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Royal Profile: Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg

Sibilla Sandra Weiller (y Torlonia) who would later become Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg was born 12 June 1968 in France as the daughter of Donna Olimpia Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi and Paul-Annik Weiller { Source }. She has the following siblings{ Source }: Beatrice Aliki Victoria Weiller (1967) Andre Correiga do Laga (m. 1990) Paul-Annik Weiller Corrêa do Lago (1996) Helena Weiller Corrêa do Lago (1997) Antonio Correia do Lago (1999) Victoria Correia do Lago (2000) Paul Alexandre Weiller (1971-1975) Laura Daphne Lavinia Weiller (1974-1980) Cosima Marie Elizabeth Edmee Weiller (1984) Domitilla Louise Marie Weiller (1985) Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of Infanta Beatriz of Spain (who was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria). She married her distant cousin, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg on 8 September 1994. Together, they have four children { Source }: Prince Paul Louis Jean Marie Guillaume de Nassau (1998) Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine Maria da Gloria de Nassa...

Royal Profile: Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein, Princess of Luxembourg

Princess Margaretha Antonia Marie Félicité of Liechtenstein, Princess of Luxembourg was born 15 May 1957, the second daughter of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. He has the following siblings, sibling-in-laws, and nieces and nephews{ Source }: Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxemboug, Archduchess of Austria (1954) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (1954, m. 1982) Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess de Limburg-Stirum (1983) Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (1979, m 2008) Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum (2011) Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (2013) Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (2016) Archduke Imre of Austria (1985) Archduchess Kathleen Elizabeth of Austria (1986, m 2012) Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (2016) Archduchess Juliana of Austria(2018) Archduke Christoph of Austria (1988) Archduchess Adélaïde Marie Béatrice of Austria (1989, m. 2012) Archduchess...

Royal Profile: Prince Jean of Luxembourg

Prince Jean Félix Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg was born 15 May 1957, the second son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. He has the following siblings, sibling-in-laws, and nieces and nephews: Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxemboug, Archduchess of Austria (1954) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (1954, m. 1982) Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess de Limburg-Stirum (1983) Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (1979, m 2008) Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum (2011) Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (2013) Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (2016) Archduke Imre of Austria (1985) Archduchess Kathleen Elizabeth of Austria (1986, m 2012) Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (2016) Archduchess Juliana of Austria(2018) Archduke Christoph of Austria (1988) Archduchess Adélaïde Marie Béatrice of Austria (1989, m. 2012) Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola of Austria (2014) ...

Royal Profile: Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg

Prince Guillaume Marie Louis Christian of Luxembourg was born 1 May 1963 as the youngest child of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg { Source }. He has the following nieces and nephews{ Source }: Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxemboug, Archduchess of Austria (1954) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (1954, m. 1982) Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess de Limburg-Stirum (1983) Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (1979, m 2008) Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum (2011) Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (2013) Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (2016) Archduke Imre of Austria (1985) Archduchess Kathleen Elizabeth of Austria (1986, m 2012) Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (2016) Archduchess Juliana of Austria (2018) Archduke Christoph of Austria (1988) Archduchess Adélaïde Marie Béatrice of Austria (1989, m. 2012) Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola of A...

Royal Profile: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg was born María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla on born 22 March 1956, the daughter of José Antonio Mestre y Alvarez and María Teresa Batista y Falla de Mestre in Mariano, Havanna, Cuba. During Cuba's revolution in the late 1950s, Maria and her parents left Cuba for the United States. While growing up in New York, NY, she studied at the Marymount School and took ballet, voice, skiing, water sports and ice-skating. At the age of 5, she began to study at the Lycée Français de New York . At 9 years old, she and her family moved to Santander, Spain and then to Geneva, Switzerland. During the family's stay in Switzerland, she attended Institut Marie-José in Gstaad, Switzerland, where she successfully passed the French Baccalaureate in June 1975. She then attended University of Geneva , where in 1980 awarded she the degree in Political Science. While at University, she was part of a group taking care of visiting elderly in nursing homes. She...

