Luxembourg
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8 May 1713 - 15 Dec 1792;
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28 Apr 1793 - 1 Oct 1795
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15 Dec 1792 - 28 Apr 1793;
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1 Oct 1795 - 1 Feb 1815
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16 Mar 1815 - 1845
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Adopted 1845
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(Officially
adopted 16 Aug 1972)
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Map
of Luxembourg
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Hear
National Anthem "Ons Heemecht" formerly "Ons Hémécht" (Our Motherland) Adopted 1864
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Hear
Royal Anthem "Wilhelmus" Adopted 1919
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Constitution (17 Oct 1868)
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Capital: Luxembourg
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Currency: Euro (EUR); to 1 Jan 2002 Luxembourg Franc (LUF)
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National Holiday: 23 Jun (1896) National Day (Birthday of Grand Duchess Charlotte)
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Population: 486,006 (2008)
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GDP: $39.4 billion (2008)
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Exports: $20.7 billion (2008) Imports: $28.1 billion (2008)
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Ethnic groups: Luxemburger 60.4%, Portuguese
14.8%, French 5%, Italian 4.1%, Belgian 3.5%, German 2.3%, English 1%, other European and other 8.9% (2005)
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Total Active Armed Forces: 900 (2006) Merchant marine: 45 ships (2008)
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Religions: Roman Catholic 90.6%, Protestant
2.1%, other Christian 1.1%, Muslim 1%, nonreligious 3.7%,
Jewish, others 1.5% (2000)
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International
Organizations/Treaties: ADB (nonregional), AG, APM, Benelux, BTWC, CE, CTBT,
EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EMU, ENMOD (signatory), ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC,
ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol,
IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, KP, MIGA, MTCR, NATO, NEA, NPT, NSG, NTBT,
OAS (observer), OECD, OIF, OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCLOS, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNFCC,
UNHCR, UNIDO, UNRWA, UPU, WCO, WEU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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Luxembourg
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Chronology
17 Apr 963
Area of modern Luxembourg acquired from the
abbots of St. Maxim at Trier; title used by
the rulers Graf im Moselgau und den Ardennen.
6 Jul 1083
Title of Count of Luxembourg adopted
(Graf von Lützelburg).
13 Mar 1354
Duchy of Luxembourg; formal separation from
Lorraine/Lothringen.
26 Feb 1388
The duchy is pledged by Wenceslas II to Josse
(Jobst/Jodok), and from this date to 23 Nov
1457 there are side by side the hereditary duke
(duc héréditaire) and the actually governing
"duke by pledge" (duc par engagère).
23 Nov 1457
Upon the death of hereditary duke Ladislas,
"Postumus" of Austria, the ducal lines are
reunited in the Burgundy branch of the house
of Valois, and from 16 Jan 1556 its heirs the
kings of the Spanish monarchy as part of
the Spanish Netherlands (see Belgium).
1 Sep 1542 - 10 Sep 1542 French occupation.
12 Sep 1543 - 6 Aug 1544 French occupation.
4 Jun 1684 - 28 Jan 1698 French rule.
28 Jan 1698
Restored to Spanish rule.
1702 - 26 Jun 1713
French occupation.
8 May 1713
As a consequence of the War of the Spanish
Succession, Luxembourg becomes part of the
Austrian Netherlands (see Belgium)
26 Jun 1713 - 7 Jan 1715 Under Hessian administration.
7 Jan 1715
Austrians take possession.
15 Dec 1792 - 28 Apr 1793 Annexation by France.
1 Oct 1795 - 1 Feb 1814 Annexation by France
(becomes département
des Forêts 18 Nov 1795).
15 Feb 1814 - 9 Mar 1814 Under Gouvernement-général
de la Belgique
(see Belgium).
10 Mar 1814 - 12 May 1815 Under Gouvernement-général
du Rhin Moyen
(from 10 Jun 1814, Bas-Rhin et Rhin Moyen).
