List of Luxembourgish consorts

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The consort is the spouse of a reigning Grand Duke of Luxembourg. The consort of the current monarch is Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg. [1] Princess Stéphanie is expected to become the next royal consort upon the accession of Guillaume to the throne. [2]

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Countess consort of Luxembourg

House of Luxembourg-Ardennes (963–1136)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Hedwig of Nordgau Eberhard IV, Count of Nordgau
(Conradine)
937950963
county established
13 December 992 Siegfried I
Ermentrude, Countess of Gleibergc. 965964after 985/99021 February 965 Frederick I
Clementia of Aquitaine William VII, Duke of Aquitaine
(Ramnulfids)
106010758 August 1086
husband's death
4 January 1142 Conrad I
Mathilde of Northeim Kuno of Northeim, Count of Beichlingen
(Northeim)
c.10801105after 1120 William I
Ermengarde, Countess of Zutphen Otto II, Count of Zutphen c.109111341136
husband's death
1138 Conrad II

House of Luxembourg-Namur (1136–1196)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Laurette of Flanders Thierry, Count of Flanders
(Metz)
11301152/591163
divorce
1175 Henry IV
Agnes of Guelders Henry I, Count of Guelders
(Wassenberg)
11551168/117124 August 1196
husband's death
after August 1196

House of Hohenstaufen (1196–1197)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Marguerite Blois.jpg Margaret, Countess of Blois Theobald V, Count of Blois
(Blois)
c. 1170119014 August 1196
husband's accession
1197
county returned to the Luxembourg dynasty
12 July 1230 Otto

House of Luxembourg-Namur (1197–1247)

None

House of Luxembourg-Limburg (1247–1354)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Margaret of Bar.jpg Margaret of Bar Henry II, Count of Bar
(Bar)
12204 June 124012 February 1247
husband's accession
23 November 1275 Henry V
Blason Maison d'Avesnes.svg Beatrice of Avesnes Baldwin, Lord of Beaumont
(Avesnes)
1242by 22 May 126524 December 1281
husband's accession
5 June 1288
husband's death
1 March 1321 Henry VI
MarketaBrabantska.jpg Margaret of Brabant John I, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
4 October 12769 July 129214 December 1311 Henry VII
Elias vitraz.jpg Elisabeth of Bohemia Wenceslaus II of Bohemia
(Přemyslid)
20 January 12921 September 131024 August 1313
husband's accession
28 September 1330 John I
Beatrycze.jpg Beatrice of Bourbon Louis I, Duke of Bourbon
(Bourbon)
132011 March 134926 August 1346
husband's death
27 December 1383
Blanka z Valois.JPG Blanche of Valois Charles, Count of Valois
(Valois)
131623 May 132326 August 1346
husband's accession
1 August 1348 Charles I
Anna von der Pfalz.jpg Anna of Bavaria Rudolf II, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
26 September 132911 March 13492 February 1353
Anna von Schweidnitz.jpg Anna of Świdnica Henry II, Duke of Świdnica
(Piast)
133927 May 13531353
county passed to brother-in-law
11 July 1362
JohannavanBrabant.jpg Joanna, Duchess of Brabant John III, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
24 June 1322March 13521353
husband's accession
13 March 1354
elevated to duchess
1 November 1406 Wenceslaus I

Duchess consort of Luxembourg

House of Luxembourg (1354–1443)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
JohannavanBrabant.jpg Joanna, Duchess of Brabant John III, Duke of Brabant
(Leuven)
24 June 1322March 135213 March 1354
elevated from countess
7 December 1383
husband's accession
1 November 1406 Wenceslaus I
Joanna of Bavaria.jpg Joanna of Bavaria Albert I, Duke of Bavaria
(Wittelsbach)
136229 September 137029 November 1378
husband's accession
31 December 1386 Wenceslaus II
POL wojewodztwo dolnoslaskie COA.svg Agnes of Opole Bolko II of Opole
(Piast)
-13741388
husband's ascension
18 January 1411
husband's death
1 April 1413 Jobst

House of Valois-Burgundy (1443–1482)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Rogier van der Weyden (workshop of) - Portrait of Isabella of Portugal.jpg Isabella of Portugal John I of Portugal
(Aviz)
21 February 13977 January 14301443
husband's usurpation
15 July 1467
husband's death
17 December 1471 Philip I
Margaret of York.jpg Margaret of York Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York
(York)
3 May 14469 July 14685 January 1477
husband's death
23 November 1503 Charles II

