Princess Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg, full French

French language

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 name: Elisabeth Marie Wilhelmine de Nassau-Weilburg, Princesse de Luxembourg (7 March 1901, Luxembourg

Luxembourg (city)

The city of Luxembourg , also known as Luxembourg City , is a commune with city status, and the capital of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg. It is located at the confluence of the Alzette and Pétrusse Rivers in southern Luxembourg...

, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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 – 2 August 1950, Schloss Hohenburg, Hohenburg

Hohenburg, Bavaria

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, Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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) was a member of the House of Nassau-Weilburg and a Princess of Luxembourg by birth and a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and Princess of Thurn and Taxis through her marriage to Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Ludwig Philipp Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: Ludwig Philipp Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis, also Louis Philippe was a...

. Two of Elisabeth's elder sisters reigned as sovereign Grand Duchess of Luxembourg and titular Duchess of Nassau

House of Nassau

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: Marie-Adélaïde and Charlotte

Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg

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Family

Elisabeth was the fifth-eldest daughter and child of William IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and his wife Infanta Marie Anne of Portugal.

Marriage and issue

Elisabeth married Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Ludwig Philipp of Thurn and Taxis

Prince Ludwig Philipp Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: Ludwig Philipp Maria Friedrich Joseph Maximilian Antonius Ignatius Lamoral, Prinz von Thurn und Taxis, also Louis Philippe was a...

, fourth child and son of Albert, 8th Prince of Thurn and Taxis and his wife Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria

Archduchess Margarethe Klementine of Austria

-Titles and styles:*6 July 1870 – 15 July 1890: Her Imperial and Royal Highness Archduchess and Princess Margarethe Klementine of Austria; Princess Margarethe Klementine of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany...

, on 14 November 1922 in Hohenburg

Hohenburg, Bavaria

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, Bavaria

Bavaria

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, Germany

Germany

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. Elisabeth and Ludwig Philipp had two children:

• Prince Anselm of Thurn and Taxis (14 April 1924 – 25 February 1944)
• Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis
  Princess Iniga of Thurn and Taxis
  Princess Iniga Anna Margarete Wilhelmine Luise of Thurn and Taxis, full German name: Iniga Anna Margarete Wilhelmine Luise, Prinzessin von Thurn und Taxis was a member of the House of Thurn and Taxis and a Princess of Thurn and Taxis by birth and a...
  
   (25 August 1925 – 17 September 2008)

Titles and styles

• 7 March 1901 – 14 November 1922: Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Luxembourg
• 14 November 1922 – 2 August 1950: Her Grand Ducal Highness Princess Elisabeth of Thurn and Taxis, Princess of Luxembourg

Ancestry