Contact the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg Royal Family

Essay
The arms of Luxemburg are barry of ten pieces Argent and Azure, with a double-queued lion rampant Gules, crowned, langued and unguled� Or. Origin of the arms [i] At the finish of the twelfth century, the county of Luxembourg was owned by Henry the Blind, Count of Namur. Henry had no male offspring and his belongings were split upward afterward his death in 1196. Ermesinde, his merely child, got Grand duchy of luxembourg. She first ran the county together with her husband, Thibaut of Bar, until his death in 1214. In the aforementioned yr she remarried Walram Three of Limburg. She got a son with him named Henry and later nicknamed 'the Fair'. As the youngest son of Henry III of Limburg, Walram bore the� king of beasts of Limburg known from 1208 with, being a successor, a crown on his caput. [two] He succeeded his begetter after his death in 1221 in Limburg and left off the crown� the following year. Mayhap in connection with the rule over the two areas of Limburg and Luxembourg he doubled the tail of the panthera leo. Subsequently the death of Walram III in 1226, Limburg savage to a son from his beginning marriage and Luxembourg to Henry the Fair. Ermesinde acted as regent for her underage son. bore his built coat of arms,� which was the same as that of his male parent earlier 1222, until� his marriage in 1240. Later on the nascence of his son Henry (Half dozen) he could consider himself the founder of a new dynasty, the Limburg-Grand duchy of luxembourg dynasty, and mayhap for that reason he changed his innate glaze of arms past adding bars to the field. The added pieces were tinctured blue, the colour by which also before descendants from the Business firm of Limburg� distinguished their coats of arms from that of their fathers.� [iii] The oldest image we have of the coat of artillery of Luxembourg is on the counterseal of Henry the Off-white� on an deed dated 2 May 1242. [4] The shield, triangular in shape, is here barry of ten pieces, the lion, now crowned again, is reversed (that is looking to the right, heraldic sinister) On the corresponding equestrian seal the count is depicted on horseback with the arms of Limburg on his arm. [5] A decade afterward the coat of arms is described in the Bigot Ringlet of Arms (1254) as: 'Li sires de Luselborc, fifty'escu burel� d'argent and d'azur a un lion de gules rampant coron� d'or, (The lords of Luxembourg , the shield is barry of silverish and bluish with a scarlet , gold crowned panthera leo rampant). [vi] In the grade of the centuries the coat of artillery only underwent changes in details. Before long the lion was represented in the usual manner, that is, looking to the left (dexter). He is reversed for the last time on the counterseal of Henry the Fair from 1262. [7] The showtime type (clarification of arms) leaves the number of bars of the shield uncounted where it just speaks of� 'burel�' (barry). The number of bars, was never taken so serious over the centuries anyhow. It ranges from xvi nether Henry VI to iv under Philip the Fair. Often the shield is non divided into pieces of the aforementioned summit and / or is of an odd� number, so that in heraldry i should speak of� 'confined' instead of� �barry', a stardom of which there has been� fabricated a problem especially in the nineteenth century. From the beginning of the fifteenth century, the number gradually began to stabilize to ten in words and writings. In an armed diplom this number was recorded past the French herald of arms d'Hozier, who on 4 Nov 1697 granted the city of Grand duchy of luxembourg a coat of artillery. [8] In subsequently descriptions the number of bars is always the same. [9] The pledgees and the Burgundians. Knuckles Wenceslas Two, equally Wenceslas Four king of Bohemia and Roman king, in 1388 enfeoffed his cousin Josse of Moravia with the Duchy. Josse decided to cash out the poverty-stricken surface area by exploiting its strategic position. He gave it in pledge to the highest bidder: first to Philip the Bold of Burgundy and in 1402 to Louis of Orl�ans, a brother of the French king. Wenceslas was very upset about the possible political consequences of the last pledge, where it was possible that a German language fief would accrue to the French royal family unit. In 1407 he therefore withdrew his gift and enfeoffed his niece Elisabeth of G�rlitz with the area. She in turn gave information technology back to dissimilar pledges until 1425. Afterwards she administrated the duchy herself. On 4 November 1441 Elisabeth sold her rights to Philip the Good. He only could submit the Luxembourgers� with nifty difficulty in 1443. In 1461 he bought what remained of rights to the duchy, including the title, of the heirs of Emperor Sigismund. From this time on the Burgundians bore the coat of artillery of Grand duchy of luxembourg, with this distinction that the tail of the lion was doubled, as Henry Half-dozen had done. After all, the platonic of Henry Vi had been realized because Limburg and Luxembourg were now in ane manus. Afterward that, the lion with double tail starting time appeared in 1468 on a woodcut with the arms of Charles the Bold. [x] After this, the lion oftentimes had a double tail. [11] The Crest On the seal of Henry the Fair from 1262, on the helmet of the rider is something resembling a fan-shaped pleated fabric. Information