Royal Profile: Princess Claire of Luxembourg

Princess Claire Margareta of Luxembourg was born C laire Margareta Lademacher on 21 March 1985 in Filderstadt, Germany as the second child of Hartmut and Gabriele Lademacher{ Source } Princess Claire has one sibling{ Source }: Felix Lademacher She grew up in Usingen,Hochtaunuskreis, Germany{ Source } On 13 December 2012, Claire Lademacher had been engaged to Prince Félix of Luxembourg, whom she married on September 2013{ Source }. On the occasion of her marriage to HRH Prince Félix of Luxembourg, she became Her Royal Highness Princess Claire of Luxembourg{ Source }. Together, they have two children{ Source }: Princess Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa de Nassau (2014) Prince Liam Henri Hartmut de Nassau (2016) She was educated in Germany, The USA, Switzerland, France { Source }. She attended primary school in Germany{ Source }.At 11 years old, Princess Claire moved with her family to Atlanta, USA{ Source }. She attended the Atlanta International School from 1996-1999{ Source }. In 1...

Royal Profile: Prince Paul Louis de Nassau

Prince Paul Louis Jean Marie Guillaume de Nassau was born 4 March 1998 as the eldest child of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg { Source }. He has the following younger siblings { Source }: Prince Léopold Guillaume Marie Joseph de Nassau (2000, twin) Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine Maria da Gloria de Nassau (2000, twin) Prince Jean André Guillaume Marie Gabriel Marc d'Aviano de Nassau (2004) One of his godparents is his elder cousin, Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg. In 2011, he took part in the 90th anniversary celebrations of his grandfather, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg { Source }. In 2017, he escorted his sister, Princess Charlotte de Nassau to the 2017 Les Bal des Debutates { Source } He and his family lead fairly private lives, but attends official functions such as weddings and big birthday celebrations. He shares a birthday with Prince Albert II of Monaco's eldest child, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi.

Royal Profile: Princess Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Countess de Lannoy

Princess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Countess de Lannoy  was born 18 February 1984 in Belgium as the youngest of seven children of Count Philippe de Lannoy and Countess Alix della Faille Leverghem de Lannoy { Source }. At birth, she was part of Belgian nobility, therefore was titled Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy { Source }. She has the following siblings, siblings-in-law and nieces and nephews: Count Jehan de Lannoy (1966) Béatrice Spates (m. 1993) Caroline Gravin de Lannoy(2001) Louise Gravin de Lannoy (2003) Antoine Graaf de Lannoy (2005) Maxime Graaf de Lannoy(2006) Count Christian de Lannoy (1968) Luisa Moreno de Porras-Isla-Fdez (2009) Countess Teresa de Lannoy (2010) Count Ignace de Lannoy (2012) Count Jacques de Lannoy (2014) Countess Nathalie de Lannoy (1969) Mr. John Hamilton (m 1996) Antonia Hamilton (1997) Charlotte Hamilton (1999) Madeleine Hamilton (2001) Alix Hamilton Victoria Hamilton Coun...

Royal Profile: Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg

Sibilla Sandra Weiller (y Torlonia) who would later become Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg  was born 12 June 1968  in France as the daughter of Donna Olimpia Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi and Paul-Annik Weiller { Source }. She has the following siblings{ Source }: Beatrice Aliki Victoria Weiller (1967)  Andre Correiga do Laga (m. 1990) Paul-Annik Weiller Corrêa do Lago (1996) Helena Weiller Corrêa do Lago (1997) Antonio Correia do Lago (1999) Victoria Correia do Lago (2000) Paul Alexandre Weiller (1971-1975)  Laura Daphne Lavinia Weiller (1974-1980) Cosima Marie Elizabeth Edmee Weiller (1984) Domitilla Louise Marie Weiller (1985) Through her mother, she is the granddaughter of Infanta Beatriz of Spain (who was the great-granddaughter of Queen Victoria). She married her distant cousin, Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg on 8 September 1994. Together, they have four children { Source }: Prince Paul Louis Jean Marie Guillaume de Nassau  (1998)...

Royal Profile: Prince Jean of Luxembourg

Prince Jean Félix Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg was born 15 May 1957, the second son of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg  and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. He has the following siblings, sibling-in-laws, and nieces and nephews: Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxemboug, Archduchess of Austria (1954) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (1954, m. 1982) Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess de Limburg-Stirum (1983) Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (1979, m 2008) Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum (2011) Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (2013) Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (2016) Archduke Imre of Austria (1985) Archduchess Kathleen Elizabeth of Austria (1986, m 2012) Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (2016) Archduchess Juliana of Austria(2018) Archduke Christoph of Austria (1988) Archduchess Adélaïde Marie Béatrice of Austria (1989, m. 2012) Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola of Austria ...

