which prevented female succession. The new Grand Duke of Luxembourg was Adolphe who had been Duke of Nassau until it was annexed to Prussia in 1866. The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg was then, and still is, a member of the House of Nassau-Weilburg.

The Jesuit College of Luxembourg and its church in 1686; Credit – Wikipedia

The late Gothic style church was originally built for the Jesuit College of Luxembourg, (link in French) a Catholic Jesuit secondary school for boys. The church cornerstone was laid in 1613 and the church was consecrated and dedicated to the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary in 1621. In 1773, the Jesuit order was suppressed and the school became the secular Luxembourg Athenaeum which is still in existence. At that time, the Habsburg ruler, Empress Maria Theresa of Austria gave the church to Luxembourg City.

The church became a parish church in 1778 under the name St. Nicolas and St. Thérèse, In 1801, the church once again changed its name to St. Peter before receiving its final name in 1848, Notre-Dame, French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In 1870, when Luxembourg became a diocese, Notre-Dame Church became Notre-Dame Cathedral and Nikolaus Adames became the first Bishop of Luxembourg. In 1988, the Diocese of Luxembourg was raised to an Archdiocese and Jean Hengen became the first Archbishop of Luxembourg.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City; Credit – By Ich (Jeff Croisé) – Self-photographed, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=33037478

From 1935 to 1938 the cathedral was enlarged and expanded using the plans of the Luxembourgish architect Hubert Schumacher (link in German) who also supervised the construction. The west tower, the original tower of the Jesuit church which contains the bells, was joined by two new towers, the east tower and the central tower which stands over the transept. A crypt was built under the choir for the tombs of the Bishops and Archbishops of Luxembourg.

Interior of Notre-Dame Cathedral; Credit – By Johnny Chicago at lb.wikipedia – Own workTransferred from lb.wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=644978

Another crypt was built for the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg. The entrance to the Grand Ducal Crypt is marked by a gate with two bronze lions on either side designed by the Luxembourgish sculptor and painter Auguste Trémont (link in French).

Entrance to the Grand Ducal Crypt; Credit – By Joachim Specht – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=44552120

Because the first three Grand Dukes of Luxembourg were also Kings of the Netherlands and Protestant, they were buried at the Nieuwe Kerk (New Church) in Delft, the Netherlands, the traditional burial place of the Dutch Royal Family. Grand Duke Adolphe, his wife Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, and their son Grand Duke Guillaume were also Protestant and were all buried at the Castle Chuch of Schloss Weilburg, the former residence of the Counts and Dukes of Nassau-Weilburg, now in Weilburg, Hesse, Germany. However, because the majority of his subjects were Roman Catholic, Grand Duke Guillaume married the Roman Catholic Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal and their six daughters were raised in the Catholic religion. Since then, the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg has been Roman Catholic.

Interior of the Grand Ducal Crypt; Credit – Par Abbaca — Travail personnel, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=74928427

Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg, who reigned 1912 – 1919, was the first family member to be buried in the Grand Ducal Crypt after she died of influenza in 1924 at the age of 29. However, there are royal remains in the Grand Ducal Crypt that are much older. In 1945, the remains of Jean of Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia were removed from his burial place and reinterred with military honors in the Grand Ducal Crypt of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Born in Luxembourg in 1296, Jean is famous for having died while fighting in the Battle of Crécy at age 50, after having been blind for a decade. He is considered a Luxembourg national hero.

Tomb of Jean of Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg, King of Bohemia; Credit – By Dudva – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=79558829

Royal Weddings at Notre-Dame Cathedral

Wedding of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy in 2012; Credit – Grand Ducal Court, photo: Vic Fischbach

Royal Burials at Notre-Dame Cathedral

Grand Duke Jean’s coffin resting in the Ducal Crypt after his funeral in 2019. Memorial plaques for family members are on the wall; Photo – www.cathol.lu

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Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue, former fiancée of Prince Louis of Luxembourg

by Susan Flantzer 
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On April 6, 2021, the Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg announced the engagement of Prince Louis of Luxembourg and Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue. Prince Louis is the third of the four sons and the third of the five children of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Marie Teresa of Luxembourg (born Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista). Less than a year later, on February 22, 2022, the couple announced that they were amicably ending their four-year relationship. Louis and Scarlett-Lauren issued an official statement which said: “We have decided not to pursue our romantic relationship, while remaining deeply bound by friendship and tenderness. It is a decision we have made together upon serious reflection.”