technology is possible that this has been bluish and white striped. No crest is known from Henry VI. A red dragon was introduced past Henry VII (1288-1309) and this remained the crest of the counts of Luxembourg until the upgrading of the county to a duchy and the reign of Wenceslas I (1354-'83). He and his successors used a pair of black wings strewn with gold lime leaves, the crest of the Przemysls of Bohemia. Later on the death of Wenceslas II in 1419, the crest� was abandoned. Neither the pledges nor the Burgundians and their successors wore a crest on the artillery. The shield is covered in the following centuries past a ducal crown. Province and Yard Duchy For nigh four centuries, Luxembourg was governed together with the netherlands, after 1581 with the Southern Netherlands. A French occupation from 1678 to 1698 was only a brief suspension. The break-upwardly of the administrative association was announced by the decision of the Vienna Congress in 1815 to raise Luxembourg to a Thousand Duchy in personal union with the Kingdom of the netherlands. King William I, however, actually controlled the G Duchy as a province of the Netherlands. He therefore did not have a separate Thou Ducal glaze of arms. Grand duchy of luxembourg had to be content to exist confirmed in the employ of the traditional coat of arms granted past letter dated 18 November 1818, albeit with the official addition of a ducal crown. [12] This consisted of a diadem of a high royal hat with a scalloped ermine brim, airtight with two arches. In 1830, Luxembourg joined the Belgian Revolt. Ix years later, the swell powers decided to split the G Duchy. The Walloon function was incorporated into Belgium every bit the province of� Luxembourg. A coat of arms for this part had already been adopted past the decree of the king of Kingdom of belgium regarding the Smashing Seal of the State dated. 17 May 1837. In information technology it is described every bit *3� Grand duchy of luxembourg* , d'argent, � cinq fasces d'azur, au lion de gueules, � la queue fourchue, couronn� d'or, brochant sur le tout. ('of silver, with 5 bars of azure, with a panthera leo of gules with a dissever tail, crowned with gilded over all'.) The eastern part remained in personnel wedlock with the netherlands but with a separate status. For this office, the coat of arms of 1818 was used , although the crown now had 5 leaves, four pearls and five arches. Presumably by Prince Henry, who ruled the Grand Duchy as a stadholder in the name of his brother, Rex William III, from 5 February 1850, two crowned lions were added to the coat of arms to make an achievement. [13] The Grand Duchy since 1890 Because in that location was nonetheless the Salian right of succession in the Grand Duchy, in which women were excluded in principle, Wilhelmina, the daughter of William Iii, was not immune to succeed him in Luxembourg. The Grand Duchy was placed under the rule of Adolf van Nassau, the head of the Walram line of the Nassau family unit. He could be seen as the male heir of William III, although the relationship went back to the brothers Walram and Otto of Nassau who had agreed in 1255 to divide the inheritance of their male parent. The appointment tin better be seen as a gesture of the King of Prussia who had driven Adolf away from his Nassau-Weilburg heritage in 1866. Before his inauguration on 8 November 1890, Adolf adopted a M Ducal coat of arms. Information technology was the ancient coat of arms of Grand duchy of luxembourg with the arms of Nassau in the middle. On the shield in that location is a grand ducal crown that distinguished itself from the crown of 1850 past the addition of a low majestic cap.� Show pieces equally customary in German heraldry were added to the coat of arms.� Around the shield are the ribbon and cross of the Society of the Oak Crown (Netherlands, 28.12.1841). The supporters did not change, simply the whole was placed on a crowned purple curtain with baldachin. In 1898 the arms were inverse. There were now iii categories of the K Ducal arms. The smaller artillery consisted of a shield quarterly of Nassau and Luxembourg with a grand ducal crown, this fourth dimension without a cap. The medial achievement was made up by the same crowned arms but with 2 lions as supporters. Finally, the larger achievement consisted of a shield divided into sixteen fields, of which the four central ones were occupied by the smaller arms. On the shield at that place are half dozen helmets with crests, and it is surrounded past supporters and a majestic curtain. Actually, the shield also had to exist surrounded with the adornments of the Order of the Oak Crown and the Order of Adolf of Nassau (founded 08.05.1858), but in this form the accomplishment was never executed. Incidentally, the arms of the grand-duchy remained the simple traditional arms with the lion and the bars. [14] Under G Duke John, who succeeded his female parent Charlotte in 1964, the greater� achievement was canceled. [fifteen] Arms of state were adopted by Thou-Ducal Guild of 23 June 1972. There are 3 categories that differ from one another just in their showpieces. The smaller one is crowned simply, the medial has a crown and supporters and the larger one crown, ribbon with cross, supporters and crowned glaze of arms. [16] At the accession of Grand Duke Henry in 2000 the heraldic symbols of the Grand Duchy were refashioned.
Heraldry

