Grand duchy

A grand duchy is a form of principality, monarchy which has a Grand Duke or a Grand Duchess as head of state.

Related Topics:
Principality - Monarchy - Grand Duke - Grand Duchess - Head of state

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Today Luxembourg is the only remaining grand duchy. It has been a grand duchy since 1815, when the Netherlands became an independent kingdom and Luxembourg was handed over to the King of the Netherlands, William I. Luxembourg remained a Dutch dominion until 1890, when William III, King of the Netherlands and Grand Duke Luxembourg, died without leaving a male heir, so that in the Netherlands he was succeeded by a female and in the Luxembourgian Grand Duchy by a distant male cousin, Duke Adolf of Nassau who became HRH Grand Duke Adolphe. The present Grand Duke of Luxembourg is Henri.

Related Topics:
Luxembourg - Netherlands - William I - 1890 - William III - The Netherlands - Adolphe - Grand Duke of Luxembourg - Henri

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The today independent republics of Finland and Lithuania have been Grand Duchies during certain eras of their history.

Related Topics:
Finland - Lithuania

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