Royal Profile: Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg

Prince Guillaume Marie Louis Christian of Luxembourg was born 1 May 1963 as the youngest child of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg { Source }. He has the following nieces and nephews{ Source }: Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxemboug, Archduchess of Austria (1954) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (1954, m. 1982) Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess de Limburg-Stirum (1983) Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (1979, m 2008) Count Léopold de Limburg-Stirum (2011) Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (2013) Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (2016) Archduke Imre of Austria (1985) Archduchess Kathleen Elizabeth of Austria (1986, m 2012) Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (2016) Archduchess Julianna of Austria (2018) Archduke Christoph of Austria (1988) Archduchess Adélaïde Marie Béatrice of Austria (1989, m. 2012) Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola...

Royal Profile: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg was born María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla on born 22 March 1956, the daughter of José Antonio Mestre y Alvarez and María Teresa Batista y Falla de Mestre in Mariano, Havanna, Cuba. During Cuba's revolution in the late 1950s, Maria and her parents left Cuba for the United States. While growing up in New York, NY, she studied at the Marymount School and took ballet, voice, skiing, water sports and ice-skating. At the age of 5, she began to study at the  Lycée Français de New York . At 9 years old, she and her family moved to Santander, Spain and then to Geneva, Switzerland. During the family's stay in Switzerland, she attended Institut Marie-José in Gstaad, Switzerland, where she successfully passed the French Baccalaureate in June 1975. She then attended University of Geneva , where in 1980 awarded she the degree in Political Science. While at University, she was part of a group taking care of visiting elderly in nursing homes. She...

Royal Profile: Princess Claire Margareta of Luxembourg

Princess Claire Margareta of Luxembourg was born Claire Margareta Lademacher on 21 March 1985 in Filderstadt, Germany as the second child of Hartmut and Gabriele Lademacher{ Source } Princess Claire has one sibling{ Source }: Felix Lademacher She grew up in Usingen,Hochtaunuskreis, Germany{ Source } On 13 December 2012, Claire Lademacher had been engaged to Prince Félix of Luxembourg, whom she married on September 2013{ Source }. On the occasion of her marriage to HRH Prince Félix of Luxembourg, she became Her Royal Highness Princess Claire of Luxembourg{ Source }. Together, they have two children{ Source }: Princess Amalia Gabriela Maria Teresa de Nassau (2014) Prince Liam Henri Hartmut de Nassau (2016) Through her marriage, she became the daughter-in-law of Grand Duke Henri & Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg{ Source }. She also gained the following sibings-in-law and niece and nephews{ Source }: Prince Guillaume. The Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1981) ...

Royal Profile: Prince Paul Louis de Nassau

Prince Paul Louis Jean Marie Guillaume de Nassau was born 4 March 1998 as the eldest child of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg and Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg { Source }. He has the following younger siblings { Source }: Prince Léopold Guillaume Marie Joseph de Nassau (2000, twin) Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine Maria da Gloria de Nassau (2000, twin) Prince Jean André Guillaume Marie Gabriel Marc d'Aviano de Nassau (2004) One of his godparents is his elder cousin, Prince Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He and his family lead fairly private lives, but attends official functions such as weddings and big birthday celebrations. He shares a birthday with Prince Albert II of Monaco's eldest child, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi.

Royal Profile: Princess Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Countess de Lannoy

Princess Stéphanie Marie Claudine Christine, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg was born 18 February 1984 in Belgium as the youngest of seven children of Count Philippe de Lannoy and Countess Alix della Faille Leverghem de Lannoy { Source }. At birth, she was part of Belgian nobility, therefore was titled Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy { Source }. She has the following siblings, siblings-in-law and nieces and nephews: Count Jehan de Lannoy (1966) Béatrice Spates (m. 1993) Caroline Gravin de Lannoy(2001) Louise Gravin de Lannoy (2003) Antoine Graaf de Lannoy (2005) Maxime Graaf de Lannoy(2006) Count Christian de Lannoy (1968) Luisa Moreno de Porras-Isla-Fdez (2009) Countess Teresa de Lannoy (2010) Count Ignace de Lannoy (2012) Count Jacques de Lannoy (2014) Countess Nathalie de Lannoy (1969) Mr. John Hamilton (m 1996) Antonia Hamilton (1997) Charlotte Hamilton (1999) Madeleine Hamilton (2001) Alix Hamilton Victoria Hamilton Countess Gaëlle de Lannoy (1...

