Search results
List of monarchs of Luxembourg. The territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815.
The territory of Luxembourg has been ruled successively by counts, dukes and grand dukes. It was part of the medieval Kingdom of Germany, and later the Holy Roman Empire until it became a sovereign state in 1815.
People also ask
Who ruled Luxembourg?
How many names did Luxembourg have?
Is Luxembourg a monarchy?
Who was Count of Luxembourg?
For ease of understanding the royal house names and dates have been put in at the appropriate places. The dynasties covered are the Carolingians , Conradines , Ottonians , Salians , Supplinburger , Hohenstaufen , Welf , Habsburg , Nassau , Luxemburg , Wittelsbach , Lorraine , Habsburg-Lorraine , Bonaparte and Hohenzollern .
Henry VII, Count of Luxembourg, is elected King of Germany. He is crowned Emperor in Rome in 1312. 1310: Marriage of John the Blind to Elisabeth, heiress to the Kingdom of Bohemia. The Counts of Luxembourg become Kings of Bohemia. 1337: Start of the Hundred Years War: 1354
From the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance, Luxembourg bore multiple names, depending on the author. These include Lucilinburhuc, Lutzburg, Lützelburg, Luccelemburc, and Lichtburg, among others. The Luxembourgish dynasty produced several Holy Roman Emperors, Kings of Bohemia, and Archbishops of Trier and Mainz .
The earliest human remains found in present-day Luxembourg date from about 5140 bce, but little is known about the people who first populated the area. Two Belgic tribes, the Treveri and Mediomatrici, inhabited the country from about 450 bce until the Roman conquest of 53 bce. The occupation of the country by the Franks in the 5th century ce ...
The world's only sovereign Grand Duchy, Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarchy, ruled by a Grand Duke. Luxembourg lies on the cultural divide between Romance Europe and Germanic Europe, borrowing customs from each of the distinct traditions.