16 Mar 1815
Style of duke restored for Willem I of
the Netherlands (Duchy of Luxembourg).
9 Jun 1815
Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
16 Oct 1830
Belgian provisional government declares
Luxembourg an integral part of Belgium
(Arlon district defects to the revolutionaries
19 Oct 1830; district of Luxembourg (excluding
fortress of Luxembourg) on 22 Oct 1830).
22 Oct 1830 - 19 Jan 1839 Belgian occupation/administration
of Luxembourg
(except the fortress-city of Luxembourg).
17 Feb 1831
Upon separation of Belgium from the Kingdom of
the Netherlands, the already diminished
territory of Luxembourg is divided into the
(larger) Belgian province of Luxembourg and
the (smaller) surviving Grand Duchy.
19 Jun 1839
Division acquiesced to by the King/Grand-duke.
23 Nov 1890
End of the personal union with the Netherlands.
2 Aug 1914 - 11 Nov 1918 Occupied by Germany (de facto
to 20 Nov 1918).
10 May 1940 - 11 Sep 1944 Occupied by Germany (part of the
Nazi party Gau
Koblenz-Trier [from Feb 1941 Moselland])
from 20 Aug 1940).
4 May 1919 Referendum favors continuation of the monarchy.
14 Aug 1940
Luxembourg Constitution voided - all references
to the "Grand Duchy" or "State of Luxembourg"
in official documents prohibited by Germany.
30 Aug 1942
Population granted German citizenship.
11 Sep 1944 - 1945
Brief Allied occupation.
16 Dec 1944 - 28 Jan 1945 Northern third of Luxembourg re-occupied
by
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Resistance
(1944-1945)
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Republican
rebellions
(1918, 1919)
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Historical
Maps
of
Luxembourg
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Counts of Ardenne
17 Apr 963 - 27 Oct 998 Siegfried
(b. c.922 - d. 998)
(Sigefroi de Arras)
27 Oct 998 - 27 Feb 1026 Heinrich I (in Ardennen)
(b. c.960 - d. 1026)
(co-ruler from 993)
(Heinrich V of Bavaria)
28 Oct 998 - 18 May 1004 Giselbert (I)
(b. c.960 - d. 1004)
(co-ruler in Moselgau)
18 May 1004 - 6 Oct 1019 Friedrich
(b. c.970 - d. 1019)
(co-ruler in Moselgau)
27 Feb 1026 - 14 Oct 1047 Heinrich II
(b c.1005 - d. 1047)
(later Heinrich VI of Bavaria)
14 Oct 1047 - 14 Aug 1059 Giselbert (II)
(b. c.1005 - d. 1059)
14 Aug 1059 - 6 Jul 1083 Konrad
(d. 1086)
Counts of Luxembourg
6 Jul 1083 - 8 Aug 1086 Konrad I
(s.a.)
8 Aug 1086 - 1096
Heinrich III
(b. c.1075 - d. 1096)
1096 - 23 Jan 1130
Wilhelm
(b c.1080 - d. 1130)
23 Jan 1130 - 1136
Konrad II
(d. 1136)
1136 - 14 Aug 1196
Heinrich IV
(b c.1113 - d. 1196)
Aug 1196 - 5 Apr 1198 Otto
(b. 1170 - d. 1200)
5 Apr 1198-13/17 Feb 1247 Ermesinde -Countess
(b. 1186 - d. 1247)
5 Apr 1198-11/12 Feb 1214 Thibaut, comte de Bar
(b. 1160 - d. 1214)
(husband of Ermesinde, styled Count of Luxembourg)
May 1214-Jun/Jul 1226 Walram Graf
von Limburg
(d. 1226)
(Valerien III, duc de Limbourg;
husband of Ermesinde, styled Count of Luxembourg)
13/17 Feb 1247-24 Dec 1281 Heinrich V
(b. 1216 - d. 1281)
(Hendrik IV of Limburg; Henri III of Namur)
24 Dec 1281 - 5 Jun 1288 Heinrich VI
(b. 1250 - d. 1288)
5Jun 1288-25 Jun/3Jul 1310 Heinrich VII
(b. 1274 - d. 1313)
25Jun/3Jul1310-26 Aug 1346 Johann I (John "the Blind")
(b. 1296 - d. 1346)
26Aug1346-15Nov/19Dec 1353 Karl I
(b. 1316 - d. 1378)
15Nov/19Dec1353-13Mar 1354 Wenczlaw (Wenceslas)
(b. 1337 - d. 1383)
Dukes
- hereditary dukes -
13 Mar 1354 -7/8 Dec 1383 Wenczlaw I
(s.a.)