House of Habsburg (1482–1700)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Johanna die Wahnsinnige,die junge Herzogin von Burgund.jpg Joanna of Castile Ferdinand II of Aragon
(Trastámara)
6 November 147920 October 149625 September 1506
husband's death
12 April 1555 Philip II
Tizian 057.jpg Isabella of Portugal Manuel I of Portugal
(Aviz)
24 October 150311 March 15261 May 1539 Charles II
Anthonis Mor 001.jpg Mary I of England Henry VIII of England
(Tudor)
18 February 151625 July 155416 January 1556
husband's ascension
17 November 1558 Philip III
Isabel de Valois2.jpg Elisabeth of Valois Henry II of France
(Valois)
2 April 154522 June 15593 October 1568
Ana de Austria2.jpg Anna of Austria Maximilian II, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
1 November 15494 May 157026 October 1580
Isabel de Borbon, from Statens Museum for Kunst, by Diego Velazquez.jpg Elisabeth of Bourbon Henry IV of France
(Bourbon)
22 November 160225 November 161531 March 1621
husband's accession
6 October 1644 Philip IV
Retratodelareinamariana.jpg Mariana of Austria Ferdinand III, Holy Roman Emperor
(Habsburg)
24 December 16347 October 164917 September 1665
husband's death
16 May 1696
Marie-Louise d'Orleans, reine d'Espagne.jpg Marie Louise of Orléans Philippe I, Duke of Orléans
(Bourbon-Orléans)
26 March 166219 November 167912 February 1689 Charles IV
Maria Anna, Countess Palatine of the Rhine in Neuburg, Queen of Spain.jpg Maria Anna of Neuburg Philip William, Elector Palatine
(Wittelsbach)
28 October 166714 May 16901 November 1700
husband's death
16 July 1740

House of Bourbon (1700–1712)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Anonymous portrait of Maria Luisa of Savoy (1688-1714, future Queen of Spain).jpg Maria Luisa of Savoy Victor Amadeus II of Sardinia
(Savoy)
17 September 16882 November 17011712
Luxembourg ceded to Bavaria
14 February 1714 Philip V

House of Wittelsbach (1712–1713)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Francois de Troy - So-called portrait of Teresa Kunegunda Sobieska - Lviv National Art Gallery.jpg Theresa Kunegunda Sobieska John III Sobieski
(Sobieski)
4 March 16762 January 16951712
Luxembourg ceded to husband
11 April 1713
Luxembourg ceded to Austria
10 March 1730 Maximilian Emanuel

House of Habsburg (1713–1794)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Elisabeth Christine of Braunschweig Wolfenbuettel.jpg Elisabeth Christine of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
(Welf)
28 August 16911 August 170811 April 1713
Luxembourg ceded to Austria
20 October 1740
husband's death
21 December 1750 Charles V
Joseph Grassi 001.jpg Maria Louisa of Spain Charles III of Spain
(Bourbon)
24 November 17455 August 176520 February 1790
husband's accession
1 March 1792
husband's death
15 May 1792 Leopold
Maria Teresa di Borbone-Napoli.jpg Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies
(Bourbon-Two Sicilies)
6 June 177215 September 17901 March 1792
husband's accession
1794
Luxembourg occupied by France
13 April 1807 Francis

Consort of Luxembourgish Grand Duchy

House of Orange-Nassau (1815–1890)

PictureNameCoat of ArmsFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Wilhelmina van Pruisen.jpg Wilhelmine of Prussia Frederick William II of Prussia
(Hohenzollern)
18 November 17741 October 179115 March 1815
husband's accession
12 October 1837 William I
Hulst - Portrait of Queen Paulowna.jpg Anna Pavlovna of Russia Coat of Arms of Anna of Russian, Queen of the Netherlands.svg Paul I of Russia
(Holstein-Gottorp-Romanov)
18 January 179521 February 18167 October 1840
husband's accession
7 March 1849
husband's death
1 March 1865 William II
Koningin Sophie Wurttemberg.jpg Sophie of Württemberg Coat of Arms of Sophie of Wurttemberg, Queen of the Netherlands.svg William I of Württemberg
(Württemberg)
17 June 181818 June 18397 March 1849
husband's accession
3 June 1877 William III
Dowager Queen of Holland.jpg Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont Coat of Arms of Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont, Queen of the Netherlands.svg George Victor, Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont
(Waldeck)
2 August 18587 January 187923 November 1890
husband's death
20 March 1934

House of Nassau-Weilburg (since 1890)

PictureNameFatherBirthMarriageBecame ConsortCeased to be ConsortDeathSpouse
Stauffer - Adelheid von Anhalt.jpg Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau Prince Frederick Augustus of Anhalt-Dessau
(Ascania)
25 December 183323 April 185123 November 1890
husband's accession
17 November 1905
husband's death
24 November 1916 Adolphe
MarieAnna.jpg Marie Anne of Portugal Miguel I of Portugal
(Braganza)
13 July 186121 June 189317 November 1905
husband's accession
25 February 1912
husband's death
31 July 1942 William IV
Prince Felix of Luxembourg, Prince of Parma and Princely consort of Luxembourg (1893-1970).jpg Felix of Bourbon-Parma Robert I, Duke of Parma
(Bourbon-Parma)
28 October 18936 November 191912 November 1964
wife's abdication
8 April 1970 Charlotte
Josephine-Charlotte vun der Belsch.jpg Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium Leopold III of Belgium
(Saxe-Coburg and Gotha)
11 October 19279 April 195312 November 1964
husband's accession
7 October 2000
husband's abdication
10 January 2005 Jean
Maria Teresa Mestre.jpg María Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla José Antonio Mestre y Alvarez22 March 19564/14 February 19817 October 2000
husband's accession
Henri

See also

Notes

  1. "H.R.H. the Grand Duchess | Cour grand-ducale". monarchie.lu. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
  2. "H.R.H. the Crown Prince | Cour grand-ducale". monarchie.lu. Retrieved 24 May 2024.

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