List of leaders of Luxembourg

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From the promulgation of the first constitution, in 1848, until the early twentieth century, Luxembourgish politics was dominated by independent politicians and statesmen.

Prime ministers from 1848 to 1890

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Prime Minister
(birth–death)
Portrait Term of office Monarchs
(Reign)
No. Start End
1 Gaspard-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine
(1787–1871)
  1 August 1848 6 December 1848 Willem II
 

(1840–1849)
First Prime Minister. Resigned following a Vote of no confidence.[1]
2 Jean-Jacques Madeleine Willmar
(1792–1866)
  6 December 1848 23 September 1853 Willem III
 

(1849–1890)
Dismissed by the Governor[2]
3 Charles-Mathias Simons
(1802–1874)
  1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
23 September 1853
23 September 1854
24 May 1856
2 June 1857
29 November 1857
12 November 1858
23 June 1859
15 July 1859
23 September 1854
24 May 1856
2 June 1857
29 November 1857
12 November 1858
23 June 1859
15 July 1859

26 September 1860
Coup of 1856. President of the Council until November 1857;
thereafter President of the Government. Resigned.
[3]
4 Victor, Baron de Tornaco
(1805–1875)
  1
2
3
4
5
6
7
26 September 1860
9 September 1863
31 March 1864
26 January 1866
3 December 1866
14 December 1866
18 June 1867
9 September 1863
31 March 1864
26 January 1866
3 December 1866
14 December 1866
18 June 1867

3 December 1867
Shortest cabinet, December 1866. Luxembourg Crisis; Treaty of London.
Resigned following a Vote of no confidence.
[4]
5 Lambert Joseph Emmanuel Servais
(1811–1890)
  1
2
3
4
5
3 December 1867
30 September 1869
12 October 1869
7 February 1870
25 May 1873
30 September 1869
12 October 1869
7 February 1870
25 May 1873

26 December 1874
Resigned.[5]
6 Félix, Baron de Blochausen
(1834–1915)
  1
2
3
4
5
6
26 December 1874
26 April 1875
8 July 1876
6 August 1878
21 September 1882
12 October 1882
26 April 1875
8 July 1876
6 August 1878
21 September 1882
12 October 1882

20 February 1885
Dismissed by the Grand Duke.[6]
7 Jules Georges Édouard Thilges
(1817–1904)
  20 February 1885 22 September 1888
Resigned.[7]

The Kingdom of the Netherlands shared the same monarchs with the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg from 1815 to 1890. The Grand Duchy has had its own monarchs since 1890.

House of Nassau-Weilburg

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Name and reign Portrait Birth Marriages Death Right of
Succession
Adolphe
23 November 1890 –
17 November 1905
 
24 July 1817
Wiesbaden (Prussia)
(1) Grand Duchess Elizabeth Mikhailovna of Russia
31 January 1844
[1 child (stillborn)]
(2) Princess Adelheid-Marie of Anhalt-Dessau
23 April 1851
[5 children]
17 November 1905
Colmar-Berg
William III's
17th cousin once removed through male line
3rd cousin through William IV, Prince of Orange
Anne's direct descendant
William IV
17 November 1905 –
25 February 1912
 
22 April 1852
Wiesbaden (Prussia)
Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal
[6 children]
25 February 1912
Colmar-Berg
Eldest Child
Marie-Adélaïde
25 February 1912 –
14 January 1919
(abdicated)
 
14 June 1894
Colmar-Berg
Unmarried
[childless]
24 January 1924
Lenggries (Germany)
Eldest Daughter
Charlotte
14 January 1919 –
12 November 1964
(abdicated)
 
23 January 1896
Colmar-Berg
Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
6 November 1919
[6 children]
9 July 1985
Fischbach
Second Daughter
Jean
12 November 1964 –
7 October 2000
(abdicated)
 
5 January 1921
Colmar-Berg
Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium
9 April 1953
[5 children]
23 April 2019

Luxembourg City

Eldest Child
Henri
7 October 2000 –
present
 
16 April 1955
Betzdorf
María Teresa Mestre y Batista
4 February/14 February 1981
[5 children]
living Eldest Son, Second Child

References

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  1. Thewes (2003), p. 16
  2. Thewes (2003), p. 20
  3. Thewes (2003), p. 28
  4. Thewes (2003), p. 34
  5. Thewes (2003), p. 42
  6. Thewes (2003), p. 48
  7. Thewes (2003), p. 52