von und zu= "of". The Liechtenstein royals use this as their nobility particle. Some German royal houses simply say "zu", for example, Prinz zu Reuss. Literally it means "of and too".
Same thing with "de", it means of in French. So Guillaume de Luxembourg means Guillaume of Luxembourg.
-Kara-
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[color="Purple"]What is a wedding? Webster's Dictionary defines a wedding as "The process of removing weeds from one's garden."
-- Homer Simpson, giving a lecture on marriage
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