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Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

1894 - 1924

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Marie-Adélaïde (French: Marie-Adélaïde Thérèse Hilda Wilhelmine, Luxembourgish: Marie-Adelheid; 14 June 1894 – 24 January 1924), was Grand Duchess of Luxembourg from 1912 until her abdication in 1919. She was the first Grand Duchess regnant of Luxembourg (after five grand dukes), its first female monarch since Duchess Maria Theresa (1740–1780, who was also Austrian Archduchess and Holy Roman Empress) and the first Luxembourgish monarch to be born within the territory since Count John the Blind (1296–1346). Named as heiress presumptive by her father Grand Duke William IV in 1907 to prevent a succession crisis due to his lack of a son, Marie-Adélaïde became Grand Duchess in 1912. She ruled through the First World War, and her perceived support for the German occupation forces led to great unpopularity in Luxembourg as well as neighbouring France and Belgium. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg is the 1,303rd most popular politician (up from 5,477th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Luxembourg (up from 15th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Luxembourger Politician.

Marie-Adélaïde was the wife of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. She was the daughter of King Louis XV of France and his mistress, Madame de Pompadour. Marie-Adélaïde was most famous for her role in the War of Austrian Succession.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ranks 1,303 out of 19,576. Before her are Sahle-Work Zewde, Tony Blair, Decebalus, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Frederick VIII of Denmark, and Edward the Elder. After her are Artemisia I of Caria, John II Komnenos, Napoléon, Prince Imperial, Athaulf, Šuppiluliuma I, and Masinissa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1894, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ranks 13. Before her are Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi, Georges Lemaître, Boris III of Bulgaria, Jean Renoir, Maximilian Kolbe, and John Ford. After her are Joseph Roth, Norbert Wiener, Fritz Sauckel, Moshe Sharett, Kim Hyong-jik, and Isaac Babel. Among people deceased in 1924, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ranks 11. Before her are Woodrow Wilson, Louis Sullivan, Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria, Joseph Conrad, Gabriel Fauré, and Alfred Marshall. After her are Paul Henri Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Bogd Khan, Carl Spitteler, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Andrew Irvine, and Robert Nivelle.

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In Luxembourg

Among people born in Luxembourg, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ranks 6 out of 95. Before her are Gabriel Lippmann (1845), Robert Schuman (1886), Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1921), John of Bohemia (1296), and Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1955). After her are Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jules A. Hoffmann (1941), Jacques Santer (1937), Gaston Thorn (1928), and Ernst von Mansfeld (1580).

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Among POLITICIANS In Luxembourg

Among politicians born in Luxembourg, Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg ranks 3. Before her are Robert Schuman (1886), and John of Bohemia (1296). After her are Jean-Claude Juncker (1954), Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (1896), Jacques Santer (1937), Gaston Thorn (1928), Princess Elisabeth, Duchess of Hohenberg (1922), Joseph Bech (1887), Prince Charles of Luxembourg (1927), Viviane Reding (1951), and Michel Théato (1878).

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