498 HSH The Hereditary Prince Wilhelm of Nassau

HSH Arvprins Wilhelm av Nassau

✶ 22 April 1852 at the Palace of Biebrich at Wiesbaden
✟ 25 February 1912 at the Palace of Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg

Appointed

The Royal Palace of Stockholm 19 June 1889

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Missing

shield

Painted 1912 by B P Hedlund.

other awards

King Oscar II’s Jubilee Commemorative Medal 1897
Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav 1897

Biography

Oldest son of Duke Adolf, later Grand Duke of Luxembourg.
Hereditary Grand Duke of  Luxembourg with the predicate Royal Highness 1890.
Succeeded his father as Grand Duke Guillaume IV 1905.
Regency 1908.
Nephew to Queen Sofia of Sweden, King Oscar II’s consort.
Received the order at visit to Stockholm together with his father.

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