Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg was the first monarch of the House of Nassau-Weilburg to rule Luxembourg, reigning from 1890 to 1905 and helping to shape the country’s modern constitutional monarchy.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Grand Duke of Luxembourg
monarch
person
accessionBasis Nassau Family Pact
birthDate 1817-07-24
birthPlace Biebrich, Duchy of Nassau
burialPlace Notre-Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg City
child Princess Hilda of Nassau
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
citizenship Duchy of Nassau
Luxembourg
countryRuled Luxembourg
deathDate 1905-11-17
deathPlace Hohenburg Castle
surface form: Hohenburg Castle, Bavaria, German Empire
era 19th century
early 20th century
father Duke of Nassau
surface form: William, Duke of Nassau
givenName Adolphe
helpedShape modern constitutional monarchy of Luxembourg
lostDuchyOfNassauTo Prussia
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
monarchNumberInLuxembourg first monarch of the House of Nassau-Weilburg to rule Luxembourg
mother Princess Louise of Saxe-Hildburghausen NERFINISHED
name Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg self-link
nobleTitle Prince of Nassau
notableFor being first Nassau-Weilburg ruler of Luxembourg
transitioning Luxembourg into a more modern constitutional monarchy
positionHeld Grand Duke of Luxembourg
predecessor William III of the Netherlands
reasonForAccessionInLuxembourg end of personal union with the Netherlands
reignAsDukeOfNassauEnd 1866
reignAsDukeOfNassauStart 1839
reignEnd 1905
reignStart 1890
religion Protestantism
royalHouse House of Nassau-Weilburg
spouse Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau NERFINISHED
style His Royal Highness
successor William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
title Duke of Nassau

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg father Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau founder Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg name Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg self-link
Nassau family notableMember Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Duke of Nassau notableTitleHolder Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg predecessor Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
William III of the Netherlands successorAsGrandDukeOfLuxembourg Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg