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Marie Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

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Grand Duchess Marie-Adelaide of Luxembourg

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Grand Duchesses Marie Adelaide & Charlotte of Luxembourg.

It was on January 15th [1919] at four o'clock of a foggy, melancholy afternoon that the Grand Duchess Charlotte was formally sworn in at Colmar-Berg as ruler of Luxembourg. Across her breast was the broad orange ribbon of the House of Nassau. She was weeping. Marie Adelaide, dry eyed, with a restrained tenderness said to her, taking her hand: 'Poor Lotty. Forgive me for having put so heavy a burden upon you.'

Marie Adelaide by Edith O'Shaughnessy

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Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide of Luxembourg, 1910s.

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Who: Grand Duchess Charlotte Role: Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Allegiance: Neutral

Like many countries, Luxembourg opted for neutrality as the war kicked off but faced a difficult choice in 1940 when they were invaded. Charlotte initially didn't want to leave but she was reminded of her sister Marie-Adelaide who had stayed in Luxembourg during the first World War and had not actively resisted, leading to a public perception she had collaborated with the Germans and her eventual abdication. She agreed to flee Luxembourg, refused a Nazi partnership arrangement, and eventually settled in the UK. While there she, like many other royal evacuees, broadcast to her citizens back home through BBC radio and became a rallying point for her country's resistance. During trips to visit her children in Canada she also travelled extensively across the US to campaign for the country's support, earning the nickname the "propagandist in pearls." While she lived in relative safety in the UK, her connection to the war effort was deeply personal. Her son Jean served in the British Army's Irish Guards while her sister was sent to a concentration camp due to her German husband's long standing and vocal opposition to Hitler. Luxembourg was eventually liberated between 1944 and 1945, and Charlotte was at the centre of driving forward reconstruction efforts and international diplomacy, earning her huge popularity amongst the people.

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Empress Maria Feodorovna's Luxembourg relatives.

Grand Duchess Adelheid-Marie in the middle of the picture surrounded by her granddaughters, the Luxembourg princesses. In the back left, The Grand Duchess' unmarried sister, Princess Hilda of Anhalt-Dessau.

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Former Grand Duchess Marie-Adelaide of Luxembourg

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Marie Anne of Portugal, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, with her six daughters: Marie Adelaide, Charlotte, Hilda, Antonia, Elisabeth, and Sophie.

The two eldest, first Marie Adelaide and then her younger sister Charlotte, would both become reigning Grand Duchesses after the death of their father, William IV. Marie Adelaide would be the first female monarch of Luxembourg since Maria Theresa in the 18th Century, and the first monarch to be born in Luxembourg since John of Bohemia in the late 13th century. 

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Grand duchess Maria Anna of Luxembourg , neé Infanta of Portugal, with daughters , Princess Maria Adelaide, later Grand duchess of Luxembourg (left), Antonia (later Crown princess of Bavaria), baby Elisabeth (later Princess von Thurn und Taxis), Charlotte (later Grand Duchess of Luxembourg) and sitting left, Hilda , later princess of Schwarzenberg. 1901

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TIARA ALERT: Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg wore Grand Duchess Marie Adelaide's Sapphire Tiara for a gala dinner celebrating Princess Ingrid Alexandra of Norway's 18th birthday at the Royal Palace in Oslo on 17 June 2022.

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Tiara Predictions for Princess Ingrid Alexandra's Gala

Norway

Princess Ingrid Alexandra - new tiara gifted from grandparents? Or Princess Ingeborg’s Boucheron Circle Tiara

Queen Sonja- Norwegian Emerald Parure Tiara

Crown Princess Mette-Marit- Diamond Daisy Bandeau

Princess Märtha Louise- Norwegian Amethyst Parure Tiara

Maud Angelica Behn- King Olaf Gift Tiara

The Netherlands

Queen Maxima- Württemberg Ornate Pearl Tiara

Princess Amalia, Princess of Orange - Dutch Laurel Wreath Tiara

Sweden

Crown Princess Victoria- Baden Fringe Tiara

Princess Estelle- pretty headband

Belgium

Queen Mathilde- Nine Provinces Tiara

Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Brabant- Queen Elisabeth’s Art Deco Bandeau

Luxembourg

Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie- Grand Duchess Adelaide Tiara

Denmark

Crown Princess Mary- Edwardian Tiara

Greece

Crown Princess Marie-Chantal- Queen Sophie’s Diamond Tiara

Princess Maria-Olympia- Miller Fringe Tiara

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Marie Adelaide, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.

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Grand Duchess Marie Adelheid of Luxembourg (1894 - 1924)

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Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde of Luxembourg (25 February 1912 - 14 January 1919)

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OTMAA Contemporaries: the six princesses of Luxembourg [bigger].

In the early 1900s, Luxembourg faced a similar succession crisis as their Russian counterparts did, except that Nicholas and Alexandra finally got their male heir with Alexei in 1904, and the Grand Duke and Duchess of Luxembourg never did. They had six children, all girls. So in 1907, Grand Duke William IV named his eldest daughter heiress presumptive.  Marie-Adelaide, b. 1894, was a year older than Olga Nikolaevna, and was Grand Duchess from 1912-1919, when she abdicated in favor of her sister, Charlotte, b. 1896, who was one year younger than Olga Nikolaevna. Next was Hilda, born 1897, the same year as Tatiana Nikolaevna, followed by Antonia, 1899, the same year as Maria Nikolaevna; Elisabeth, 1901, the same as Anastasia Nikolaevna, and finally Sophie, born 1902.

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Princess Adelaide Marie of Anhalt-Dessau, future Grand Duchess of Luxembourg as a child