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The lordship of Luxembourg was ruled successively by counts, dukes and granddukes. It was part of Eastern Francia, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815.

Counts of Luxembourg

House of Luxembourg

Siegfried I, 963–998
Henry I, 998–1026, son of
Henry II, 1026–1047, grandson of Siegfried I
Giselbert, 1047–1059, brother of Henry I
Conrad I, 1059–1086, son of
Henry III, 1086–1096, son of
William, 1096–1130, brother of Henry III
Conrad II, 1130–1136, son of

House of Namur

Henry IV the Blind, son of Ermesinde I, the daughter of Conrad I

Ermesinde, (1196-1196), daughter of, married

Theobald (1196-1214), first husband of Ermesinde II

House of Limburg

Walram (1214–1226), second husband of Ermesinde II

Henry V the Blond (1247–1281), son of

Henry VI (1281–1288), son of

Henry VII (1288–1313), son of, also Holy Roman Emperor as Henry VII and king of Germany

John the Blind (1313–1346), son of, also king of Bohemia as John I

Charles I (1346–1353, son of, also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles IV and king of Bohemia as Charles I and Germany

Wenceslas I (1353–1354), halfbrother of

Dukes of Luxembourg

In 1354 the county was elevated to a duchy.

House of Limburg

Wenceslas I (1354–1383), half-brother of

Wenceslas II the Lazy (1383–1388), son of Charles, also king of Germany and Bohemia

Jobst (1388–1411, nephew of Charles, also king of Germany

Elisabeth (1411–1441), heiress of Jobst, married

Anthony, Duke of Brabant (1411–1415), first husband of
John III, Duke of Bavaria-Straubing (1418–1425), second husband of

As Elisabeth had no surviving children, she sold Luxembourg to Philip III, Duke of Burgundy in 1441. Philip captured the city of Luxembourg in 1443, but didn't assume the ducal title because of conflicting claims by Anne of Austria, the closest Luxembourg relative.

House of Burgundy

In 1467, when Elisabeth of Austria, last rival claimant to the title, renounced her rights, Philip III's son, Charles, Duke of Burgundy, assumed the title of duke of Luxembourg, making it a subsidiary title of the Duke of Burgundy.

Philip I the Good (1441–1467)

Charles II the Bold (1467–1477), son of

Mary the Rich (1477–1482) daughter of

House of Habsburg

Philip II the Handsome (1482–1506), son of Mary In 1482/1506 Luxembourg passed to the House of Habsburg. After the abdication of Charles V, the duchy of Luxembourg fell to the Spanish line of the House of Habsburg.

Charles II (1506–1556), son of Philip, also Holy Roman Emperor as Charles V and king of Spain as Charles I

Margarete of Austria (1506-1515), daughter of Maximilian

Philip III (1556-1598), son of, also king of Spain as Philip II

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria (1598-1621), Elisabeth's granddaughter's grandson, together with his consort
Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain daughter of Philip III

Philip IV (1621-1665), grandson of Philip III, also king of Spain as Philip IV

Charles III (1665-1700), son of Philip IV, also king of Spain as Charles II During the War of Spanish Succession, 1701–1714, the duchy was disputed between Philip of Anjou, grandson of Louis XIV of France, from the House of Bourbon and Charles of Austria, son of Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, from the House of Habsburg. In 1712 Luxemburg and Namur were ceded to Maximilian II Emanuel, Elector of Bavaria by his French allies, but with the end of the war in 1713 with the Treaty of Utrecht Max. Emanuel was restored Elector of Bavaria. In 1713 the duchy fell to the Austrian branch of the House of Habsburg.

Charles IV (1713-1740)

Maria Theresa (1740-1780), daughter of, married Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor, also emperess of the Holy Roman Empire and queen of Hungary and Bohemia

House of Habsburg-Lorraine

Joseph (1780-90), son of, also Holy Roman Emperor as Joseph II and king of Hungary and Bohemia

Leopold (1790-92), brother of, also Holy Roman Emperor as Leopold II and king of Hungary and Bohemia

Francis (1792-94), son of, also Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II and king of Hungary and Bohemia Luxembourg was occupied by French revolutionaries between 1794 and 1813. At the Vienna Congress, it was elevated to a grand duchy and given in personal union to William I of the Netherlands.

Grand Dukes of Luxembourg

The Congress of Vienna in 1815 elevated Luxembourg to a grand duchy and gave it in personal union to the king of the Netherlands.

House of Orange-Nassau

William I (1815-1840), also king of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands as William I

William II (1840-1849), son of, also king ot the Netherlands as William II

William III (1840-1890), son of, also king ot the Netherlands as William III

House of Nassau-Weilburg

William III was succeeded by his daughter Wilhelmina of the Netherlands in the kingdom of the Netherlands, but not in Luxembourg, which adhered to the Salic Law. In accordance with the Nassau Family Pact of 1783 William's closest agnate succeeded as Grand Duke.

Adolphe (1890-1905)

William IV (1905-1912), son of

Marie-Adélaïde (1912-1919), daughter of

Charlotte (1919-1964), sister of, married Felix of Bourbon-Parma

House of Bourbon-Parma

Officially the name of the house continues to be Nassau-Weilburg, thus Bourbon-Parma is the genealogical name of the reigning house of Luxembourg.

Jean (1964-2000), son of

Henri (2000-present), son ofFurther Information

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