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name: "Adolphe, Grand Duke of Luxembourg"
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description: "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."
tagline: "Duke of Nassau (1839–1866), later Grand Duke of Luxembourg (1890–1905)"
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birthDate: "1817-07-24"
deathDate: "1905-11-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
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.