8 Dec 1383 - 16 Aug 1419 Wenczlaw II
(b. 1361 - d. 1419)
9 Jun 1419 - 6 Jan 1425 Johann II (in opposition)
(b. 1374 - d. 1425)
(later Johann III of Bavaria)
16 Aug 1419 - 9 Dec 1437 Sigismund
(b. 1368 - d. 1437)
9 Dec 1437 - 22 Feb 1440 Elisabeth -Duchess
(b. 1409 - d. 1442)
- together with the following -
9 Dec 1437 - 27 Oct 1439 Albrecht
(b. 1397 - d. 1439)
22 Feb 1440 - 23 Nov 1457 Ladislaus "Postumus"
(b. 1440 - d. 1457)
- dukes by pledge/duc par engagère -
26 Feb 1388 - 18 Aug 1402 Jobst (1st time) (French: Josse)
(b. 1354 - d. 1411)
(Jodok Margrave of Moravia)
18 Aug 1402 - 23 Nov 1407 Louis (duc d'Orléans)
(b. 1372 - d. 1407)
23 Nov 1407 - 18 Jan 1411 Jobst (2nd time)
(s.a.)
18 Jan 1411 - 1 May 1441 Elisabeth von Görlitz
-Duchess (s.a.)
18 Jan 1411 - 25 Apr 1415 Anton (Antoine)
(b. 1384 - d. 1415)
(husband of Elisabeth, styled Count of Luxembourg)
23 Dec 1439 - 29 Dec 1443 Wilhelm von Thüringen
(b. 1425 - d. 1482)
(in dissidence)
1 May 1441 - 4 Oct 1441 Jakob
(b. 1398/99 - d. 1456)
(Archbishop of Trier Jakob I)
4 Oct 1441 - 23 Nov 1457 Philippe "le Bon" -Regent
(b. 1396 - d. 1467)
([nominally for Elisabeth von Görlitz
until her death 3 Aug 1451]
continuing after death of Ladislaus)
- hereditary dukes -
23 Nov 1457 - 15 Jun 1467 Philippe (I) -Regent
(s.a.)
(Philippe III of Burgundy)
15 Jun 1467 - 5 Jan 1477 Charles II
(b. 1433 - d. 1477)
(Charles I of Burgundy)
5 Jan 1477 - 27 Mar 1482 Maria "la Riche" -Duchess
(b. 1457 - d. 1482)
27 Mar 1482 - 25 Sep 1506 Philippe II
(b. 1478 - d. 1506)
(Philippe IV of Burgundy; Felipe I of Spain)
25 Sep 1506 - 25 Oct 1555 Charles III
(b. 1500 - d. 1558)
(Carlos I of Spain; Holy Roman
Emperor as Karl V)
25 Oct 1555 - 6 May 1598 Philippe III
(b. 1527 - d. 1598)
(Felipe II of Spain)
1582 - 10 Jun 1584
Francis Hercule, duc d'Anjou (b. 1555
- d. 1584)
et d'Alençon (in dissidence)
(Prince Souverain des Pays-Bas)
6 May 1598 - 13 Jul 1621 Isabelle Claire -Duchess
(b. 1566 - d. 1633)
(Princesse Souveraine des Pays-Bas
13 Jul 1621 - 17 Sep 1665 Philippe IV
(b. 1605 - d. 1665)
(Felipe IV of Spain)
17 Sep 1665 - 4 Jun 1684 Charles IV (1st time)
