Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

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Grand Duke of Luxembourg monarch person

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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Label Occurrences
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg canonical 14
Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg 1

Statements (39)

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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
style His Royal Highness ⓘ
successor William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
title Duke of Nassau ⓘ

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William III of the Netherlands → successorAsGrandDukeOfLuxembourg → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → name → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg self-link ⓘ
Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau → founder → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Duke of Nassau → notableTitleHolder → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → father → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg → predecessor → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Nassau family → notableMember → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Walramian line → notableDescendant → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Adolphe Bridge → namedAfter → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
this entity surface form: Grand Duke Adolphe of Luxembourg
William Alexander → father → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
subject surface form: William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
William Alexander → predecessor → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
subject surface form: William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Order of Adolphe of Nassau → namedAfter → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Order of Adolphe of Nassau → establishedBy → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Princess Hilda of Nassau → father → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ
Ottonian line → hasNotableMember → Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg ⓘ