County
House of Namur
Conrad		-1086

William		1086-1130
Equestrian Seal 1123 Munster Abbey. Athenaeum de l'Etat, Luxembourg. Arms: Non /ornamented fess. Legend: SIGILLVM WILLELMI COMITIS DE LVCEL�EMBVRGH 10 .
Henry the Blind		1136-1196

Ermesinde Thibaut of Bar Walram of Limburg Henry the Off-white		1196-1240 1196-1214 1214-1221 1236-1240
Denier of Ermesinde with panthera leo rampant
Firm of Luxemburg
Henry Five, the Off-white		1240-1281
�Equestrian seal 2. May1242 Arms: Panthera leo. Legend: SIGIL...........DE L......ORCH 10 . . Counterseal� 2. May 1242. Archives de l'Etat de Li�ge. Fonds St. Lambert, A. Arms: Barry of ten [Argent and Azure] a crowned king of beasts reversed [Gules]� Legend.: SIGILL.... TI X . � 1254 Bigot Ringlet BA 17: Li sires de Luselborc, 50'escu burel� d'argent et d'azur a un panthera leo de geules rampant coron� d'or. Alemans. � Equestrian seal 5.eleven.1262 Arms: Barry and a crowned king of beasts. Crest: Fan. Fable.: ? Counterseal five.11.1262 (Athenaeum de l'Etat Luxembourg) Artillery: Barry. of x, a panthera leo reversed Fable: SIGILLVM SECRETI . �� 1275 Walford�south Roll C 59: Le countee de Lucemburg, burulee d'argent et d'azure united nations leon rampant gulez coronn� d'or.� 1281+ Tomb of Henry V the Off-white in Clairefontaine Abbey. [17] Arms: Barry Argent and Azure of 12 pieces, a lion Gules, crowned Or.
Henry Half dozen		1281-1288
� le conte de lucenbourg: Barry of fourteen pieces Argent and Azure a lion Gules crowned Or. [18]
Henry VII		1274-� 14.08.1313 Count of Luxemburg 1288 - 1309* Roman King 1308 Crowned Aachen 06.01.1309 King of Italian republic, crowned Milan1311 Roman Emperor 1312 crowned Rome 26.06.1312
1289 Wijnbergen 629: le Conte de lutcenbourc: equally 524 but of xvi pieces. Equestrian Seal Arms: Barry, a lion Crest: Dragon Arms and crest repeated on the horse dress Fable : SIGILLVM : HENRICI : COMITIS DE LVCEMBOURG. (Vredius)�
John the Blind		*� 1296-�1346 Count of Luxemburg 1309-1346 � Elizabeth, dau. of. Wenceslas Ii 1310 Male monarch of Bohemia 1310-1346**
1310 + Equestrian seal Arms: � � of Bohemia and Luxemburg. Crest: Bohemia (Przemysl). Horse clothes of the artillery Legend: IOHANNES . DEI GRATIA . Rex . BOEMIE . Air conditioning . LVCEMPVRG�ENSIS . COMES. [19]
Charles� Four		1346-1354
Artillery: �: 1 Bohemia; 2&3: Luxemburg; four Moravia.� (1443) Supporters: A standing man and two lions Legend: X SECRETV KAROLI PMOGITI REGIS BOEMIE MARChIONIS MORAUIE � [xx]
* Baldwin of Luxemburg		regent 1349-1353
Seal of Baldwin of Luxemburg, Archbishop Elector of Treves The archbishop seated with mitre and crozier, betwixt the artillery of Treves and Luxemburg in the field.
Wenceslaus I ��		Count 1353-1354
Duchy		3 march 1354
Wenceslaus I		1337-�1383 � 1354 Joan of Brabant�* Knuckles 1354-1383
On the seals of Wenceslaus I and Joan there are their coats of arms: a quarterly of Bohemia and Luxemburg and a quarterly of Brabant and Limburg respectively. In an other instance these coats of arms are combined in a single shield. Seal and counterseal of Wenceslaus Ii and Joan of Brabant, 1357 Posse Ring 2, Taf. 9� n�southward 3 & 5 The seal of WSenceslas equally an Regal Vicar dated 1367-03-07 Posse, Band ii, Taf. 5, n�5 Arms: � 1 & 4 Bohemia; 2 & three. Luxemburg. Crest: � Przemysl. Legend: � Ten WENCESLAY DE BOEMIA LVCEB�G LOThR BRABAN LYMB�Thousand DVCIS Armorial Bellenville� (ou) �Armorial Beaulaincourt�, 1386 [BNF Ms Fr 5230] fol 38r Arms: � � 1. Bohemia; two. Brabant; 3. Luxemburg; 4. Limburg. Crest: Přemysl�� Seal of Joan of Brabant, 1372 Posse Band 2, Taf. 9. North�4
Wenceslas II			1383-1419
Arms: Luxemburg (Loutsch p. 39) Pledgees: () Josse of Moravia (1388-1402) Arms: � of Luxemburg and Brandenburg. Crest: � Przemysl� [21] Louis of Orleans (1402-1407) Artillery:* � France aboriginal and a label of three Silvery Crest: A three-dimensional fleur-de-lis Or Supporters: Two eagels wings spread Twee adelaars met geopende vleugels. Josse of Moravia (1407-1411) Elizabeth of G�rlitz� (1411-1443)
Sigismund			1419-1437
