Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
| Prince Guillaume | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | |||||
| Born | 1 May 1963 Betzdorf Castle, Betzdorf, Luxembourg | ||||
| Spouse | Sibilla Sandra Weiller
(m. 1994) | ||||
| Issue |
| ||||
| |||||
| House | Nassau-Weilburg (official) Bourbon-Parma (agnatic) | ||||
| Father | Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | ||||
| Mother | Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholic | ||||
 |
The Dowager Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg The Dowager Duchess of Mouchy and Poix
|
| *Is a prince/ss of Nassau but not a prince/ss of Luxembourg |
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (Guillaume Marie Louis Christian; born 1 May 1963) is the third son and youngest child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg.
Life[]
Prince Guillaume was born in Betzdorf Castle. He attended secondary school in Luxembourg and Switzerland, and received his baccalaureate in Grenoble in 1982. He continued his studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and later at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated in 1987. Guillaume was presented the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Sacred 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 the International Monetary Fund in Washington, and spent two years working for the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels. He is currently a director of ArcelorMittal.[1]
Marriage and children[]
Prince Guillaume married , the second child of millionaire Paul-Annik Weiller and the Italian noblewoman Donna Olimpia Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi (daughter of Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince of Civitella-Cesi and Infanta Beatriz of Spain) civilly in Sélestat on 8 September 1994 and religiously at Versailles Cathedral on 24 September 1994, who received the title "Princess of Luxembourg". Guillaume and Sibilla have four children: Paul-Louis, Léopold, Charlotte, and Jean. Their sons are in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg.
Honours[]
National[]
Luxembourg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau- Luxembourg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau
Foreign[]
Belgium: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown
Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic[2]
Sweden: Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star
References[]
- ^ ArcelorMittal (2013). Board of Directors. Retrieved 28 November 2013.
- ^ "Boletín Oficial del Estado" (PDF).
Generations are numbered from the accession of Adolphe as Grand Duke of Luxembourg in 1890. | ||
| 1st generation |  | |
| 2nd generation | ||
| 3rd generation | ||
| 4th generation | ||
| 5th generation | ||
| 6th generation | ||
*also a prince of Nassau ^also a prince of Bourbon-Parma §not a Luxembourgian prince by birth, but created Prince Consort | ||
Generations are numbered from the accession of William as Duke of Nassau in 1816. | ||
| 1st generation |  | |
| 2nd generation | ||
| 3rd generation | ||
| 4th generation | ||
| 5th generation | ||
| 6th generation |
| |
| 7th generation |
| |
*also a prince of Luxembourg ^also a prince of Bourbon-Parma §not a Luxembourgian prince by birth, but created Prince Consort | ||
  | This Luxembourg biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by . |
- 1963 births
- Living people
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- ArcelorMittal
- Walsh School of Foreign Service alumni
- European Commission
- House of Nassau-Weilburg
- International Monetary Fund people
- Luxembourgian princes
- Princes of Bourbon-Parma
- Grenoble Alpes University alumni
- Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Belgium)
- Georgetown University alumni
- Knights Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
- Luxembourgian officials of the United Nations
- Luxembourgian people stubs