List of monarchs of Luxembourg Facts for Kids

The territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts, dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815.

List of Dukes

Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Reign	Relationship with predecessor
Willem I Willem Frederik (Prince William VI of Orange)	24 August 1772	12 December 1843	15 March 1815 to 7 October 1840	Francis' third cousin and Anne's direct descendant
Willem II Willem Frederik George Lodewijk	6 December 1792	17 March 1849	7 October 1840 to 17 March 1849	His son
Willem III Willem Alexander Paul Frederik Lodewijk	17 February 1817	23 November 1890	17 March 1849 to 23 November 1890	His son

Name	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
Guillaume IV 17 November 1905 – 25 February 1912	22 April 1852 Wiesbaden (Prussia)	Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal [6 children]	25 February 1912 Colmar-Berg	his son
Marie-Adélaïde 25 February 1912 – 14 January 1919 (abdicated)	14 June 1894 Colmar-Berg	Unmarried [childless]	24 January 1924 Lenggries (Germany)	his 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	her sister
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	her son
Henri 7 October 2000 – present	16 April 1955 Betzdorf	María Teresa Mestre y Batista 4 February/14 February 1981 [5 children]	living	his son