LC control no. | no2021053844 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Joséphine-Charlotte, Grand Duchess, consort of Jean, Grand-Duke of Luxembourg, 1927-2005 |
Variant(s) | Joséphine-Charlotte, Princess of Belgium, 1927-2005 |
Birth date | 1927-10-11 |
Death date | 2005-01-10 |
Place of birth | Brussels (Belgium) |
Place of death | Luxembourg |
Found in | Le Mariage de leurs altesses royales, 1953: title page (le grand-due héritier Jean de Luxembourg avec la Princesse Joséphine-Charlotte de Belgique, Neuf Avril 1953) Wikipedia, May 4, 2021 (Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium; Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte of Luxembourg (born Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium; 11 October 1927 - 10 January 2005), was the Grand Duchess consort of Luxembourg as the wife of Grand Duke Jean (1921-2019); she was the first child of King Leopold III of Belgium, and sister of the late King Baudouin and former King Albert II and aunt of King Philippe; she was also the first cousin of King Harald V of Norway; she was born at the Royal Palace of Brussels, the oldest child and only daughter of the King Leopold III of Belgium and his first wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden; she married Prince Jean, who at the time was The Hereditary Grand Duke and heir-apparent to the throne of Luxembourg, on 9 April 1953 in Luxembourg; the Grand Duchess, who suffered from lung cancer for a long time, died at her home, Fischbach Castle, at the age of 77; she was the mother of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (b. 16 April 1955)) |