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County of Luxemburg
AD 963 - 1353
Luxembourg began as a stronghold known as Lucilinburhuc which was obtained by the count of Ardennes.
Before that it had been part of the duchy of
Lorraine (in the
Lower Lorraine region),
a Frankish territory which had been created by the break-up of the
Frankish empire. A
town grew up around the stronghold (which today is Luxembourg Castle). The
territory
quickly grew in stature to become a full county in the eleventh century,
and a duchy in the fourteenth century. |
963 - 998 |
Sigfried |
Count of Ardennes. |
998 - 1026 |
Henry I |
Henry V,
Duke of
Bavaria. |
1026 - 1047 |
Henry II |
Henry VII,
Duke of
Bavaria. |
1047 - 1059 |
Giselbert |
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1059 - 1086 |
Conrad I |
First count of Luxembourg. |
1086 - 1096 |
Henry III |
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1096 - 1129 |
William |
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1129 - 1136 |
Conrad II |
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1136 - 1196 |
Henry IV the Blind of Namur |
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1196 - 1247 |
Ermesinde |
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1247 - 1281 |
Henry V of Limburg |
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1281 - 1288 |
Henry VI |
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1288 - 1310 |
Henry VII |
HRE (1308-1313). |
1310 - 1346 |
John I the Blind |
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1346 - 1353 |
Charles I |
HRE Charles IV (1347-1378). |
1365 |
Holy Roman Emperor
Charles IV and Archduke Rudolph IV of
Austria
agree a contract of inheritance which sets up the principle of mutual inheritance between the
Habsburgs and the Luxemburg counts. |
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Duchy of Luxemburg
AD 1353 - 1815 |
1353 - 1383 |
Wenceslas I |
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1383 |
Wenceslas
dies without an heir. Brabant reverts to his wife's family. The duchy of
Luxembourg reverts to his nephew, Wenceslas II. |
1383 - 1388 |
Wenceslas II |
Wenceslas IV,
King of Bohemia.
HRE Wenzel (1378-1400). |
1383 - 1443 |
Luxemburg
remains unsettled. Wenceslas II, in need of money, offers Luxembourg as a
pawn for the repayment of a substantial loan. Luxembourg falls under the
control of various creditors in turn, ending up under the rule of
Wenceslas' niece, Elizabeth of Göerlitz. |
1388 - 1411 |
Jobst of Moravia |
HRE Rival (1410-1411). |
1411 - 1412 |
Wenceslas II |
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1412 - 1415 |
Anthony |
Relative of the
Duke of Burgundy. |
1415 |
Sigismund, brother of Wenceslas
I and his successor as
Holy Roman Emperor, is unable to repay
the outstanding loan, so he leaves his niece, Elizabeth of Göerlitz, in control
of the duchy. |
1415 - 1443 |
Elizabeth of Görlitz |
Niece of Wenceslas II. |
1441 |
Elizabeth
elects to sell the duchy to Phillip the Good of Burgundy. |
1443 - 1482 |
Luxembourg
is gained by the duchy of Burgundy through
conquest. Elizabeth is paid off by Philip the Good of Burgundy the
following year. |
1439 - 1482 |
[William III of
Saxony] |
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1482 - 1815 |
When
the duchy of Burgundy reverts to the
French crown, Luxembourg passes to the Austrian
Habsburgs,
and then onto the king of the
Netherlands
at the end of the Napoleonic Wars. |
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Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
AD 1815 - Present Day
The modern grand duchy was re-created in the wake of the Napoleonic Wars
against France. It was initially ruled by
the king of the
Netherlands. |
1815 - 1840 |
William I |
King of the
Netherlands. |
1840 - 1849 |
William II |
King of the
Netherlands. |
1849 - 1890 |
William III |
King of the
Netherlands. |
1890 |
William
III has no surviving male heirs. Under Salic Law, The Grand Duchy of
Luxembourg cannot be ruled by a woman, so it is granted to a distant
relative of William III's. |
1890 - 1905 |
Adolphe of Nassau |
Son of William, Duke of
Nassau. |
1907 |
The late Adolphe's sister is Sophia of
Nassau, wife to
King Oscar II of
Sweden. With the death of her husband, her eldest son, Gustavus V ascends
the Swedish throne. He eventually gains the record of being the country's
second-longest reigning monarch, and its oldest monarch in terms of his age. |
1905 - 1912 |
William IV |
Son. |
1912 - 1919 |
Marie-Adelaide |
Dau. Accused of being pro-German.
Forced to abdicate. |
1919 - 1964 |
Charlotte |
Sister.
Abdicated (d.1985). |
1964 - 2000 |
Jean / John |
Son. Abdicated. |
2000 - Present |
Henri |
Son. |
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William V |
Son. |
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