(b. 1661 - d. 1700)
(Carlos II of Spain)
4 Jun 1684 - 20 Sep 1697 Louis-Dieudonné "le
Grand" (b. 1638 - d. 1715)
(Louis XIV of France)
20 Sep 1697 - 1 Nov 1700 Charles IV (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1 Nov 1700 - 16 Nov 1700 Interregnum: under the
authority
of the Governing Board in Spain
16 Nov 1700 - 25 May 1711 Philippe V
(b. 1683 - d. 1746)
(Felipe V of Spain)
25 May 1711 - 8 May 1713 Maximilien Marie Emmanuel
(b. 1662 - d. 1726)
(Maximilian II of Bavaria)
8 May 1713 - 20 Oct 1740 Charles IV
(b. 1685 - d. 1740)
(Karl III of Austria)
20 Oct 1740 - 29 Nov 1780 Maria Theresa -Duchess
(b. 1717 - d. 1780)
29 Nov 1780 - 20 Feb 1790 Joseph (Joseph II of Austria)
(b. 1741 - d. 1790)
20 Sep 1790 - 1 Mar 1792 Leopold
(b. 1747 - d. 1792)
(Leopold II of Austria)
5 Jul 1792 - 12 Dec 1792 François (1st time)
(b. 1768 - d. 1835)
(Franz I of Austria)
15 Dec 1792 - 28 Apr 1793 Annexed to France
28 Apr 1793 - 1 Oct 1795 François (2nd time)
(s.a.)
1 Oct 1795 - 1 Feb 1814 Annexed to France
Commissioners
15 Dec 1792 - 28 Apr 1793 ....
1794 - 31 Jan 1795
Bernard Stévenotte
31 Jan 1795 - 1797
Legier
1797 - 1800
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Prefects of Forêts
1800
Johann Michael Franz Birnbaum 30 Nov 1800 - 1808
Jean Baptiste Lacoste
(b. 1756 - d. 1821)
18 May 1808 - 1814
Jean Baptiste Jourdan
(b. 1762 - d. 1833)
(from 1810, André Joseph, baron Jourdan)
Governor-general (on behalf of the Allied powers)
15 Feb 1814 - 9 Mar 1814 part of Gouvernement-Général
de la
Belgique (see Belgium)
10 Mar 1814 - 12 May 1815 Johann August von Sack
(b. 1764 - d. 1831)
Duke¹
16 Mar 1815 - 9 Jun 1815 Guillaume I
(b. 1772 - d. 1848)
Grand Dukes¹
9 Jun 1815 - 7 Oct 1840 Guillaume I
(s.a.)
7 Oct 1840 - 17 Mar 1849 Guillaume II
(b. 1792 - d. 1849)
17 Mar 1849 - 23 Nov 1890 Guillaume III
(b. 1817 - d. 1890)
5 Feb 1850 - 13 Jan 1879 Prince Henri -Regent (b. 1820 - d. 1879)
23 Nov 1890 - 17 Nov 1905 Adolphe
(b. 1817 - d. 1905)
4 Apr 1902 - 17 Nov 1905 Prince Guillaume -Regent
(b. 1852 - d. 1912)
17 Nov 1905 - 25 Feb 1912 Guillaume IV
(s.a.)
