The Brasseur family is a family in
Luxembourg
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that was prominent in politics and industry in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The head of the household was Alexis Brasseur, who had thirteen children by two wives. This second generation included
Dominique Brasseur
Dominique Alexis Brasseur-Brasseur (14 June 1833 – 17 October 1906) was a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. He served as Mayor of Luxembourg City between 1891 and 1894.
Brasseur was educated at the Athénée, graduating in 1853, before stud ...
, a
liberal
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* an adherent of a Liberal Party
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* Social liberalism
Arts, entertainment and m ...
Mayor of Luxembourg City
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and
Pierre Brasseur
Pierre Brasseur (22 December 1905 – 16 August 1972), born Pierre-Albert Espinasse, was a French actor.
Biography
The son of actors Georges Espinasse and Germaine Brasseur, the latter a cousin of Albert Brasseur; his grandfather, Jules B ...
, who was a prominent mining magnate in southern Luxembourg.
Pierre married the daughter of former minister
François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet
François-Xavier Wurth-Paquet (16 April 1801 – 4 February 1885) was a Luxembourgian politician, jurist, and archaeologist.
Born in Luxembourg City, he studied law in Liège and then became a lawyer, judge, prosecutor and in 1848 president of ...
, and had five children, including
Xavier Brasseur, a
Socialist
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member of the
Chamber of Deputies. Xavier married Jeane de Saint-Hubert, sister of
Aline Mayrisch de Saint-Hubert
Aline Mayrisch de Saint-Hubert née de Saint-Hubert (22 August 1874 – 20 January 1947) was a Luxembourg women's rights campaigner, socialite, philanthropist. Mayrisch established many non-governmental organisations and was President of the Lu ...
- wife of
Arbed
The Aciéries Réunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange ( French; literally "United Steelworks of Burbach-Eich-Dudelange"), better known by its acronym ARBED, was a major Luxembourg-based steel and iron producing company. Created in 1911 after the me ...
President
Émile Mayrisch
Jacob Émile Albert Mayrisch (10 October 1862 – 5 March 1928) was a Luxembourgian industrialist and businessman. He served as president of Arbed.
He was married to Aline Mayrisch de Saint-Hubert, Aline de Saint-Hubert, who was a famous women' ...
.
Dominique married Constance Brasseur, his half-niece by Alexis's son Jean-Baptiste, and they had six children, including
Robert Brasseur Robert Brasseur (19 November 1870 – 15 February 1934) was a Luxembourgish politician, jurist, and journalist.
Born in Luxembourg, Brasseur was educated at the Athénée de Luxembourg, before studying law at University of Strasbourg and in Paris ( ...
, who was a notable
Liberal League deputy, and the playwright and composer
Alexis Brasseur. The cousins Xavier and Robert became political rivals, representing different factions. Furthermore, Jeanne divorced Xavier in 1910, and married Robert in 1914, two years after her ex-husband had died.
[Mersch (1959), p. 105]
Family tree
Below is a partial family tree, showing some of the most prominent family members. People have the surname Brasseur unless stated otherwise.
Footnotes
References
* {{cite book , last=Mersch , first=Jules , editor=Mersch, Jules , title=Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg , access-date=29 November 2008 , date=1959 , publisher=Victor Buck , location=Luxembourg City , chapter=Deux branches de la Famille Brasseur , chapter-url=http://www.luxemburgensia.bnl.lu/cgi/luxonline1_2.pl?action=fv&sid=luxbio&vol=19&page=103 , language=fr