Duchy of Luxemburg

The Duchy of Luxemburg (French: Luxembourg, Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerg) was a state of the Holy Roman Empire, the ancestral homeland of the noble House of Luxembourg. The House of Luxemburg, now actually the Duke of Limburg, became one of the most important political forces in the 14th century, contending with the House of Habsburg for supremacy in Central Europe. They would be the heirs to the Přemyslid dynasty in the Kingdom of Bohemia, succeeded to the Kingdom of Hungary, and contributed with four Holy Roman Emperors, until their own male line came to an end and the House of Habsburg themselves got the pieces, as the two Houses had actually agreed in the Treaty of Brünn in 1364.

In 1411, Sigismund of Luxembourg lost the duchy to his niece Elisabeth because he defaulted on a loan. Elizabeth later sold the duchy to the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good of the House of Valois-Burgundy, who paid her off in 1444. The Dukes of Burgundy had previously acquired a number of other possessions in the Low Countries, including Flanders, Artois, Hainaut, Brabant, Zeeland, Holland, and Namur; Luxembourg and these other Burgundian possessions in the Low Countries are collectively referred to during this period (1384–1482) as the Burgundian Netherlands. The male line of the Dukes of Burgundy died out in 1477 when Philip's son Charles the Bold died at the Battle of Nancy, leaving his only child Mary of Burgundy as his heiress. After his death, Mary married Archduke Maximilian I of the House of Habsburg, who later became Holy Roman Emperor; thereafter the Burgundian Netherlands came under the rule of the House of Habsburg, thereby beginning the period of the Habsburg Netherlands (1482–1581).

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Grand Duke Of Luxembourg Sends Letter To Azerbaijani President On Occasion Of May 28 - ...

MENA FN 01 Jun 2023
(MENAFN - AzerNews) Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri has sent a congratulatory letter to President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev on the occasion of May 28 - Independence Day, Azernews ... ....
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PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT President George Vella meets with His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Business of the Republic of Malta)

Public Technologies 31 May 2023
President George Vella this morning met with His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who is presently in Malta to attend the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe. The meeting came as a further reaffirmation of the excellent ties that exist between the two countries....
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PRESS RELEASE BY THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT President George Vella meets with His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Enterprise of Malta)

Public Technologies 31 May 2023
President George Vella this morning met with His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who is presently in Malta to attend the 2023 Games of the Small States of Europe. The meeting came as a further reaffirmation of the excellent ties that exist between the two countries....

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