Baptism Photos, Godparents and Godchildren of the Grand Ducal Family

[USCtrojan]

I would love to see any and all photos that we might have floating around of baptisms of the Grand Ducal family members!

Do we have any of:

Guillaume
Felix
Louis
Alexandra
Sebastian


??????

THanks again,

Chanel

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

There are some of Guillaume's children.

 

[rere]

Someone posted pics from Guillaume's last week at the Glittering Royal Events Message Board. Ask at the board and maybe they'll post them again. I think they were from a book.

 

[drimal]

Baptism of Prince Sebastien (born on 16.04.1992) on 28.05.1992

Other baptism dates:

Baptism of Prince Guillaume ( born on 11.11.1981) on 2.12.1982
Baptism of Prince Felix (born on 3.06.1984) on 24.06.1984
Baptism of Prince Louis (born on 3.08.1986) on 14.09.1986
Baptism of Princess Alexandra (born on 16.02.1991) on 23.03.1991

1. new born Prince Sebastien on 16.04.1992 with his four siblings Guillaume, Felix, Louis and Alexandra
2. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa with one year old Alexandra and newborn Sebastien her fifth child
3. the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg with her fifth child Prince Sebastien
4. the happy family on a picture of Henri's 37th birthday (same birthday as Prince Sebastien! )
5. Maria Teresa with newborn Prince Sebastien
6. Prince Felix with his little brother
7. little Princess Alexandra
8. to 10. baptism pictures

 

[drimal]

11. and 12. two remaining pictures of Prince Sebastien's baptism

Unfortunately I don't have any pics of the baptism of the four other children.

If someone has baptism pictures of Guillaume, Felix, Louis or Alexandra he is very welcome to post them in this thread!

 

[Royalsa]

1. Baptism of Paul-Louis (1998)
2. Baptism of the twins Charlotte & Leopold (2000)
3. Baptism of Jean Andre (2004)

This is all I have ...

 

[chaosboomer]

I have baptism photos of guillaume, felix and louis...i tried posting them, however the files are too big so i ended up posting them on yahoo group...

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Which yahoo group?

 

[chaosboomer]

i put some in guillaumehereditaryofluxembourg and in luxembourg royalty but i think the pics kinda migrated to each of those groups because i see them in both groups.

 

[Sancia]

1. Baptism of Paul-Louis (1998)
2. Baptism of the twins Charlotte & Leopold (2000)
3. Baptism of Jean Andre (2004)

This is all I have ...

Thanksn a lot. By the way it's Jean, not Jean André.

 

[josephine11101927]

jean andre is exactly

 

[la francaise]

I wonder if Maria and Henri have any pictures of themselves when they were getting baptized. If anybody find any please post them. Thank you!!!!!

 

[LaPlusBelle]

Godparents and Godchildren of the Grand Ducal Family

As Guillaume is the godfather to the young prince Emmanuel of Belgium, I was just wondering if anyone has information on his godparents or any other godchildren that he might have--or any other member of the Grand Ducal Family?
Thanks!

 

[suturegeisha]

As Guillaume is the godfather to the young prince Emmanuel of Belgium, I was just wondering if anyone has information on his godparents or any other godchildren that he might have--or any other member of the Grand Ducal Family?
Thanks!

I think Emmanuel might be Guillaume's first godchild [unless, of course, he was made the godfather of other children that we don't know about, friends and family for example].
This is a good question because the only people in the grand ducal family whose godfathers I know for sure are Princess Alexandra [her godfather is Prince Michel de Ligne, Henri's cousin] and Princess Marie Gabrielle of Nassau [Prince Jean's eldest daughter, her godfather is Crown Prince Philippe of Belgium].

 

[mybags]

Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume is also the godfather of his youngest brother Prince Sebastien and his first cousin Prince Paul-Louis.

 

[suturegeisha]

Thank you, mybags, I didn't know that.

 

[drimal]

Talking about godparents... I just found the godparents of many members of the Grand Ducal family from a thread on theryalforums!

