Alexandra of Luxembourg

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Alexandra of Luxembourg (2008)

Alexandra Joséphine Teresa Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine von Nassau (born February 16, 1991 in the Maternité Grande-Duchesse Charlotte in Luxembourg ) is Princess of Luxembourg , Princess of Nassau and Bourbon-Parma . She is the daughter of the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and his wife Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista and has three older and one younger brother. Since the constitutional amendment in 2011, she has been on the succession list . She ranks sixth after her two older brothers, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg and Prince Félix of Luxembourg, as well as her niece Princess Amalia and her nephews Prince Liam and Prince Charles. Her third older brother Louis had renounced his claims to the throne before his wedding.

Since her 18th birthday in 2009, Alexandra became the first Luxembourg princess to hold the Nassau House Order of the Golden Lion .

Life

Alexandra first attended elementary school in Angelsberg before she successfully completed the Lycée Vauban in Luxembourg in 2009 with the Abitur (Baccalauréat de lettres et littérature) with distinction. She then studied in Rome for a while . Since 2010 she has been studying psychology and social sciences at university in the United States .

Tasks and interests

Alexandra regularly takes part in the activities of the grand ducal family and official events such as the national holiday or the closing ceremony of the Octave of Our Lady . In November 2017, Princess Alexandra accompanied Grand Duke Henri instead of her mother on a state visit to Japan lasting several days.

Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family
Greater coat of arms of the grand-duke of Luxembourg (since 2000) .svg

HRH Grand Duke Henri
HRH Maria Teresa

  • IKKH Princess Marie-Astrid
  • HRH Prince Jean
    HRH Princess Diane
  • HRH Princess Margaretha
  • HRH Prince Guillaume
    HRH Princess Sibilla
  • HRH Princess Marie-Gabrielle
  • HRH Princess Joan

In addition, the princess has taken on the patronage of the Lëtzebuerger Déiereschutzliga (Luxembourg Animal Welfare League ) and the Fondation Lëtzebuerger Blannevereenendung , whose aim is to improve the everyday life of the blind and visually impaired.

Others

A shrub rose variety from the W. Kordes' Söhne breeding company was named after her Alexandra - Princesse de Luxembourg in 2009 on the occasion of Alexandra's 18th birthday .

ancestors

Pedigree of Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg
Great-great-grandparents

Duke
Robert I (Parma)
(1848–1907)
⚭ 1884
Infanta
Maria Antonia of Portugal
(1862–1959)

Crown of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke
Wilhelm IV.
(1852–1912)
⚭ 1893
Infanta
Maria Anna of Portugal
(1861–1942)

King Albert I (Belgium)
(1875–1934)
⚭ 1900
Duchess
Elisabeth Gabriele in Bavaria
(1876–1965)

Prince Carl of Sweden , Duke of Västergötland (1861–1951)
⚭ 1897
Princess
Ingeborg Charlotte of Denmark
(1878–1958)

Francisco Mestre
⚭ 1894
Matilde Ramos-Almeyda

Lucas Alvarez
(1868–1940)
⚭ 1895
Narcisa Tabió
(1878–1942)

Melchior Batista
(1859–1932)
⚭ 1883
Julia González
(1860–1934)

Laureano Falla
(1859–1929)
⚭ 1889
Maria Dolores Bonet
(1863–1949)

Great grandparents

Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
(1893–1970)
⚭ 1919 Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896–1985)
Crown of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg

King Leopold III. (Belgium)
(1901–1983)
⚭ 1926
Princess Astrid of Sweden
(1905–1935)

Jose Antonio Mastre
(1897–1961)
⚭ 1924
Maria Narcisa Alvarez
(1899–?)

Augustin Batista
(1899–1968)
⚭ 1926
Maria Teresa Falla
(1898–1973)
Grandparents

Crown of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Jean (1921–2019)
⚭ 1953
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005)

José Antonio Mestre (* 1926)
⚭ 1951
Maria Teresa Batista (1928–1988)
parents

Crown of the Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Grand Duke Henri (* 1955)
⚭ 1981
María Teresa Mestre (* 1956)

Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg (* 1991)

Web links

Commons : Alexandra von Luxemburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.wort.lu/de/view/thronhaben-neu-geregelt-4f61bbf1e4b0860580aa18a9
  2. ↑ http://lux-arazzi.blogspot.de/p/grand-ducal-family.html
  3. ↑ http://www.luxarazzi.com/2017/11/coming-up-next-week-state-visit-schedule.html
personal data
SURNAME Alexandra of Luxembourg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexandra Joséphine Teresa Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg-Nassau
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg princess, princess of Nassau and Bourbon-Parma
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Luxembourg