19 Mar 1908 - 25 Feb 1912 Maria Anne de Bragance -Regent
(b. 1861 - d. 1942)
Grand Duchess¹
25 Feb 1912 - 15 Jan
1919 Marie-Adélaïde
(b. 1894 - d. 1924)
German Commander
2 Aug 1914 - 1915
Albrecht Maria Alexander Herzog (b. 1865 - d. 1939)
von Württemberg
Commander of the German Forces in Luxembourg (and
Plenipotentiary of the Quartermaster General)
1915 - 20 Nov 1918
Richard Karl von Tessmar
(b. 1853 - d. 1928)
Grand Duchess¹
15
Jan 1919 - 12 Nov 1964 Charlotte
(b. 1896 - d. 1985)
(9 May 1940 - 14 Apr 1945 in exile [France; from
Aug 1940, London; from 4 Oct 1940, New York;
from Nov 1940, Montreal])
German Commander
10 May 1940 - 20 May 1940 Karl Rudolf Gerd von Rundstedt
(b. 1875 - d. 1953)
Military Governor
20 May 1940 - 25 Jul 1940 Alexander Freiherr von
(b. 1878 - d. 1966)
Falkenhausen
Chief of civil administration (from Aug 30 1942, also Gauleiter
of Moselland)
7 Aug 1940 - 11 Sep 1944 Gustav Simon
(b. 1900 - d. 1945) NSDAP
Grand Dukes¹
4 May 1961 - 12 Nov 1964 Prince Jean -Regent
(b. 1921)
12 Nov 1964 - 7 Oct 2000 Jean
(s.a.)
3 Mar 1998 - 7 Oct 2000 Prince Henri -Regent
(b. 1955)
7 Oct 2000 -
Henri
(s.a.)
French Governors
1 Sep 1542 - 10 Sep 1542 Claude de Lorraine, duc de
Guise (b. 1496 - d. 1550) 12 Sep 1543 - 1544
François d'Anglure
(d. 1544)
1544 - 6 Aug 1544
François de Clèves, duc de Nevers (b. 1516 - d. 1562)
Jan 1638 - Feb 1641 Claude
de Lannoy, comte de la
(b. 1575? - d. 1643)
Motterie
12 Jun 1684 - Jul 1686 Henri de Lambert,
marquis de (b. 1631 - d. 1686)
Lambert et de Saint Bris,
baron de Citry
(governor and lieutenant-general)
13 Sep 1686 - 1687? Louis
I, duc de Bouillon
(d. 1711)
25 Jul 1687 - 15 Nov 1697 Nicolas de Catinat, seigneur de
(b. 1637 - d. 1712)
Saint Gratien
(from Mar 1690, Lieutenant-general)
15 Nov 1697 - 170.
Johann Friedrich, conde von Elter (b. 1645 - d. 1716)
170. - 14 Oct 1709
Louis François du Parc,
marquis de Locmaria
(b. 1647 - d. 1709)
1709 - 1711
Louis Josephe, gran duque de (b. 1654
- d. 1712)
Bourbon, duque de Penthièvre
1711 - 11 Feb 1712
François-Eustache de Marion,
(d. 1712)
comte de Druy
11 Feb 1712 - 1713
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Hessian governors
1713 - 1714
Reinhardt Vincent, baron Hompesch (b. 1660 - d. 1733)
1714 - 17..
Johann Rabo, baron van Keppel (d. 1733)
17.. - 7 Jan 1715
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Austrian Governors
7 Jan 1715 - 1716
Bertrand Antoine, baron de
Wachtendonck
4 Dec 1716 - 17 Apr 1719 Jean François, comte
de Bronchorst,(d. 1719)
Gronsvelt und Eberstein
1719 - Jul 1720
Maximilien de Asqualini
(d. 1720)
1720 - 1722
Adolf Christian Freiherr von Galen (d. 1722)
Mar 1722 - 27 Apr 1727 Johann Wilhelm Freiherr
von Unruhe (d. 1727)
29 May 1727 - Oct 1729 François
Paul, comte de Wallis
Oct 1729 - 7 May 1730 Philippe Henri
de Magawly,
baron de Cabry (1st time)(acting)
7 May 1730 - 22 May 1731 Wilhelm Reinhard Graf Neipperg
(b. 1684 - d. 1774)
(1st time)
22 May 1731 - 22 Feb 1732 Philippe Henri de Magawly,
baron de Cabry (2nd time)(acting)
22 Feb 1732 - 5 May 1733 Sigismund Freiherr von Thungen
(b. 1687 - d. 1745)
(1st time)(acting)
5 May 1733 - 22 Jun 1734 Wilhelm Reinhard Graf Neipperg
(s.a.)