1 Arms : Barry of 10 Silvery and Azure, a lion Gules langued and unguled Or. : Crest: � an a helmet lambrequined Argent: Przemysl. Bergshammer fol 15r , n� 98: Lutsenborch. 2 Arms: As earlier, the lion crowned Or and the lambrequines ermine. Bergshammer. fol. 118 v , n� 1687. fol 15r
Elisabeth of G�rlitz Luxemburg			1437-1442
Elisabeth was the only daughter and heiress of John of M�rlitz, the tertiary son of Charles Iv, Holy Roman Emperor. He was Duke of Lusatia and G�rlitz, and also Elector of Brandenburg for a brief menses. Her mother, Richardis Catherine of Sweden, was the daughter of Male monarch Albert of Sweden. The Duchy of Grand duchy of luxembourg was mortgaged to Elisabeth by her uncle the King Sigismund of Hungary, who later on besides became King of Bohemia and Holy Roman Emperor. He was unable to repay the loan, and subsequently left Elisabeth in command of the duchy. Her first spousal relationship took identify in Brussels on xvi July 1409, to Antoine, Duke of Brabant. He defended her against three uprisings of the Luxembourg nobility, until his death in 1415. They had two children: William (2 June 1410 � 10 July 1410, Brussels) and unknown (1412)�� John of Bavaria was her 2nd married man. He died in 1425, and they did not take any children. After his death, she became heavily indebted. In 1441, she made a treaty with Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, allowing him to immediately assume the administrative duties of Luxembourg and inherit the duchy upon her death. He agreed to this, but chose to launch a night attack on the territory two years later, taking immediate command. Elisabeth was subsequently expelled from Luxembourg past Philip's forces. Epitaph for Elisabeth of 1000�rlitz, duchess of Luxemburg and Bavaria (1390-1451) Sandstone. Ascribed to Peter von Wederath, sculptor. 1465/1470. Artillery: 1\|ii: 1. � of Wittelsbach and Holland: � of Flanders and Holland ; 2. �: Bohemia, Brandenburg, Lower Lusatia, One thousand�rlitz and an inescutcheon of Luxemburg Supporter: Angel The inscription reads (in translation): Here rests the illustrious Lady Elisabeth of G�rlitz, Duchess of Bavaria and Luxemburg, Countess of Chiny, daughter of the Illustrious Lord John, Duke of K�rlitz and Margrave of Brandenburg, brother of the glorious Prince Sigismund, Roman Emperor and Male monarch of Hungary and Bohemia etc., deceased Anno Domini 1451 at the third day before noon of August (5 August), may her soul rest in peace, Amen. Location: Trier, Monastery Church, former Jesuite Church of the Holy Trinity Bibliography: Eichler, Trier, 1952 Abb. 67
Ladislaus Posthumus			1442-1457
Ladislaus was the posthumous son of Albert of Habsburg and Elizabeth of Luxembourg. Albert was the hereditary Knuckles of Austria while Elizabeth was the but child of the Holy Roman EmperorSigismund, who was besides King of Bohemia and Republic of hungary. Sigismund was also Knuckles of Luxemburg, but he had mortgaged Luxembourg to his niece, Elizabeth of M�rlitz. Seal of Ladislas Posthumus Arms: Clockwise: Bohemia, Luxemburg, Upper Austria; Moravia, Stiria, Arpad-Hungary. In the middle: Babenberg-Austria supported by a lion. Crown: A crown of five leaves and 3 arches supported by two angels Legend: Fifty.: S. MAIESTATIS LADICLAI DEI. GRA HUNGARIE� BOHEMIE DALMACIE CROACIE. RAME CERVIE GALLICIE LODOMERIE CAMANIE BULGARIEQS REGIS DUCIS AUSTR STIRIE LUCEMBUGE KARINTHIE + CANIOLE MARCHIOIS MOAVIE BGOUREDM MACHIE SCLAVOIE + PORTUSNAOIS COITIS HABSPGE TIROLIS FERRETIS KIBGENEIV LANTGUI ALS.
*Philip the Expert of Burgundy			Lord Pledgee 1443-1462
Mannequin of Grand duchy of luxembourg as in the Armorial de l'Europe et de la Toison d'or -
William III the Dauntless of Saxony			1425-�1482 1457-1462*
Arms on the gravestone of William of Saxony Herderkirche Weimar Artillery: � Saxony, Thursday�ringen, Meissen, Landsberg. �
House of Burgundy
Philip the Good			Duke 1462-1467
Charles the Bold			1467-1477
Woodcut of Meester Due west.A. 1468
Mary the Rich			1477-1482

