Guillaume Konsbruck

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Guillaume Konsbruck (3 September 1909 – 3 October 1983) was a

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Guillaume Konsbruck
Born3 September 1909
Died3 October 1983
Allegiance
Luxembourg Army
Battles/warsWorld War II

Early life

Guillame Konsbruck was born on 3 September 1909. He studied at the cavalry branch of the

captain[2] and acted as an aide to Prince Felix.[3]

World War II

On 10 May 1940

Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg.[4] Guillaume, along with his wife Nelly, and their sons Guy and Carlo, followed the Grand Ducal family through Coimbra and Lisbon. They settled at Praia das Maçãs after the Grand Ducal family moved to Cascais.[3] By August, the entire entourage had moved to Monte Estoril and the Konsbruck family stayed at Chalet Posser de Andrade with the Grand Ducal family. They left Portugal with the Grand Duchess Charlotte and the Dowager Grand Duchess Anne Marie on 3 October 1940 aboard the Pan Am Yankee Clipper headed for New York City.[3]

As a major he returned to Luxembourg late in the afternoon of 12 September 1944. Representing Prime Minister

Grand Ducal Palace and several government buildings before taking part in conferences with Allied leaders in the country.[5] He welcomed the Grand Duchess at the border upon her return to the country on 17 April 1945.[6]

Post-war career

After the war Konsbruck became involved in creating an official orthography for the

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Citations

  1. ^ a b Partridge 2000, p. 191.
  2. ^ Waller 2012, p. 16.
  3. ^ a b c d Ramalho, Margarida de Magalhães (23 May 2019). "A fuga para a liberdade da família grã-ducal". Contacto (in Portuguese). Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  4. ^ Sousa Mendes Foundation - Luxembourg.
  5. ^ Coles & Weinberg 2014, p. 811.
  6. ^ Coles & Weinberg 2014, p. 819.
  7. ^ "Mémorial (mois d'août)". Grand Duché de Luxembourg Ministére D'État Bulletin D'Information (in French). Vol. 2, no. 8. Luxembourg: Service information et presse. 31 August 1946. p. 1.
  8. ^ Ordre de la Couronne de chêne Awards 1951 Memorial A N° 13 of 1951
  9. ^ "Distinctions honorifiques conférées à l'occasion de la visite officitlle à Luxembourg de Sa Majesté la Reine et de Son Altesse Royale le Prince des Pays-Bas" (PDF). Grand Duché de Luxembourg Ministére D'État Bulletin D'Information (in French). Vol. 7, no. 6. Luxembourg: Service information et presse. 30 June 1951. p. 132.

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