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Jean (Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano; 5 January 1921 – 23 April 2019) was the Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 until his abdication in 2000. He was the first Grand Duke of Luxembourg of French agnatic descent.
Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (11 October 1927 – 10 January 2005) was the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Jean.She was the first child of King Leopold III of Belgium, and sister of the late King Baudouin and former King Albert II and aunt of King Philippe.
During World War II the grand ducal family left Luxembourg shortly before the arrival of Nazi troops. Luxembourg's neutrality was violated on 9 May 1940, while the Grand Duchess and her family were in residence at Colmar-Berg. That day she called an extraordinary meeting of her leading ministers, and they all decided to place themselves under ...
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The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, the late Queen's third cousin once removed and his wife [130] The Prince and Princess of Monaco, the late Queen's seventh cousin twice removed and his wife [5] Prince Moulay Rachid of Morocco (representing the King of Morocco) [131] Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the late Queen's fifth ...
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna and given to the new King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in exchange for his ancestral Principality of Orange-Nassau, which went to Prussia; as a result, the first Grand Dukes of Luxembourg were Dutch kings also, and their heirs were eligible for both thrones.
Archduchess Marie-Astrid of Austria [1] (born Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg on 17 February 1954) is the elder daughter and eldest child of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, and the wife of Archduke Carl Christian of Austria, grandson of the last Austrian Emperor, Karl I.
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume: 13 July 1861 21 June 1893 31 July 1942 Became Grand Duchess consort upon her husband's accession in 1905 Regent from 1908 to 1912 Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium: Hereditary Grand Duke Jean: 11 October 1927 9 April 1953 10 January 2005 Became Grand Duchess consort upon her husband's accession in 1964 ...