House of Habsburg			1482-1678

Philip the Off-white Charles V Philip II Albrecht and Isabella Philip Iv			1482-1500 Duke of Luxemburg 1500-1555 1555-1598 1598-1621 1621-1665

By Albrecht D�rer 1517			�By Jan van Battel 1519
Under the Firm of Habsburg a crown appears on the arms In 1517 it is a crown with a imperial cap and a scalloped ermine brim In 1519 it is a crown with 8 pearls and 1 leaf� . At the end of the 16th century a crown of� five x three pearls. In the 17thursday century a purple cap with a scalloped ermine brim and 3 arches By Albrecht D�rer, 1512 On his portrait of emperor Sigismund From the early Habsburg era dates the seal of the Council of Luxemburg (1444-1795):� Arms: Luxemburg the lion crowned and with double tail� The field strewn with flints Legend: S. CΘSILLI DvCaT LVXEMBVRG� ET COMI T DE CHINI. [22] Uncrowned arms of Luxemburg are on compilations of the artillery of the provinces of the Netherlands throughout the 17th-18th century
Charles II			1621-1678

House of� Bourbon			1678-1688
Louis XIV

House of Habsburg			1688-1700
Charles Ii			Restored 1688-1700
The arms of the city of Luxemburg in the �Armorial de French republic� of D�Hozier, 1697 [23]
House of� Bourbon			1700-1711

Philip Five			1700-1711

House of� Wittelsbach			1711-1714

Maximilian Emanuel			1711-1714
Past� Maximiliaan Emanuel the arms of Luxemburg were incorporated in his arms for the Southern Netherlands.
Business firm of Habsburg			1714-1795
Artillery of Brabant, Limburg, Luxemburg, Gelre, Flanders, Hainaut, Artois and Namur in the larger achievement of Jozef Two for the Netherlands. In the center the personal artillery of Jozef Two. Imitating Maximilian Emanuel also Jozef Ii and Leopold incorporated the artillery of Luxemburg in their greater accomplishment for the Southern Netherlands.
Departement des For�ts ��		1795-1814
Nosotros may suppose that in the time of the Empire the seal of the department showed the imperial arms of French republic surrounded by the proper name of the department.
G Duchy

House of� Orange-Nassau			1815-1890

William I		1813-1840
Under dutch rule the decree of 20 Feb 1816 of the King Grand knuckles provided that the provinces, cities etc of the Netherlands should register their ancient coats of arms or their newly adopted arms. The decree due north� 62 of v October 1817 informed the Supreme Quango of Dignity that His Majesty �trouvait bon que les armoiries et la couronne telles qu�elles avaient toujours ci-devant �t� port�es par le Grand-Duch� de Luxembourg, demeurent ses armes provinciales...�� (agreed that the glaze of arms and crown as borne until now by the Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg remained their provincial glaze of arms...) The Supreme Council of Nobility informed the gentlemen deputies of land of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg by letter dated The Hague, 7 October 1817, calculation �un dessin des armoiries susnomm�es� (a cartoon of the coat of arms named beneath) (Archives of Country). On 22 Oct 1817, a letter of the Ministry of the Interior in the Hague added �que la Couronne qui couvrira les Armes du Grand-Duch� sera la m�me port�e jadis par la Province� (that the crown on the glaze of arms of the Chiliad Duchy will be the same as formerly used by the Province) (Archives of Country). The confirmation of the coat of artillery followed on 18 November 1818: De par le Roi Le Conseil Supr�me de la Noblesse, se r�f�rant aux pouvoirs lui accordance�s par le d�cret du 20 f�vrier 1816, confirme par les m�mes Le Grand-Duch� de Luxembourg sur la demande de ce dernier dans la possession des armoiries suivantes: �Un �cu d�argent charg� de cinq fasces d�azur, sur le tout un panthera leo rampant de gueules couronn� d�or. Fifty��cu somm� d�une couronne ducale.� Fait et donn� � La Haye le 18 novembre 1818 (sign�) K.L. d�Yvois van Wijck,� Pr�sident Par ordonnance du Conseil Supr�me. (sign�) J.Due west.H. van Westreenen van Tiellandt, S�cr�taire. (Archives de fifty�Etat).
William 2			1840-1849
Arms: The same
William III			1849-1890
Arms; Silver five bars Azure and a lion Gules crowned Or. Crown: A crown with 5 leaves and arches (Grand-ducal crown) Supporters: Two lions guardamt grand-ducally crowned. [24] 10 centimes, bronze, 1860 Artillery of Luxemburg with grand ducal hat The Grand Duchy of Luxemburg had nonetheless the statute of an autonomous duchy within the High german League. It became contained when the League was abolished in 1867. The Luxemburg effect nearly caused a war between France and Prussia. The 2d Treaty of London recognized Luxemburg every bit an contained, neutral state ruled past the House of Orange-Nassau.
Gro�herzogthum Luxemburg
House of� Nassau-Weilburg

