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List of monarchs of Luxembourg

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The territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815.

List of Dukes[change]

House of Orange-Nassau[change]

Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with
predecessor
File:William I of the Netherlands.jpg
Willem I
Willem Frederik
(Prince William VI of Orange)
24 August 1772 12 December 1843 15 March 1815
to
7 October 1840
Francis' third cousin
and
Anne's direct descendant
File:WillemIINL3.jpg
Willem II
Willem Frederik George Lodewijk
6 December 1792 17 March 1849 7 October 1840
to
17 March 1849
His son
File:Willem III (1817-90), koning der Nederlanden, Nicolaas Pieneman, 1856 - Rijksmuseum.jpg
Willem III
Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk
17 February 1817 23 November 1890 17 March 1849
to
23 November 1890

House of Nassau-Weilburg[change]

Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Right of
Succession
Adolphe
23 November 1890 –
17 November 1905
File:Adolfluxembourg1817-6.jpg
24 July 1817
Wiesbaden (Prussia)
(1) Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia
31 January 1844
[1 child (stillborn)]
(2) Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
23 April 1851
[5 children]
17 November 1905
Colmar-Berg
William III's
17th cousin once removed through male line
Guillaume IV
17 November 1905 –
25 February 1912
File:Guillaume IV of Luxembourg.png
22 April 1852
Wiesbaden (Prussia)
Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal
[6 children]
25 February 1912
Colmar-Berg
his son
Marie-Adélaïde
25 February 1912 –
14 January 1919
(abdicated)
File:Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg 2.jpg
14 June 1894
Colmar-Berg
Unmarried
[childless]
24 January 1924
Lenggries (Germany)
his daughter
Charlotte
14 January 1919 –
12 November 1964
(abdicated)
File:Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.jpg
23 January 1896
Colmar-Berg
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
6 November 1919
[6 children]
9 July 1985
Fischbach
her sister
Jean
12 November 1964 –
7 October 2000
(abdicated)
File:GD Jean 1967.jpg
5 January 1921
Colmar-Berg
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium
9 April 1953
[5 children]
23 April 2019

Luxembourg City

her son
Henri
7 October 2000 –
present
File:Henri of Luxembourg (2009).jpg
16 April 1955
Betzdorf
María Teresa Mestre y Batista
4 February/14 February 1981
[5 children]
living his son

Timeline of Grand Dukes of Luxembourg since 1815[change]

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from: 07/10/1840 till: 17/03/1849 color:orange text:"Guillaume II" fontsize:10
from: 17/03/1849 till: 23/11/1890 color:orange text:"Guillame III" fontsize:10
from: 23/11/1890 till: 17/11/1905 color:nassau text:"Adolphe" fontsize:10
from: 17/11/1905 till: 25/02/1912 color:nassau text:"Guillaume IV" fontsize:10
from: 25/02/1912 till: 14/01/1919 color:nassau text:"Marie-Adélaïde" fontsize:10
from: 14/01/1919 till: 12/11/1964 color:nassau text:"Charlotte" fontsize:10
from: 12/11/1964 till: 07/10/2000 color:nassau text:"Jean" fontsize:10
from: 07/10/2000 till: end        color:nassau text:"Henri" fontsize:10

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