Stéphanie, Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Stéphanie, Hereditary Princess of Nassau and Princess of Bourbon -Parma ( born February 18, 1984 as the Countess Stéphanie Marie Claudine de Lannoy Christine in Ronse in Belgium) is the wife of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg and thus expected future Grand Duchess of Luxembourg with the Title Royal Highness.
Family
Stéphanie of Luxembourg derives from the Flemish nobility Lannoy (French: Maison de Lannoy ). She is the youngest of eight children of the Belgian Count Philippe de Lannoy (* 1922) and his wife Alix, born della Faille de Leverghem ( 1941-2012 ). Their paternal grandparents were Count Paul de Lannoy (1898-1980) and Princess Beatrice de Ligne (1898-1982); the maternal grandparents were Baron Harold della Faille de Leverghem (1908-1994) and Madeleine de Brouchoven de Bergeyck ( 1912-1996 ). Your paternal family originates from the Flemish knighthood. She grew up on the family estate in the Belgian province of Hainaut in Anvaing on.
HRH Grand Duke Henri HRH Grand Duchess Maria Teresa
- HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume HRH Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie
- HRH Prince Félix HRH Princess Claire
- HRH Prince Louis HRH Princess Tessy
- HRH Princess Alexandra
- HRH Prince Sébastien
HRH Grand Duke Jean
- IKKH Princess Marie -Astrid
- HRH Prince Jean HRH Princess Diane
- HRH Princess Margaretha
- HRH Prince Guillaume HRH Princess Sibilla
Shortly before her wedding with Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume received by the Luxembourg Parliament by Eilgesetz Luxembourg nationality, because a marriage does not automatically result in Luxembourg to obtain the Luxembourg nationality. The controversial Lex de Lannoy consists of a single sentence: " Such nationality shall be granted Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy. " In an interview, she stressed that they do not make as a future Grand Duchess of the possibility of dual citizenship use, the Belgian will therefore drop.
The Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of engagement with the Luxembourg was announced on 26 April 2012 in Luxembourg, the celebration was held in Schloss Berg on April 27, 2012. The civil ceremony took place on 19 October in Luxembourg, the church wedding was held on 20 October 2012 in Notre-Dame Cathedral by Archbishop Jean -Claude Hollerech.
As Mathilde d' Udekem d' Acoz the Belgians since the accession of her husband Queen, is Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie, Hereditary Princess Sophie of Liechtenstein addition, nee Duchess in Bavaria, one of only two European heir - wives, which were from a noble house.
Education and work
They first visited the Dutch-speaking primary school Sancta Maria in Ronse. Then they made two years of their secondary studies at the Collège Sainte- Odile in northern France, which they completed in Brussels following the Institut de la Vierge Fidele and where her diploma, approximately corresponding to the High School also received in 2002.
At 18, she spent a year in Moscow to study the Russian language and literature.
Subsequently, she studied German literature at the Université catholique de Louvain in Louvain- la -Neuve. A master study of German philology in Berlin, she graduated with a thesis on the influence of German Romanticism from the Russian romance.
They extended their stay in Berlin by an internship at Agence Wallonne à l' Exportation at the Belgian Embassy. After she returned from Germany to Belgium, she worked for an investment company.
In addition to their mother tongue, French, and Dutch, she speaks fluent German, English and Russian. In addition, they learn Luxembourgish.