Adolph		1817-�1905 M duke of� Luxemburg 1890-1905*
Duke Adolph of Nassau was Regent from 08.04.1889 to 03.05.1889 and from 04.eleven.1890 to 23.11.� 1890, during the terminal illness of Chiliad Knuckles William 3. ten centimes, statuary, 1889 Arms of Luxemburg with grand ducal hat,. On the reverse the fable: Regence du duc Adolphe de Nassau Artillery: � Luxemburg with inescutcheon Nassau. Crown: Of 5 leaves and hoops, lined with a low royal cap. Order: Of the Crown of Oak. (Nederland, 1841) Supporters: Ii lions croned Mantle: Majestic, lined ermine, fringed and tasseled Or and vaulted royal crowned. From: i. Heyer von Rosenfeld, Friedrich: Dice Staatswappen der bekanntesten L�nder der Erde. Frankfurt a/Master, 1895 2. Str�hl, H.G. Heraldischer Atlas 1899. This achievement is non supported past any decree or warrant. G ducal decree of� 29 July 1898. Wir Adolph, von Gottes Gnaden Gro�herzog von Luxemburg Herzog von Nassau &a &a haben Uns aus Veranlassung des Anfalls des Gro�herzogtums Luxemburg an den Nassau Walram'schen Stamm bewogen gefunden 1. anzuordnen da� das bis hierher gef�hrte Nassauische Hauswappen in der Weise eine Umgestaltung erfahre, wie sie aus der hier angeschlos�senen Abbildung im Zusammenhange mit der ebenwohl beigef�gten Be�schreibung des Wappens ersichtlich ist, und two. in Unserer Eigenschaft als derzeitiger Chef des Nassauischen Hauses hiermit zu verf�gen da� fortan das so umgestaltete Wappen an Stelle des seitherigen von allen dazu berechtigten Mitgliedern Meines Hauses global environment facility�hrt wurde. �� Mit dem weiteren Vollz�ge dieses Meines Erlasses beauftragen Wir andurch Unseren Oberkammer�herrn und Wirklichen Geheimrath Heinrich Freiherrn von Hadeln. �� Urkundlich Unserer Allerh�chsteigenh�ndigen Unterschrift und das beigedr�ckten Siegels �� gegeben zu Schlo� Hohenburg den 29 Juli 1898. ADOLPH BESCHREIBUNG DES NASSAUISCHEN HAUSWAPPENS ____________________________________________ Der Schild ist durch dreimalige Theilung und dreimalige Spaltung in sechzehn Felder getheilt von denen die vier innern /: 6.vii.10.eleven:/ den Mittelschild bilden. Dieser ist geviert: i und 4 das Stammwappen Nassau: In blauen mit gelben Schindeln be�streuten Felde ein gelb gekr�nter gelber 50�we. 2 und three das Wappen des Gro�hertzogthums Luxemburg. In einen von wei� und blau neunmal gehteilten Schilde ein gelb gekr�nter rother Fifty�we. Im Hauptschild sind vier Gruppen angeordnet und zwar �� a. zur Erinnerung an dice �ltere Weilburger Linie dice drei Felder: one. Saarbr�cken: In blauen, mit gelben unten zugespitzten Kleeblatt�kreuzchen bestreuten Felde ein gelb gekr�nter wei�er L�nosotros 2. Merenberg: In Gr�due north ein von je drei gelben Kreuzchen bewinkelter gelber Schragen. 3. Weilnau: In Gelb zwei rothe schreitende Leoparden �bereinander. �� b. zur Erinnerung an die �ltere Saarbr�cker Linie die vier Felder: 4. Moers: In Gelb ein schwarzer Balken. 8. Saarwerden: In Schwarz ein gelb bewehrter wei�er Doppeladler. 12. Lahr: In Gelb ein rother Balken. 16. Mahlberg: In Gelb ein roth gekr�nter schwarzer L�we. �� c. zur Erinnerung an den Ottonischen Stamm die drei Felder: five. Catzenelnbogen: In Gelb ein rother Leopard. nine. Dietz: In Roth zwei gelbe schreitende Leoparden �bereinander. 13. Vianden: In Roth ein wei�er Balken d. zur Erinnerung an die durch die letzte Burggr�fin zu Kirchberg, Luisa Gemahlin des F�rsten Friedrich Wilhelm zu Nassau Weilburg an das Haus gefallene Grafschaft Hachen�burg die zwei Felder: xiv. Kirchberg: In Wei� drei schwarze Pf�hle. 15. Sayn: In Roth ein gelber Leopard. Helme: In der Mitte rechts der Helm von Nassau (Walramischen Stammes), links der von Luxemburg. Nach rechts schlie�en sich die Helme von Saarbr�cken und Moers, nach links die von Dietz und Sayn an, entspre�chend den vier Gruppen im Hauptschilde. Wir folgen mithin von rechts nach links. 1. Moers: Gekr�nt. Gelber Windspielerkopf mit schwarzem, wei� einge�fa�tem Halsband mit wei�em Ring - Decken: schwarz-gelb. 2. Saarbr�cken: Wei� und schwarz getheilter Flug. Decken: schwarz-wei�. iii. Nassau: Roth gekr�nter, gelber, sitzender L�we zwischen zwei blauen, mit gelben Schindeln bestreuten H�rnern. - Decken: blau-gelb. 4. Luxemburg: Schwarzer Flug. Decken: blau-wei�. v. Dietz: Schwa�rzer Flug belegt mit einer runden Sch�eibe, auf welcher in Roth den gel�ben Leoparden des Schildes - Decken: gelb-roth. vi. Sayn: Gekr�nt. Gelber orientalischer Spitzhut. Decken: roth-gelb.� Schildhalter: Zwei auf gelben Ranken stehende, r�ckw�rts schauende gelbe L�wen mit heraldischen Kronen. �� Das Ganze umgibt ein mit hermelin gef�ttertes, mit gelben Fransen und Schn�ren verziertes, purpurrothes Wappenzelt mit der K�nigskrone. ___________________________________ Petites Armoiries
