Ancestors of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg

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Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg; Credit – Wikipedia

Grand Duke Henri has an impressive set of royal ancestors. Among his ancestors are Kings of Belgium, Denmark, Portugal, and Sweden, and of course rulers of the Principality of Luxembourg.

King Miguel I of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg are Grand Duke Henri’s great-great-grandparents two times and also his great-great-great-grandparents. When Miguel’s father King João VI of Portugal died in 1826, his elder brother Pedro became King of Portugal.  Pedro was king for only two months, abdicating in favor of his daughter Queen Maria II.  Miguel served as regent for his niece Maria and then claimed the Portuguese throne in his own right in 1828. This led to a difficult political situation, during which many people were killed, imprisoned, persecuted, or sent into exile, finally culminating in the Portuguese Liberal Wars.  Ultimately, Miguel was deposed in 1834 and lived the last 32 years of his life in exile in the Duchy of Baden.

Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg was never Queen of Portugal because she and Miguel did not marry until 1851. When Miguel died in 1866, all his children were under the age of fifteen.  Adelaide continued to raise their children and arranged some rather brilliant marriages for them despite their dubious status. Through the marriages of their many children and grandchildren, Miguel and Adelaide are the ancestors of the current monarchs of Belgium, Liechtenstein, and Luxembourg, as well as pretenders to the thrones of Austria, Bavaria, Italy, and Portugal.

Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Great-Great-Grandparents, and Great-Great-Great-Grandparents Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg (born April 16, 1955)

The links below are from Unofficial Royalty or Wikipedia.

Parents

Grand Duke Henri’s parents; Credit – Wikipedia

Grandparents

Leopold III, King of the Belgians and Princess Astrid of Sweden, maternal grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Grandparents

Albert I, King of the Belgians and Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria, great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Grandparents

King Miguel I of Portugal and Princess Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg, great-great-grandparents and great-great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

King Carl XV of Sweden and Princess Louise of the Netherlands, great-great-great-grandparents with their daughter Princess Louise of Sweden, Henri’s great-great-grandparent; Credit – Wikipedia

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