Born in Bordeaux, France on August 8, 1991, Scarlett-Lauren is the daughter of Pierre Sirgue, (in French) a French lawyer specializing in health law, and Scarlett Berrebi, a French lawyer specializing in family law. She is a lawyer in her parents’ law firm Berrebi and Sirgue (in French)  with offices in Paris and Bordeaux, and Louis works as a mediator in the same law firm. Scarlett has an older sister Elisabeth Defforey (born 1987, Elisabeth Sirgue) and a younger brother Archibald Sirgue (born 1997), both mediators.

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Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue and Prince Louis of Luxembourg attend the “Children For Peace” Auction Gala Dinner at Le Grand Bistro de Breteuil on March 11, 2020 in Paris, France

Scarlett-Lauren attended the Paris Descartes University in Paris, France. She then studied law at the Professional Bar Training School (link in French) under the jurisdiction of the Paris Court of Appeals. As part of her training, Scarlett-Lauren worked as a legal assistant in a law firm from 2013 – 2014, and then as a lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeals from 2015 – 2016. Scarlett-Lauren was admitted to the Paris Bar in 2014 and, in 2016, was sworn in with full privileges as a lawyer. She began her career as a lawyer alongside her mother in family law but then moved on to victims’ law, still in her parents’ law firm.

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Ancestors of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg; Credit – Wikipedia

Grand Duke Henri has an impressive set of royal ancestors. Among his ancestors are Kings of Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden, and of course rulers of the Principality of Luxembourg.

King Miguel I of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg are Grand Duke Henri’s great-great-grandparents two times and also his great-great-great-grandparents. When Miguel’s father King João VI of Portugal died in 1826, his elder brother Pedro became King of Portugal.  Pedro was king for only two months, abdicating in favor of his daughter Queen Maria II.  Miguel served as regent for his niece Maria and then claimed the Portuguese throne in his own right in 1828. This led to a difficult political situation, during which many people were killed, imprisoned, persecuted, or sent into exile, finally culminating in the Portuguese Liberal Wars.  Ultimately, Miguel was deposed in 1834 and lived the last 32 years of his life in exile in the Duchy of Baden.

Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was never Queen of Portugal because she and Miguel did not marry until 1851. When Miguel died in 1866, all his children were under the age of fifteen.  Adelaide continued to raise their children and arranged some rather brilliant marriages for them despite their dubious status. Through the marriages of their many children and grandchildren, Miguel and Adelaide are the ancestors of the current monarchs of Belgium, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg, as well as pretenders to the thrones of Austria, Bavaria, Italy, and Portugal.

Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Great-Great-Grandparents, and Great-Great-Great-Grandparents Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (born April 16, 1955)

The links below are from Unofficial Royalty or Wikipedia.

Parents

Grand Duke Henri’s parents; Credit – Wikipedia

Grandparents

Leopold III, King of the Belgians and Princess Astrid of Sweden, maternal grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Grandparents

Albert I, King of the Belgians and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Grandparents

King Miguel I of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, great-great-grandparents and great-great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

King Carl XV of Sweden and Princess Louise of the Netherlands, great-great-great-grandparents with their daughter Princess Louise of Sweden, Henri’s great-great-grandparent; Credit – Wikipedia

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Prince Charles of Luxembourg

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Prince Charles of Luxembourg with his parents in 2023

Born May 10, 2020, at Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, Prince Charles is the elder of the two sons of Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy. He is second in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg after his father. Charles’ paternal grandparents are Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg born Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista Falla. His maternal grandparents are Count Philippe de Lannoy and Alix della Faille de Leverghem.

Charles has one younger brother:

Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duchess Maria Theresa holding Prince François, Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Prince Charles, and Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume; Credit – House of the Grand Duke / Sophie Margue

Charles was born during the COVID-19 pandemic. The hospital allowed partners to be present during birth and in recovery, with COVID-19 safety measures in place, so Prince Guillaume was present during his son’s birth. However, family members were not allowed to visit and so Prince Charles’ paternal grandparents Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa met their new grandson for the first time via a video call.

Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa meet their grandson via a video call; Credit – Cour grand-ducale/Sophie Mague

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On September 19, 2020, at the Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux in Luxembourg, Prince Charles was baptized in a Roman Catholic ceremony.

Prince Charles’ godparents were:

He was given the names Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume.

In his Christmas Eve speech on December 24, 2024, Charles’ paternal grandfather Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg announced that he would abdicate in favor of his eldest son Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg on October 3, 2025. As the eldest son of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Prince Charles will become the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

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