# Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg

> He inherited a grand duchy by accident of gender law — Luxembourg's throne passed to him in 1890 only because the Dutch king had no sons and Salic succession barred daughters. Adolphe had already lost one realm to Prussian annexation; this was his second chance at sovereignty.

*Duke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1817-07-24
- **Died:** 1905-11-17
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Adolphe became Duke of Nassau in August 1839 after his father William died. That duchy ended in September 1866 when Prussia annexed it following Austria's defeat in the Austro-Prussian War. He spent the next quarter-century without a throne. Luxembourg had been yoked to the Netherlands in personal union since 1839, ruled by Dutch kings who treated it as a province. When King William III died in 1890 with only a daughter to succeed him, Dutch law allowed Wilhelmina to take the Netherlands crown — but Luxembourg's Salic law barred women. The Nassau Family Pact sent the grand duchy to Adolphe instead. He ruled fifteen years, the first of the Nassau-Weilburg line, and died in 1905. His son William IV succeeded him.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Politicians, #Politician, #Politics, #19th Century

## Sources
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q57302)
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe,_Grand_Duke_of_Luxembourg)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Adolphe%2C%20Grand%20Duke%20of%20Luxembourg)
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- [Адольф (вялікі герцаг Люксембургскі)](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%84_(%D0%B2%D1%8F%D0%BB%D1%96%D0%BA%D1%96_%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%86%D0%B0%D0%B3_%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96))
- [Адолф I (Люксембург)](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BB%D1%84_I_(%D0%9B%D1%8E%D0%BA%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%B1%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B3))
- [Adolf, veliki vojvoda Luksemburga](https://bs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf%2C_veliki_vojvoda_Luksemburga)
- [Adolf de Luxemburg](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_de_Luxemburg)
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- [Adolf 1. af Luxembourg](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_1._af_Luxembourg)
- [Adolph (Luxemburg)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_(Luxemburg))
- [Αδόλφος του Λουξεμβούργου](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%91%CE%B4%CF%8C%CE%BB%CF%86%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%85_%CE%9B%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BE%CE%B5%CE%BC%CE%B2%CE%BF%CF%8D%CF%81%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%85)
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- [Adolphe (Luksemburgi suurhertsog)](https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolphe_(Luksemburgi_suurhertsog))
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- [Aadolf (Luxemburg)](https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aadolf_(Luxemburg))
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- [Adolf luxemburgi nagyherceg](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_luxemburgi_nagyherceg)
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