HRH Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg

Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg

Date & place of birth Octboer 11, 1927 Bellevue Palace, Brussels
Born as HRH Princess of Belgium
Names Josephine-Charlotte Ingeborg Elisabeth Marie-Jose Marguerite Astrid

Father King Leopold of the Belgians (then Prince Leopold, Duke of Brabant)
Mother Princess Astri of Sweden (Queen Astrid of the Belgians)





Royal house Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (born) Bourbon-Parma (marriage)
Consort Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg April 9, 1953-Novemer 12, 1964
Consort November 12, 1964-October 7, 2000
Tenure 34 years 329 days
Predecessor Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma
Successor Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista-Falla





Siblings (5)
Eldest of three children (2 brothers) (1 younger half-brother*, 2 younger half-sisters*)
Prince Baudouin, Duke of Brabant (King Baudouin I of the Belgians)
Prince Albert, Prince of Leige (King Albert II of the Belgians)
Prince Alexander of Belgium*
Princess Marie-Christine of Belgium*
Princess Marie-Esmerald of Belgium*





Married April 9, 1953 Grand-Ducal Palace, Luxembourg (civil), Notre Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg (religious)
Spouse Grand Duke Jean I of Luxembourg (then Prince Jean, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg)





Issue (5)
(3 sons, 2 daughter)
Princess Marie Astrid of Luxembourg (Archduchess Carl Christian of Austria)
Prince Henri of Luxembourg (Grand Duke Henri I of Luxembourg)
Prince Jean of Luxembourg
Princess Margareta of Luxembourg (Princess Nikolaus of Liechtenstein)
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg





Grandchildren (22)
(14 grandsons, 7 granddaughters)
Prince Guillaume Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Archduchess Marie Christine of Austria
Prince Felix of Luxembourg
Archduke Imre of Austria
Princess Maria Anunciata of Liechtenstein
Prince Louis of Luxembourg
Countess Marie Gabrielle of Nassau
Princess Marie-Astrid of Liechtenstein
Archduke Christoph of Austria
Count Constantin of Nassau
Prince Josef-Emanuel of Liechtenstein
Archduke Alexander of Austria
Count Wenceslas of Nassau
Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg
Prince Sebastien of Luxembourg
Count Carl Johann of Nassau
Archduchess Gabriella of Austria
Prince Paul-Louis of Nassau
Prince Leopold of Nassau*
Princess Charlotte of Nassau*
Prince Jean of Nassau

Twins*





Died January 10, 2005 Fischbach Castle, Luxembourg (age 77)
Place of burial Notre Dame Cathedral, Luxembourg





Titles
HRH Princess of Belgium
HRH Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Hereditary Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma
HRH Grand Duchess Consort of Luxembourg, Duchess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma
HRH Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte
HRH Princess of Belgium
HRH Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, Hereditary Princess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma
HRH Grand Duchess Consort of Luxembourg, Duchess of Nassau, Princess of Bourbon-Parma
HRH Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte





Paternal grandparents
King Albert I of the Belgians
Duchess Elisabeth in Bavaria (Queen Elisabeth of the Belgians)

Paternal great-grandparents
Prince Philippe of Belgium, Count of Flanders
Princess Marie of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen
Duchess Karl-Theodor in Bavaria
Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal*

Josephine-Charlotte is a paternal great-great-granddaughter of King Miguel I of Portugal*





Maternal grandparents
Prince Carl of Sweden, Duke of Vastergotland
Princess Ingeborg of Denmark

Maternal great-grandparents
King Oscar II of Sweden and Norway
Princess Sophia of Nassau (Queen Sofia of Sweden and Norway)
King Frederik VIII of Denmark
Princess Lovisa of Sweden (Queen Louise of Denmark)