(2nd time)
22 Jun 1734 - 30 Jul 1736 Sigismund Freiherr von Thungen
(s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
30 Jul 1736 - Jan 1737 Wilhelm Reinhard
Graf Neipperg (s.a.)
(3rd time)
Jan 1737 - Apr 1737 Georges
Adolphe d'Olizy (1st time) (d. 1739)
(acting)
Apr 1737 - May 1737 Antoine
de Peissant, comte de (d. 1748)
Rumigny (acting)
May 1737 - Jan 1738 Wilhelm
Reinhard Graf Neipperg (s.a.)
(4th time)
Jan 1738 - 16 May 1739 Georges Adolphe
d'Olizy (2nd time) (s.a.)
(acting)
1739 - 17 Sep 1742
Charles Urbain, comte de Chanclos (b. 1686 - d. 1761)
(acting)
17 Sep 1742 - 1743
Holtzapfel (acting)
1743 - Mar 1744
Melligny (acting)
Mar 1744 - 1753
Wilhelm Reinhard Graf Neipperg (s.a.)
(5th time)
1753 - 20 Oct 1755
Eberhard Freiherr von Gemmingen (d. 1767)
(1st time)(acting)
20 Oct 1755 - 1756
Ernst Dietrich Marschall von (d. 1781)
Biberstein (1st time)
1756 - 1763
Eberhard Freiherr von Gemmingen (s.a.)
(2nd time)(acting)
1763 - 1766
Ernst Dietrich Marschall von (s.a.)
Biberstein (2nd time)
1766 - May 1773
Maximilian Friedrich Ernst Fürst (b. 1732 - d. 1773)
von Salm-Salm
2 Jan 1767 - 1783
Christian Jakob Freiherr von (d. 1783)
Vogelsang
(acting for Salm-Salm to May 1773)
1783 - 7 Jun 1795
Johann Blasius Freiherr von Bender (b. 1713 - d. 1798)
(in opposition 15 Dec 1792 - 28 Apr 1793)
Dutch Governors
2 Sep 1815 - 31 Dec 1830 Jean Georges Othon Victorin
M. (b. 1763 - d. 1831)
Zacharie Willmar
(provisional to 29 May 1817)
Dutch Governors-general
1 Jan 1831 - 5 Mar 1831 Jean Leclerc (acting)
(b. 1765 - d. 1836)
5 Mar 1831 - 27 May 1831 Carl Bernhard Herzog von Sachsen-
(b. 1792 - d. 1862)
Weimar
Belgian Governors (in Arlon)
5 Oct 1830 - 16 Oct 1830 François d'Hoffschmit
(b. 1797 - d. 1854)
(Franz Heinrich von Hoffschmidt)
(commissioner-general)
16 Oct 1830 - Sep 1834 Jean Baptiste Thorn
(b. 1783 - d. 1841)
10 Dec 1834 - 19 Jan 1839 Victorin Jean François,
baron de (b. 1791 - d. 1841)
Steenhault
Chairman of the Government Commission (in Luxembourg)
27 May 1831 - 18 Jun 1839 Friedrich Wilhelm von Goedecke
(b. 1771 - d. 1857)
Chiefs of the Government
16 Jun 1839 - 21 Oct 1840 Hans Daniel Ludwig Friedrich
(b. 1794 - d. 1862)
Hassenpflug
21 Oct 1840 - 1 Jan 1842 Jean Baptiste Gellé
(b. 1777 - d. 1847)
Governor
1 Jan 1842 - 1 Aug 1848 Gaspar-Théodore-Ignace
de la (b. 1787 - d. 1871)
Fontaine (acting to 6 Jun 1842)
Prime ministers (to 29 Nov 1857, Presidents of the Council;
29 Nov 1857
to 14 Jul 1989, Presidents of the Government)
1 Aug 1848 - 2 Dec 1848 Gaspar-Théodore-Ignace
