Prince Charles of Luxembourg (Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume; born 10 May 2020) is the only child of
Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and
Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie. He was born at
Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital
The Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital (french: Maternité Grande-Duchesse Charlotte) is a maternity hospital, part of the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg in Luxembourg. The hospital is named after Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, ...
in
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...
. He is second in the
line of succession to the throne of Luxembourg
Since 2011, the crown of Luxembourg descends according to absolute primogeniture among Grand Duke Henri's descendants and according to agnatic primogeniture among other dynasts.
Line of succession
* ''Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896–1985)''
...
.
His birth was celebrated by a
21-gun salute
A 21-gun salute is the most commonly recognized of the customary gun salutes that are performed by the firing of cannons or artillery as a military honor. As naval customs evolved, 21 guns came to be fired for heads of state, or in exceptiona ...
at
Fort Thungen in
Kirchberg.
On 19 September 2020, Prince Charles was baptised at the
Abbey of St. Maurice and St. Maurus of Clervaux in Luxembourg. His godparents are his maternal aunt Countess Gaëlle
de Lannoy and his paternal uncle
Prince Louis of Luxembourg
Prince Louis of Luxembourg (Louis Xavier Marie Guillaume; born 3 August 1986) is the third son of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, and Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.
Louis has two elder siblings, Guillaume and Felix; and two youn ...
.
References
External links
Prince Charles- Official website of the Grand Ducal Palace
2020 births
Living people
People from Luxembourg City
Royal children
House of Luxembourg-Nassau
Princes of Nassau
Princes of Bourbon-Parma
Luxembourgian people of Cuban descent
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