Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg

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Princess Sibilla
BornSibilla Sandra Weiller y Torlonia
(1968-06-12) 12 June 1968 (age 52)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, France
Spouse
IssuePrince Paul Louis of Nassau
Prince Léopold of Nassau
Princess Charlotte of Nassau
Prince Jean of Nassau
FatherPaul-Annik Weiller
MotherDonna Olimpia Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi
Religion Catholicism

Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg (born Sibilla Sandra Weiller y Torlonia on 12 June 1968 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is the wife of Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg.

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Family

Her father was Paul-Annik Weiller (1933–1998), the first son of the aviator Paul-Louis Weiller (of the Javal family) and Aliki Diplarakos, Miss Europe 1930.

Her mother is an Italian noblewoman, Donna Olimpia Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi (born 1943), daughter of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi and Infanta Beatriz of Spain; making Sibilla a matrilineal descendant of Queen Victoria.

Sibilla has three surviving sisters: Aliki Béatrice Victoria (1967), married to André Aranha Corrêa do Lago (a Brazilian ambassador [1] ); Cosima Marie Elisabeth Edmée (1984); and Domitilla Louise Marie (1985). A younger sister Laura Daphne Lavinia (1974-1980) and brother, Paul Alexandre (1970-1970) died in childhood. The family lived in Geneva.

Princess Sibilla is a second cousin of the current King Felipe VI of Spain; her grandmother was Infanta Beatriz of Spain, the aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. She also is a second cousin of the actress Brooke Shields; they share great-grandparents. Sibilla's grandfather, Prince Alessandro was the brother of Brooke Shields' grandmother Marina Torlonia.

Education and career

Princess Sibilla was educated at the Institut Florimont, Geneva, graduating with a baccalaureate in economics with honours. She then studied at the École du Louvre in Paris, graduating with a diploma in Art History in 1991. She worked at the Musée des Monuments Français. [2]

Princess Sibilla then studied contemporary art in London, and worked for different galleries, before opening her own gallery in 1993.

Marriage

Sibilla Weiller married her fifth cousin once removed Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg, Prince of Nassau and Parma, son of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, civilly in Sélestat on 8 September 1994 and religiously on 24 September 1994 at Versailles Cathedral, receiving the title Princess of Luxembourg. The bride wore a Valentino wedding gown. [3]

Guillaume and Sibilla have four children, who carry the title Prince(ss) of Nassau with the style Royal Highness. Their sons have succession rights:

Sibilla and Guillaume are related to each other distantly in several different ways, but the closest is as fifth cousins once removed in descent from Charles IV of Spain, Francis I of the Two Sicilies, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

Honours

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Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg
Reference style Her Royal Highness
Spoken styleYour Royal Highness

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References

  1. Saki Asuka, "The Brazilian Ambassador to Japan H.E. Mr. André Aranha Corrêa do Lago gives a lecture", United Nations Academic Impact Japan, 14 February 2018.
  2. "Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg". Luxarazzi blog.
  3. Order of Splendor: Valentino Gowns http://orderofsplendor.blogspot.co.uk/2012/08/wedding-wednesday-valentino-gowns.html
  4. Sibilla and Guillaume attending Haakon of Norway's wedding in 2001