de la (s.a.) Con/Lib
Fontaine
2 Dec 1848 - 23 Sep 1853 Jean-Jacques Madelaine Willmar
(b. 1792 - d. 1866) Lib
23 Sep 1853 - 26 Sep 1860 Charles Mathias Simons
(b. 1802 - d. 1874) Con/Lib
26 Sep 1860 - 3 Dec 1867 Baron Victor de Tornaco
(b. 1805 - d. 1875) Lib 3 Dec 1867 - 26 Dec 1874 Lambert Jospeh Emmanuel Servais
(b. 1811 - d. 1890) Lib 26
Dec 1874 - 20 Feb 1885 Félix de Blochausen
(b. 1834 - d. 1915) Lib
20 Feb 1885 - 22 Sep 1888 Jules Georges Édouard Thilges
(b. 1817 - d. 1904) Lib
22 Sep 1888 - 12 Oct 1915 Paul Eyschen
(b. 1841 - d. 1915) Lib 12 Oct 1915 - 6 Nov 1915 Mathias Mongenast (acting)
(b. 1843 - d. 1926) Lib
6 Nov 1915 - 24 Feb 1916 Hubert Loutsch
(b. 1879 - d. 1946) Con 24 Feb 1916 - 19 Jun 1917
Victor Thorn
(b. 1844 - d. 1930) Lib
19 Jun 1917 - 28 Sep 1918 Léon Kauffman
(b. 1869 - d. 1952) PD
28 Sep 1918 - 19 Mar 1925 Émile Reuter
(b. 1874 - d. 1973) PD
19 Mar 1925 - 16 Jul 1926 Pierre Prüm
(b. 1886 - d. 1950) NIP
16 Jul 1926 - 5 Nov 1937 Joseph Bech (1st time)
(b. 1887 - d. 1975) PD
5 Nov 1937 - 29 Dec 1953 Pierre Dupong
(b. 1885 - d. 1953) PD;1944 CSV
(10 May 1940 - 23 Sep 1944 in London exile)
10 May 1940 - 22 Oct 1940 Albert Wehrer
(b. 1895 - d. 1967) Non-party
(head of the Government Commission)
29 Dec 1953 - 29 Mar 1958 Joseph Bech (2nd time)
(s.a.)
CSV
29 Mar 1958 - 23 Feb 1959 Pierre Frieden
(b. 1892 - d. 1959) CSV
26 Feb 1959 - 15 Jun 1974 Pierre Werner (1st time)
(b. 1913 - d. 2002) CSV
15 Jun 1974 - 16 Jul 1979 Gaston Thorn
(b. 1928 - d. 2007) DP
16 Jul 1979 - 20 Jul 1984 Pierre Werner (2nd time)
(s.a.)
CSV
20 Jul 1984 - 20 Jan 1995 Jacques Santer
(b. 1937)
CSV
20 Jan 1995 -
Jean-Claude Juncker
(b. 1954)
CSV
Dutch Secretary for the Affairs of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(in
The Hague)
1 Jan 1831 - 4 Nov 1841 Christian Ernst Stifft
(b. 1780 - d. 1855)
State Chancellor for Luxembourg (in The Hague)
1841 - 1848?
Friedrich Georg Prosper von (b.
1802 - d. 1886)
Blochhausen
Secretaries for the Affairs of Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
(in
The Hague)
1848 - 1849
Joseph Paquet
(b. 1804 - d. 1858)
4 Aug 1849 - 1882
Gustave d'Olimart
(d. 1882?)
1882 - 23 Nov 1890
Hippolyte de Villiers
Resistance 1944-1945
1944
Four Luxembourgian resistance movements, set up
previously, unit into a new organization
called Union des Mouvements de Résistance (UNION).
President of the Union of Resistance Movements
1944 - 1945
François Schammel
Head of the Allied Military Administration
11 Sep 1944 - 1945
Edgar Jett (U.S.)
