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Luxembourg. Information on the Grand Ducal Family
Contents
- Act of 10 July 1907, by which the Family Statute of the House of Nassau of 16 April 1907 gets legal force (in French and German only)
- Grand Ducal decree of 21 September 1995 concerning the surname and the titles of the Members of the Grand Ducal Family (in French only)
- Decree concerning HRH The Grand Duke of Luxembourg's abdication 7 October 2000 (in French only)
- Grand-Ducal decree of 18 December 2000 conferring the title of Hereditary Grand Duke to Prince Guillaume
- Armoires de Son Altesse Royale le Grand Duc (decrees of 23 Feb and 23 June 2001 concerning The Grand Duke's coat-of-arms (in French only)
- Grand-Ducal decree of 27 November 2004 relating to the titles to be carried by Mrs. Julie ONGARO and the descendants resulting from the union with His Royal Highness Prince Robert as well as by the descendants resulting from the union of His Royal Highness Prince Jean with Mrs. Helene VESTUR (in French only)
- Décès de la Grande-Duchesse Joséphine-Charlotte, Déclaration (Mémorial A n° 001 de 10.01.2005)
- Grand Ducal decree of 3 February 2006 modifying the Grand Ducal decree of 21 September 1995 concerning the surname and the titles of the Members of the Grand Ducal Family (in French only)
- Grand Ducal decree of 16 September 2010 introducing equality between males and females with respect to the succession to the throne
- Press release 20 June 2011 concerning the modifications to the succession law (in French only)
- Decree 11 June 2012 concerning changes to the Nassau Family Pact 1783 (in German)
- Decree 18 June 2012 concerning changes to the Family Statute of the House of Nassau of 1907 (in German)
- Bill (2011-2012, no. 6474) concerning the naturalisation of Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy (in French)
- Succession in Nassau and Luxembourg (Heraldica.org)
- Fernand Entringer: Comment devenir Grand-Duc (d'Lëtzebuerger Land 20 October 2000)
- Alt.talk.royalty 24 August 2006–: Luxembourg – legal texts – Hoelseth's Royal Corner
(NB! Many broken links in postings)
- Constitutional texts and information
- Constitution du Grand Duche de Luxembourg (1868; Legilux update 2009; in French only)
- Verfassung des Großherzogtums Luxemburg vom 9. Juli 1848
in der Fassung der Bekanntmachung vom 17. Oktober 1868
(Constitution of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg of 9 July 1848 following the wording of the proclamation of 17 October 1868; in French and German)
- The Constitution (current, of 1868, ICL update 1998
The succession to the Grand Ducal throne of Luxembourg is dealt with in the Constitution of 17 October 1868, Article 3:
The Crown of the Grand Duchy is hereditary in the Nassau family in accordance with the Pact of 30 June 1783, Article 71 of the Treaty of Vienna of 9 June 1815, and Article 1 of the Treaty of London of 11 May 1867.
The said Treaty of Vienna of 9 June 1815 Article 71 says, in English:
The right and the command of succession established between the two branches of the house of Nassau by the act of 1783, said Nassauischer Erbverein, are maintained and transferred from the four principalities of Orange-Nassau to the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.
- Treaty of Vienna 1815
- Treaty of London 1867
- Le Traité de Londres (18 May 1867) - in French (comes later)
- Le Traité de Londres (1867) - The Treaty of London (1867), cf. The Constitution Art. 3 (comes later)
- Former Constitutions
This page was last updated on Wednesday 5 September 2012
(first time published at http://www.geocities.com/dagtho/luxembourg.html on Tuesday 24 July 2001).
© 2001–2012 Dag Trygsland Hoelseth
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