Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Index

Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, reigned 2000 – present; Credit – Wikipedia

Luxembourg, a  microstate in Western Europe, is bordered by Belgium, Germany, and France. It is the only remaining Grand Duchy. During its history, Luxembourg has been a part of a number of countries. 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 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 was then, and still is, members of the House of Nassau-Weilburg.

Adolphe’s son Grand Duke Guillaume IV had six daughters and so he had to do a bit of tinkering with the succession law. The law was changed to the Semi-Salic Law, where succession first goes to all the male dynasts and then to female dynasts only upon the extinction of all the male dynasts.  This allowed his two elder daughters to succeed to the throne. Eventually, In 2011, the succession law was changed to absolute primogeniture whereby the succession passes to the eldest child of the sovereign regardless of gender and males and females have equal succession rights.

Below is an indexed listing with links to articles and information about the Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg at Unofficial Royalty.  If it says “Notable Issue” before a name, that means not all of the children for the parent of that person are listed. Also listed below are links to Luxembourg Royal Wedding articles, links to Luxembourg Miscellaneous Articles, and links to the various Luxembourg Content Areas.

House of Orange-Nassau (1815 – 1890)

King Willem I of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

King Willem II of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

King Willem III of the Netherlands, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

House of Nassau-Weilberg (1890 – present)

Family of Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg

Family of Grand Duke Guillaume IV of Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg

Family of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg

Family of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg

Family of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

Family of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg

Luxembourg Royal Weddings

Luxembourg Miscellaneous Articles

Luxembourg Content Areas