Luxembourg

What's in a name? Luxembourg's new Prince named Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume

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10th May 2020
The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Stephanie, has given birth to her first child, a son, at the Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital in Luxembourg City at 5:13 am this morning. The child weighs 3,190 kg and is 50 cm. Both the mother and baby are doing well. The new royal and future grand duke is named Prince Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume. As expected, the new…
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Grand Duke Henri welcomes Nancy Pelosi to Luxembourg

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16th December 2019
On Sunday, His Royal Highness Henri, the Grand Duke of Luxembourg welcomed the American Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi (D California) to Luxembourg. The US Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, met the monarch at the Grand Ducal Palace to commemorate the Battle of the Bulge. Speaker Pelosi led a joint Democrat and Republican congressional delegation that took part in the…
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Who was Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium - Grand Duchess of Luxembourg - the wife of Grand Duke Jean?

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23rd April 2019
Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium was born in the Royal Palace in Brussels on 11 October 1927 as the daughter of King Leopold III of the Belgians and his first wife, Astrid of Sweden. Her godmother was her future mother-in-law, Charlotte, the Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. Her godfather was her uncle, Prince Charles, Count of Flanders. Embed from Getty Images She spent her childhood at Stuyvenberg…
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Grand Ducal family attends closing of Octave

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8th May 2018
The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg marked the closing of the Octave on Sunday with a series of traditional events in Luxembourg City including a morning Pontifical Mass at the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Luxembourg. Following the mass, the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess spoke…
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Hereditary Grand Ducal couple celebrates five years of marriage

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22nd October 2017
The Hereditary Grand Ducal Couple of Luxembourg celebrated five years of marriage on 20 October. Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg married Belgian-born Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy. Their civil marriage took place on 19 October 2012, and their Roman Catholic wedding ceremony took place the next day at the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg City. Just a few months before the…
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