Line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg

The succession to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is regulated by the Constitution of 9 July 1848.

Article 3 of the Constitution reads: " The Crown of the Grand Duchy is hereditary in the family of Nassau, in conformity of the Treaty of 30 June 1783 of Article 71 of the Vienna treatise on 9 June 1815 and the Treaty of London of 11 May 1867 ".

" The right of succession in Luxembourg is, in the absence of another statutory provision, as it says the common German law, the agnatic succession ( Salian law of succession only from man to man ), the only in the absence of a male heir to the throne within the existing grand ducal house female succession occurs, then immediately agnatisch is in the new grand Duke's home again. Therefore, if a Grand Duke have only daughters, then follow him to the throne of his brother, the brother of his father or his grandfather or great-grandfather on the paternal side (if the, the new Grand Ducal House founding reigning Grand Duchess descended ) and only when all the male members of the new large ducal house are dead and have no male offspring, is the eldest daughter of the last reigning grand Duke and in their absence their brother's daughter, and in the absence of such, the sister of the last grand Duke enthroned follow the right ( female succession during extinction in the male line according to the Pragmatic Sanction ). "

By a decree of Grand Duke Henri succession to the throne was amended for his descendants, that " [ ... ] will no longer limit the right of succession to the throne solely to the male line in the event of the death or resignation of a reigning Grand Duke, but the right introduce the firstborn regardless of gender to confirm and reaffirm [ is ], so that the succession should come and remain the first-born child of a reigning Grand Duke. "

Current order of succession

The first four people on this list are all the descendants of Grand Duke Henri, for which the new succession applies. The other people are the descendants of Grand Duke Jean ( Henri's father ) nor the old succession for which:

Waived to the throne, the Prince Louis Xavier Marie Guillaume have ( born August 3, 1986), one of the sons of Grand Duke Henri and Jean Félix Marie Guillaume ( born May 15, 1957), a younger brother of Henri and son of Grand Duke Jean.