William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
| William IV | ||
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Prime Minister Paul Eyschen | | |
| Born | 22 April 1852 Biebrich Palace, Wiesbaden, Duchy of Nassau | |
| Died | 25 February 1912 (aged 59) Berg Castle, Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg | |
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| Spouse | Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal (m. 1893) | |
| Issue | Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Hilda, Princess of Schwarzenberg Antonia, Crown Princess of Bavaria Elisabeth, Princess Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis Sophie, Princess Ernst Heinrich of Saxony | |
| House | Nassau-Weilburg | |
| Father | Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | |
| Mother | Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau | |
| Religion | Protestantism | |
William IV (
Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 17 November 1905 until his death in 1912. He succeeded his father, Adolphe
. Like his father, William mostly stayed out of politics despite being vested with considerable power on paper by the Constitution.
William was a Protestant, the religion of the
Roman Catholic
country ought to have a Roman Catholic monarch. Thus his heirs have been Catholic.
At the death of his uncle,
Charlotte
(1896–1985). Charlotte's descendants reign until the present day.
To date, William is the last monarch of Luxembourg to die on the throne.
Marriage
On 21 June 1893 in Fischhorn Castle,
Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg
. The couple had six daughters:
Issue
- Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1894–1924) who remained unmarried and childless
- Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896–1985) who married her first cousin Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma, a son of Marie Anne's younger sister.
- Princess Hilda (15 February 1897 in Berg Castle – 8 September 1979 in Berg Castle), married in Berg Castle on 29 October 1930 Adolf 10th Prince of Schwarzenberg (18 August 1890 in Frauenberg – 27 February 1950 in Bordighera),[citation needed] without issue
- Princess Antonia (1899–1954), who married Rupprecht, Crown Prince of Bavaria as his second wife
- Albert I, Prince of Thurn and Taxis,[citation needed] and had issue
- Princess Sophie (14 February 1902 in Berg Castle – 24 May 1941 in Munich), married at Schloss Hohenburg on 12 April 1921 Prince Ernst Heinrich of Saxony (9 December 1896 in Dresden – 14 June 1971 in Neckarhausen), youngest son of king Frederick Augustus III of Saxony,[citation needed] and had issue
Titles and honours
Titles and styles
Although the duchy of Nassau was annexed by Prussia after the Austro-Prussian war of 1866, the title of
Duke of Nassau was retained by William and his heirs.[1]
Foreign honours
Duchy of Anhalt: Grand Cross of Albert the Bear, 1868[2]
Grand Cross of St. Stephen, 1890[3]
Baden:[4]
- Knight of the House Order of Fidelity, 1885
- Knight of the Order of Berthold the First, 1885
Knight of St. Hubert, 1892[5]
Brunswick: Grand Cross of Henry the Lion, 1873[6]
Denmark: Knight of the Elephant, 23 April 1876[7]
Netherlands: Grand Cross of the Netherlands Lion
Kingdom of Prussia: Knight of the Black Eagle, 14 December 1890[8]
Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1890[9]- Sweden-Norway:
- Knight of the Seraphim, 19 June 1889[10]
- Grand Cross of St. Olav, 27 September 1897[11]
Ancestry
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Notes and references
- ^ Almanach de Gotha (1901), article "Luxembourg"
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch für des Herzogtum Anhalt (1883), "Herzoglicher Haus-Orden Albrecht des Bären" p. 16
- ^ "A Szent István Rend tagjai" Archived 22 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Großherzogtum Baden (1896), "Großherzogliche Orden" pp. 62, 77
- ^ Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Bayern (1908), "Königliche Orden" p. 8
- ^ Hof- und Staatshandbuch des Herzogtums Braunschweig für das Jahr 1908. Braunschweig 1908. Meyer. p. 9
- ISBN 978-87-7674-434-2.
- ^ "Schwarzer Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (supp. 1890–1891) (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 5 – via hathitrust.org
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Staatshandbuch für das Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (1900), "Großherzogliche Hausorden" p. 16
- ^ Sveriges statskalender (in Swedish), 1905, p. 440, retrieved 2018-01-06 – via runeberg.org
- ^ "Den kongelige norske Sanct Olavs Orden", Norges Statskalender (in Norwegian), 1906, pp. 791–792, retrieved 17 September 2021 – via www.nb.no
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