William IV was a Protestant, the religion of the House of Nassau. He married Marie Anne of Portugal, believing that a Roman Catholic country should have a Roman Catholic monarch. Thus since William IV all other Grand Dukes have been Catholic.
At the death of his uncle, Prince Nikolaus-Wilhelm in 1905, the only other legitimate male in the House of Nassau-Weilburg was Williams's cousin, Georg Nikolaus, Count of Merenberg, the product of a morganatic marriage. So in 1907, William IV declared the Counts of Merenberg non-dynastic, naming his own eldest daughter Marie-AdΓ©laΓ―de (1894β1924) as heir to the grand ducal throne. She became Luxembourg's first reigning female monarch upon her father's death in 1912, and upon her own abdication in 1919, was succeeded by her younger sister Charlotte (1896β1985). Charlotte's descendants have reigned until the present day.
William IV was a Protestant, the religion of the House of Nassau. He married Marie Anne of Portugal, believing that a Roman Catholic country should have a Roman Catholic monarch. Thus since William IV all other Grand Dukes have been Catholic.
At the death of his uncle, Prince Nikolaus-Wilhelm in 1905, the only other legitimate male in the House of Nassau-Weilburg was Williams's cousin, Georg Nikolaus, Count of Merenberg, the product of a morganatic marriage. So in 1907, William IV declared the Counts of Merenberg non-dynastic, naming his own eldest daughter Marie-AdΓ©laΓ―de (1894β1924) as heir to the grand ducal throne. She became Luxembourg's first reigning female monarch upon her father's death in 1912, and upon her own abdication in 1919, was succeeded by her younger sister Charlotte (1896β1985). Charlotte's descendants have reigned until the present day.
Family Members
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Marie Adelaide von Nassau-Weilburg
1894–1924
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Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg
1896–1985
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Hilda Sophie Marie AdΓ©laΓ―de Wilhelmine von Luxembourg zu Schwarzenberg
1897–1979
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Antonia von Luxembourg
1899–1954
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Antonia Roberte Sophie Wilhelmine von Luxembourg
1899–1954
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Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine von Nassau
1901–1950
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Sophie von Luxembourg
1902–1941
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