¹Full style of the ruler:
(a) 16 Mar 1815 - 9 Jun 1815: Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi
des Pays-Bas, Prince d'Orange-Nassau, Duc de Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc. (French); Von
Gottes Gnaden König der Niederlande, Prinz von Oranien-Nassau, Herzog von
Luxemburg, etc., etc., etc. (German)("by the Grace of God, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc, etc.");
(b) 9 Jun 1815 - 23 Nov 1890: Par la grâce de Dieu, Roi des Pays-Bas,
Prince d'Orange-Nassau, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, etc., etc., etc. (French); Von Gottes
Gnaden König der Niederlande, Prinz von Oranien-Nassau, Grossherzog von Luxemburg,
etc., etc., etc. (German)("by the Grace of God, King of the Netherlands, Prince of Orange-Nassau, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, etc., etc, etc.");
(c) 23 Nov 1890 - 7 Oct 2000: Par la grâce
de Dieu, Grand-Duc/Grande-Duchesse de Luxembourg, Duc/Duchesse de Nassau, etc., etc., etc. (French); Von Gottes
Gnaden Grossherzog/Grossherzogin von Luxemburg, Herzog/Herzogin von Nassau (from 27/28 Jun 1906 - 12 Nov 1964 zu Nassau), etc., etc., etc. (German); Vu Gottes Gnod, Groussherzog vu Lëtzebuerg, Herzog vun Nassau, etc., etc., etc. (Luxembourgish, from 24 Feb 1984)("by the Grace of God, Grand Duke/Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Duke/Duchess of Nassau, etc., etc., etc.");
(d) from 7 Oct 2000: Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, Duc de Nassau (French); Grossherzog
von Luxemburg, Herzog von Nassau (German); Groussherzog von Lëtzebuerg, Herzog von
Nassau (Luxembourgish)("Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau").
Party abbreviations: CSV = Chrëschtlich Sozial Vollekspartei/Parti
Chrétien-social (Christian Social People's Party, christian-democratic);
DP =
Demokratesch Partei/Parti démocratique (Democratic Party, liberal);
LSAP
= Lëtzebuergesch Sozialistesch Arbechterpartei/Parti Ouvrier Socialiste
(Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party, social-democratic);
- Former parties: Con = Conserviatve; Lib = Liberal; NIP = Parti National Indépendant
(National Independence Party, 1918-31); PD = Parti de la Droite (Party of the Right, conservative,
1944 renamed CSV);
PL = Part Libéral (Liberal Party); NSDAP
= Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (National Socialist German
Worker's Party, German Nazi fascist, only legal party 1940-1944)
Attempts to Establish
a Republic 1918-1919
Note: The end of World War I was followed by at chaotic period,
as several groups, having
different points of view on the status of post-war Luxembourg opposed
each other (partisans of the reigning Grand Duchess of the House of Nassau
-but not the current Grand Duchess, of the republic, of annexation to Belgium
or France).
9 Nov 1918 (hours)
First failed bid to create a republic.
11 Nov 1918 (hours) Second
failed attempt.
10 Jan 1919
Some members of the Luxembourgian Chamber declare the
House of Nassau deposed and for Committee of Public
Safety (Comité de Salut Public) to govern the "Republic."
11 Jan 1919
Chamber members dispersed by French troops.
9 Nov 1918 (hours)
Luxembourg-City Committee
- Aloys Kaiser
- Émile Mark
SPL
- Jean Schaak
11 Nov 1918 (hours) Esch-sur-Alzette
Committee
- Pierre Kappweiler
(b. 1887 - d. 1931)
- Jacques Tillmany
- Jean Schaak
Chairman of the Committee of Public Safety
10 Jan 1919 - 11 Jan 1919 Émile Servais
(b. 1847 -
d. 1928) PL
Party abbreviations:
PL = Parti Libéral (Liberal Party); SPL = Sozialdemokratesch Partei vu Lëtzebuerg (Social-democratic Party of Luxembourg)
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