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Wilhelm			1905-1912
Lesser, Medial and Larger achievement: The same
Marie Adelheid��			1912-1919
Bottom, Medial and Larger� accomplishment: The same
Charlotte			1919-1964
Bottom, Medial and Larger� accomplishment: The same High german Occupation 1940-1944 Gau Moselland On ten May 1940 Luxemburg was occupied past Frg and came nether German language rule. This was effecuated by Gustav Simon from Koblenz-Trier (NSDAP-) district, later Moselland, who was appointed main of the civil administration of Luxemburg on 21.07.1940.
Jean			Grand Duke of Luxemburg 1964-2000
Grandes Armoiries
M DUCH� DE Luxembourg LOI SUR LES EMBLEMES NATIONAUX G�morial A-Due north�� 5116 a�ut 1972 Adopt� � l'unanimit� par la Chambre des D�put�due south dans sa s�ance du 18 mai 1972. NOUS JEAN, PAR LA GRACE DE DIEU, K DUC DE Luxembourg, DUC DE NASSAU, ETC., ETC., ETC.; Notre Conseil d'�tat entendu De l'assentiment de la Chambre des D�put�south; Vu la d�cision de la Chambre des D�put�s du 18 mai 1972 et celle du Conseil d'�tat du 8 juin 1972 portant qu'il n'y a pas lieu � second v�te; Avons ordonn� et ordonnons: Art. 1er. Les armoiries du Grand-Duch� de Luxembourg sont � trois �chelons: a) petites armoiries, b) moyennes armoiries, c) grandes armoiries. Art.2. Les armoiries d�sign�es � l'article 1er ci dessus se composent des �l�ments h�raldiques suivants: a) petites armoiries: Burel� d'argent et d'azur de dix pi�ces au lion rampant de gueules, couronn�, arm� et lampass� d'or, la queue fourchue et laissez passer� en sau�toir. Timbre: La couronne k-ducale not doubl�e. b. moyennes armoiries: Les petites armoiries augment�es des supports: Deux lions d'or et couronn�es du m�me, la t�te contourn�e (regardants), arm�s et lam�pass�south de gueules, la queue fourchue et pass� en sautoir. c) grandes armoiries: Les moyennes armoiries broaden�es du ruban et de la croix de 50'Ordre national de la couronne de ch�ne pass�due south autour de l'�cu; le tout pos� sur un manteau: de gueules doubl� d'ermine, bord�, frang�, cordonn� et houpp� d'or, somm� de la couronne grand-ducale non doubl�due east. Fine art. 3. Le drapeau national se compose d'une laize de tissus aux proportions de 5 � three ou de ii � one, comportant trois bandes �gales de couleurs rouge, blanche, bleue dispos�es horizontalement. Art. 4. Le pavillon de la batellerie et de fifty'aviation se compose d'une laize de tissus aux proportions de 7 � 5 comportant un burel� d'argent et d'azur de dix pi�ces au lion rampant de gueules, orient� vers la hampe, couronn�, arm� et lampass� d'or, la queue fourchue et laissez passer� en sautoir. La description du revers represent � celle de 50'avers. Art. 5. Les originaux des planches, tant en couleur qu'en noir et blanc, des armoiries de 50'�tat, et, en couleur, du drapeau national et du pavillon de la batellerie et de l'aviation, sont d�pos�s aux athenaeum de l'�tat. Art. 6. Le livre 2, titre III, chapitre Half-dozen du code p�nal est compl�t� par un commodity 232bis libell� comme suit: ((Art. 232 bis. Seront punis d'un emprisonnement de huit jours � trois mois et d'une amende de cinq cent � dix mille francs, ou d'une de ces peines seulement, ceux qui auront fait usage � des fins not autoris�s des armoiries de la Maison grand-ducale, de celles de l'�tat et des communes, du drapeau national, du pavillon de la batellerie et de l'aviation, ainsi que tous �cussons, embl�mes et symboles utilis�s par les autorit�s et par les �tablissements publics. Il y a usage non autoris� des armoiries et symboles vis�s notamment lorsqu'il est fait a) � des fins frauduleuses b) � des fins commerciales, industrielles, professionelles ou publici�taires, sauf dans les cas pr�vus par les lois et r�glements, ou autoris�s par le Gouvernement.)) Art. 7. Les nouvelles armoiries � cr�er par des autorit�s publiques et la modification des armoiries existants devront �tre agr��es et enregistr�es par le ministre d'�tat, president du Gouvernement. Fine art.8. Le ministre d'�tat pourra instituer une commission, apell�e committee h�raldique de 50'�tat, dont il d�signera les membres. Mandons et ordonnons que la pr�sente loi soit ins�r�e au M�morial pour �tre execut�e et observ�e par tous ceux que la chose concerne. Ch�teau de Berg, le 23 juin 1972. JEAN Le Ministre d'�tat Pr�sident du Gouvernement Ministre des Finances Pierre Werner Le Ministre des Transports et de l'Energie Marcel Mart Le Ministre de la Justice Eug�n Schaus.��
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Henri		2000-
�Ee grousse Merci� Grand duke John has 6 October 2000 pronounced in L�tzebuergisch before he� �d�Geschecker vun eiser Hemecht an d�H�nn vum Pr�nz Henri le�due north�. His succession past Grand duke Henri and so took place on 7 Oct 2000 in Luxemburg city A few months later the arms of state and the grand ducal artillery were changed.
