| Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg | |||||
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 Prince Guillaume in 2015 | |||||
| Born | (1963-05-01)1 May 1963 (age 62) Betzdorf Castle, Betzdorf, Luxembourg | ||||
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| House | Nassau-Weilburg(official) Bourbon-Parma(agnatic) | ||||
| Father | Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | ||||
| Mother | Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium | ||||
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Grand Duke Henri
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Extended royal family Descendants ofPrince Felix and also members of theGrand Ducal Family of Luxembourg (see there):
Descendants ofPrince René:
Princess Marina
Descendants of Prince Louis:
Prince Rémy
Princess Chantal Prince Jean
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Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (Guillaume Marie Louis Christian; born 1 May 1963) is the third son and youngest child ofGrand Duke Jean andGrand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg. He is currently 10th in theline of succession to the Luxembourgish throne.
Prince Guillaume was born inBetzdorf Castle. He attended secondary school inLuxembourg andSwitzerland, and received his baccalaureate inGrenoble in 1982. He continued his studies at theUniversity of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and later atGeorgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated in 1987. Guillaume was presented the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, atSacred Heart University's Academic Convocation and Induction of the Class of 2011 on 10 September 2007. The official ceremony welcomed the first-year students to SHU with a formal academic procession and messages from the faculty, student representatives, and president Anthony J. Cernera, PhD.
Guillaume worked for six months at theInternational Monetary Fund in Washington, and spent two years working for theCommission of the European Communities in Brussels. He is currently a director ofArcelorMittal.[1]
On the night of 10 to 11 September 2000, Prince Guillaume and Princess Sibilla were involved in a serious car accident nearParis. Guillaume was in a coma for almost a month. The transfer of the throne between his father Grand Duke Jean and his brotherHenri was postponed from 28 September to 7 October.[2]
Prince Guillaume married Sibilla Sandra Weiller y Torlonia (b. 12 June 1968,Neuilly-sur-Seine,France), the second child of French industrialist andpatron of the Arts Paul-Annik Weiller (son ofPaul-Louis Weiller andAliki, Lady Russell) and Italian noblewomanDonna OlimpiaTorlonia di Civitella-Cesi (daughter ofAlessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi andInfanta Beatriz of Spain) and the second cousin ofKing Felipe VI of Spain[3] civilly inSélestat on 8 September 1994 and religiously atVersailles Cathedral on 24 September 1994, who received the title "Princess of Luxembourg". Guillaume and Sibilla have four children:
Their sons are in theline of succession to the throne of Luxembourg.
Prince Guillaume is godfather to his nephew,Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He is also one of the godparents ofPrince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark, the second son ofPavlos, Crown Prince of Greece.
Luxembourg: Knight of theOrder of the Gold Lion of the House of NassauLuxembourg: Knight Grand Cross of theOrder of Adolphe of Nassau
Albanian Royal Family: Knight Grand Cross of theRoyal Order of Skanderbeg[4]
Belgium: Knight Grand Cross of theOrder of the Crown
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of theOrder of Isabella the Catholic[5]
Sweden: Knight Grand Cross of theOrder of the Polar StarPrince Guillaume of Luxembourg Cadet branch of theHouse of Nassau Born: 1 May 1963 | ||
| Preceded by | Succession to the Luxembourger throne 10th position | Followed by Prince Paul Louis of Nassau |
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*also aprince of Luxembourg ^also aprince of Bourbon-Parma §not a Luxembourgian prince by birth, but createdPrince Consort | ||