Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg

Prince Guillaume
Born (1963-05-01) 1 May 1963
Betzdorf Castle
Spouse Sibilla Sandra Weiller
Issue Prince Paul Louis of Nassau
Prince Léopold of Nassau
Princess Charlotte of Nassau
Prince Jean of Nassau
Full name
Guillaume Marie Louis Christian
Father Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Mother Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium

Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (Guillaume Marie Louis Christian; born 1 May 1963) is the third son and youngest child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte of Luxembourg. His godparents are Louis, Prince Napoléon and Princess Maria Cristina of Savoy-Aosta.

Life

Guillaume was born in Betzdorf Castle. He attended secondary school in Luxembourg and Switzerland, and received his baccalureate in Grenoble in 1982. He continued his studies at the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom, and later at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., where he graduated in 1987. Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg was presented the degree Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa, at Sacred Heart University’s Academic Convocation and Induction of the Class of 2011 on 10 September 2007. The official ceremony welcomed the first-year students to SHU with a formal academic procession and messages from the faculty, student representatives, and president Anthony J. Cernera, PhD.

Guillaume worked for six months at the International Monetary Fund in Washington, and spent two years working for the Commission of the European Communities in Brussels. He is currently a director of ArcelorMittal.[1]

Marriage and children

Guillaume married Sibilla Sandra Weiller, a daughter of Paul-Annik Weiller and of the Italian princess Donna Olimpia Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi (daughter of the Spanish Infanta Beatriz of Spain) civilly on 8 September 1994 and religiously in Versailles on 24 September 1994, who received the title "Princess of Luxembourg". Guillaume and Sibilla have four children:

Their sons are in the line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg.

Prince Guillaume is the godfather of his nephew Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg. He is also one of the godparents of Prince Achileas-Andreas of Greece and Denmark, second son of Crown Prince of Greece.

Titles, Styles and honours

Styles of
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
Reference style His Royal Highness
Spoken style Your Royal Highness
Alternative style Sir

Titles

Honours

See also List of honours of the Luxembourgish Grand-Ducal Family by country

National honours

Foreign honours

Ancestry

References

Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
Cadet branch of the House of Nassau
Born: 11 November 1981
Preceded by
Prince Sébastien
Line of succession to the Luxembourger throne
6th position
Succeeded by
Prince Paul Louis
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