Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg

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HRH The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Titles Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Reign 23 November 1890 - 17 November 1905
Coronation 14 May 1891
Successor William IV
Biographical Information
Born 24 July 1817

Wiesbaden, Nassau

Died 17 November 1905 (aged 88)

Lenggries, Bavaria, Germany

Spouse Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia

(m. 1844; w. 1845)
Princess Adelheid Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
(m. 1851; d. 1905)

Issue William IV

Prince Friedrich
Princess Bathildis
Prince Franz Joseph
Princess Hilda

Name Adolphe Wilhelm August Karl Friedrich
House Nassau
Father Duke Wilhelm of Nassau
Mother Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen
Religion Lutheran

General

Life

TBA

Marriage and Issue

TBA

Photo Name Birth Death Marriage
William IV 22 April 1852 25 February 1912 (aged 59) Infanta Maria Ana of Portugal (m. 1893); had issue
Prince Friedrich 23 September 1854 23 October 1855 (aged 13 months) Died in infancy
Princess Bathildis 14 November 1857 28 December 1857 (aged 1 month) Died in infancy
Prince Franz Joseph 30 January 1859 2 April 1875 (aged 16) Died in adolescence
Princess Hilda 5 November 1864 8 February 1952 (aged 87) Grand Duke Frederick II of Baden (m. 1885); no issue

Titles and Honours

  • 1817-1839 Adolphe, Hereditary Duke of Nassau
  • 1839-1866 Adolphe, Duke of Nassau
  • 1866-1890 Duke Adolphe of Nassau
  • 1890-1905 Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

Ancestry

Parents Grandparents Great-Grandparents Great-Great-Grandparents
Duke Wilhelm of Nassau Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Countess Louise Isabelle of Kirchberg

Charles Christian, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Princess Carolina of Orange-Nassau

Wilhelm Georg, Count of Kirchberg

Princess Isabelle Auguste of Greiz

Charles August, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg

Countess Augusta Frederika Wilhelmina of Nassau-Idstein

William IV, Prince of Orange

Anne, Princess Royal

Wilhelm Ludwig, Count of Kirchberg

Countess Louise of Salm-Dhaun

Heinrich XI, Prince of Greiz

Countess Konradine of Kostritz

Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen Duke Frederick of Saxe-Altenburg

Princess Charlotte Georgine of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Duke Ernest Frederick III of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Princess Ernestine of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Grand Duke Charles II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Friederike of Hesse-Darmstadt

Duke Ernest Frederick II of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Countess Caroline of Erbach-Furstenau

Duke Ernest Augustus I of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach

Princess Sophie Charlotte of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Prince Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg-Strelitz

Princess Elisabeth Albertine of Saxe-Hildburghausen

Prince George William of Hesse-Darmstadt

Countess Maria Louise Albertine of Leiningen-Dagsburg-Falkenburg