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Marie Adélaïde

grand duchess of Luxembourg

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  • Luxembourg
    In Luxembourg: Independent Luxembourg

    …William’s daughter, the grand duchess Marie Adélaïde, was more assertive and eventually became highly unpopular with the people. In 1914 the neutrality of Luxembourg was violated by Germany, which occupied the grand duchy until the Armistice of 1918. During the war, Marie Adélaïde had tolerated the illegal German occupation, for…

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