Royal Profile: Countess Diane de Nassau

Countess Diane Marie Amélie Hermenegilde de Nassau was born 13 July 1962 as Diane Marie Amélie Hermenegilde de Guerre and the daughter of Claude-Gaston de Guerre and his second wife, Countess Eugenia Maria Wolff Metternich zur Gracht{ Source }. She has two siblings { Source }:   Thibauld de Guerre Valerie de Guerre Not much is known about her upbringing or prior background before joining the Luxembourger royal family. She married in a civil ceremony to Prince Jean of Luxembourg on 18 March 2009 in The Netherlands { Source }. While they have no children together, he has four children from a previous marriage, as well as a son-in-law and two grandsons: Princess Marie-Gabrielle de Nassau (1986) Antonius Willms (m. 2017) Zeno Philippe Leopold Marcus d'Aviano Willms (2018) Prince Constantin de Nassau (1988) Katy Melchie (girlfriend) Felix de Nassau (2018) Prince Wenceslas de Nassau (1990) Prince Carl-Johan deNassau (1992) She shares a birthday with: ...

Royal Profile: Prince Jean of Luxembourg

Prince Jean Félix Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg was born 15 May 1957, the second son of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. He has the following siblings, sibling-in-laws, and nieces and nephews: Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxemboug, Archduchess of Austria (1954) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (1954, m. 1982) Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess de Limburg-Stirum (1983) Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (1979, m 2008) Count Léopold  de Limburg-Stirum (2011) Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (2013) Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (2016) Archduke Imre of Austria (1985) Archduchess Kathleen Elizabeth of Austria (1986, m 2012) Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (2016) Archduke Christoph of Austria  (1988) Archduchess Adélaïde Marie Béatrice of Austria (1989, m. 2012) Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola of Austria (2014) Archduke Alexander ...

Royal Profile: Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg

Prince Guillaume Marie Louis Christian of Luxembourg was born 1 May 1963 as the youngest child of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg & Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg { Source }. He has the following nieces and nephews{ Source }: Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxemboug, Archduchess of Austria (1954) Archduke Carl Christian of Austria (1954, m. 1982) Archduchess Marie-Christine of Austria, The Countess de Limburg-Stirum (1983) Count Rodolphe de Limburg-Stirum (1979, m 2008) Count Léopold  de Limburg-Stirum (2011) Count Constantin de Limburg-Stirum (2013) Count Gabriel de Limburg-Stirum (2016) Archduke Imre of Austria (1985) Archduchess Kathleen Elizabeth of Austria (1986, m 2012) Archduchess Maria-Stella of Austria (2013) Archduchess Magdalena of Austria (2016) Archduke Christoph of Austria  (1988) Archduchess Adélaïde Marie Béatrice of Austria (1989, m. 2012) Archduchess Katarina Marie-Christine Fabiola of Austria (2014) Archduke...

Royal Profile: Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg

Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg was born María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla on born 22 March 1956, the daughter of José Antonio Mestre y Alvarez and María Teresa Batista y Falla de Mestre in Mariano, Havanna, Cuba. During Cuba's revolution in the late 1950s, Maria and her parents left Cuba for the United States. While growing up in New York, NY, she studied at the Marymount School and took ballet, voice, skiing, water sports and ice-skating. At the age of 5, she began to study at the Lycée Français de New York . At 9 years old, she and her family moved to Santander, Spain and then to Geneva, Switzerland. During the family's stay in Switzerland, she attended Institut Marie-José in Gstaad, Switzerland, where she successfully passed the French Baccalaureate in June 1975. She then attended University of Geneva , where in 1980 awarded she the degree in Political Science. While at University, she was part of a group taking care of visiting elderly in nursing homes. She h...