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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

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House of Orange-Nassau

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Image Name Date of birth Date of death Reign Relationship with
predecessor
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
Willem II
Willem Frederik George Lodewijk
6 December 1792 17 March 1849 7 October 1840
to
17 March 1849
His son
Willem III
Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk
17 February 1817 23 November 1890 17 March 1849
to
23 November 1890

House of Nassau-Weilburg

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Name Portrait Birth Marriages Death Right of
Succession
Adolphe
23 November 1890 –
17 November 1905
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
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)
14 June 1894
Colmar-Berg
Unmarried
[childless]
24 January 1924
Lenggries (Germany)
his daughter
Charlotte
14 January 1919 –
12 November 1964
(abdicated)
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)
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
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

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Henri, Grand Duke of LuxembourgJean, Grand Duke of LuxembourgCharlotte, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgMarie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of LuxembourgWilliam IV, Grand Duke of LuxembourgAdolphe, Grand Duke of LuxembourgWilliam III of the NetherlandsWilliam II of the NetherlandsWilliam I of the Netherlands

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