Arr�t� grand-ducal du 23 f�vrier 2001 fixant les petites et les moyennes armoiries de Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc. - base of operations juridique: L du 27 juillet 1993 (1000�m. A - 73 du xvi septembre 1993, p. 1416) - citant: 50 du 23 juin 1972 (Yard�g. A - 51 du 16 ao�t 1972, p. 1288) - cit� par: AGD du 23 juin 2001 (Thousand�thou. A - 114 du xiv septembre 2001, p. 2384) Arr�t� grand-ducal du 23 f�vrier 2001 fixant les petites et les moyennes armoiries de Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc. Nous Henri, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg, Duc de Nassau Vu la loi du 27 juillet 1993 modifiant et compl�tant la loi du 23 juin 1972 sur les embl�mes nationaux Vu l'avis de la Commission H�raldique de l'Etat institu�e par arr�t�s grand-ducaux des 12 mars 1998 et 17 avril 1998 Avons arr�t� et arr�tons: Art. 1er. Nos petites armoiries sont fix�es comme suit: Ecartel�, aux I et Iv de Luxembourg qui est un burel� d'argent et d'azur, au king of beasts de gueules, la queue fourchue et pass�e en sautoir, arm�, lampass� et couronn� d'or, aux II et III de Nassau qui est d'azur sem� de billettes d'or, au lion couronn� d'or, arm� et lampass� de gueules. L'�cu est timbr� d'une couronne royale. Art. 2. Nos armoiries moyennes sont fix�es comme adapt: Les petites armoiries augment�es de supports, � dextre un lion couronn� d'or, la t�te contourn�e, la queue fourchue et pass�e en sautoir, arm� et lampass� de gueules, � senestre un panthera leo couronn� d'or, la t�te contourn�e, arm� et lampass� de gueules. Art. iii. Les armoiries port�es par Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc Jean restent inchang�es. Palais de Grand duchy of luxembourg, le 23 f�vrier 2001. Henri Le Mar�chal de la Cour, Henri Ahlborn Petites Armoiries Moyennes Armoiries Arr�t� grand-ducal du 23 juin 2001 fixant les grandes armoiries de Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc. Nous Henri, M-Duc de Luxembourg, Duc de Nassau Vu la loi du 27 juillet 1993 modifiant et compl�tant la loi du 23 juin 1972 sur les embl�mes nationaux Vu 50'avis de la Commission H�raldique de l'Etat institu�e par arr�t�s m-ducaux des 12 mars 1998 et 17 avril 1998 Vu notre arr�t� du 23 f�vrier 2001 fixant nos petites armoiries et nos armoiries moyennes Avons arr�t� et arr�tons: Art. unique. Nos grandes armoiries sont prepare�es comme accommodate: Ecartel�, aux I et IV de Luxembourg qui est burel� d'silvery et d'azur, au lion de gueules, la queue fourchue et pass�e en sautoir, arm�, lampass� et couronn� d'or, aux Ii et Iii de Nassau qui est d'azur sem� de billettes d'or, au lion couronn� du grand�me, arm� et lampass� de gueules, sur le tout en coeur de Bourbon de Parme qui est d'azur � trois (deux, une) fleurs de lys d'or � la bordure de gueules charg�e de huit coquilles d'silvery pos�es en orle. L'�cu est timbr� d'une couronne royale et entour� du ruban et de la croix de 50'Ordre de la Couronne de Ch�ne. Les supports sont � dextre un king of beasts couronn� d'or, la t�te contourn�eastward, la queue fourchue et pass�east en sautoir, arm� et lampass� de gueules, � senestre un lion couronn� d'or, la t�te contourn�e, arm� et lampass� de gueules, chaque lion tenant un drapeau luxembourgeois frang� d'or. Le tout est pos� sur un manteau de pourpre, doubl� d'hermine, bord�, frang� et li� d'or et somm� d'une couronne royale, les drapeaux d�passant le manteau. Palais de Grand duchy of luxembourg, le 23 juin 2001. Henri Le Mar�chal de la Cour, Henri Ahlborn
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The ground forces is under civilian command, with the Grand Knuckles every bit Commander-in-Chief. The Government minister for Defence, oversees army operations. The professional head of the army is the Principal of Defence, who answers to the minister. The Grand Knuckles and the Chief of Defense force are the simply generals, with colonels equally Deputy Principal of Defence and head of the Military Preparation Centre. Until 1999, the regular army was integrated into the Force Publique (Public Force), which included the Gendarmerie and the Law, until the Gendarmerie was merged with the Grand Ducal Police under a different minister in 2000. The army has been an all-volunteer force since 1967. Army Emblem
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Province de Grand duchy of luxembourg	1839 - nowadays
17 Mars 1837 Arr�t� qui d�termine le sceau de fifty'�tat *3� Grand duchy of luxembourg* , d'argent, � cinq fasces d'azur, au panthera leo de gueules, � la queue fourchue, couronn� d'or, brochant sur le tout.