Luxembourg:

Princess Marie-Astrid:
- King Leopold III of the Belgians
- Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg

Grand Duke Henri:
- Prince (now King) Albert of Belgium
- Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Luxembourg

Prince Guillaume:
- Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (*1963)
- Princess Marie-Astrid of Luxembourg and Archduchess of Habsburg

Prince Félix:
- Maria Teresa's sister, Catalina
- Prince Jean, Henri's brother

Prince Louis:
- Henri's sister Margaretha of Lichtenstein
- Xavier Sanz (the mutual family friend who introduced Henri and Maria Teresa in 1976)

Princess Alexandra:
- Henri's cousin Prince Michel de Ligne (son of Princess Alix)
- Princess Maria-Anna Galitzine (nee Austria)

Prince Sebastian:
- Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (his brother)
- Archduchess Astrid of Austria-Este, Princess of Belgium

Prince Jean:
- Prince Felix of Luxembourg
- Princess Margaretha of Denmark, born Princess of Sweden (eldest sister of Queen Astrid)

Princess Margaretha:
- Prince Felix of Luxembourg
- Princess Margaretha of Denmark, born Princess of Sweden (eldest sister of Queen Astrid)

Prince Guillaume:

Prince Paul-Louis:
- Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg (*1981)
-

Prince Léopold:
- Elvire Paste de Rochefort (ex-fiancée to the son of Benedikte of
Denmark)
- Archduke Martin of Austria-Este

Princess Charlotte:
- Dona Pilar Mendez de Vigo y Löwenstein (now duchess of oldenburg)
- Philippe Jaczynski

Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte
- Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg (Jean's mother)
-

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Its kind of bizare that Guillaume is the godfather to his brother.

 

[suturegeisha]

Brothers I can see. Grandparents....eh. Like King Harald is one of Ingrid Alexandra's godparents. That seems strange to me.

 

[grim_lady]

Its kind of bizare that Guillaume is the godfather to his brother.

I wouldn't say it were bizare. Princess Caroline of Monaco named her daughter Charlotte the Godmother of her daughter Alexandra.

 

[drimal]

Grand Duke Jean:
- His Holiness Pope Benedict XV.
-

 

[LaPlusBelle]

Grand Duke Jean:
- His Holiness Pope Benedict XV.
-

Whoa, really? Before or after His Holiness became a Pope, though (sry not a roman catholic, so I don't know when Benedict XV was pope.)

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

That would have been way before he became the pope.

 

[suturegeisha]

That would have been way before he became the pope.

I believe you're thinking of the current pope, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, who is His Holiness Benedict XVI....

Pope Benedict XV was the Pope from September 1914-January 1922.
Grand Duke Jean was born in 1921, so Benedict XV was indeed the Pope during this period.

See here.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Sorry I get confused sometimes.

 

[suturegeisha]

Sorry I get confused sometimes.

Don't worry- we all do.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Yes so anyway, back to the topic...

 

[Tina]

Baptism of Prince Sebastien (born on 16.04.1992) on 28.05.1992

Other baptism dates:

Baptism of Prince Guillaume ( born on 11.11.1981) on 2.12.1982
Baptism of Prince Felix (born on 3.06.1984) on 24.06.1984
Baptism of Prince Louis (born on 3.08.1986) on 14.09.1986
Baptism of Princess Alexandra (born on 16.02.1991) on 23.03.1991

1. new born Prince Sebastien on 16.04.1992 with his four siblings Guillaume, Felix, Louis and Alexandra
2. Grand Duchess Maria Teresa with one year old Alexandra and newborn Sebastien her fifth child
3. the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg with her fifth child Prince Sebastien
4. the happy family on a picture of Henri's 37th birthday (same birthday as Prince Sebastien! )
5. Maria Teresa with newborn Prince Sebastien
6. Prince Felix with his little brother
7. little Princess Alexandra
8. to 10. baptism pictures

are you sure, that this was his baptism? it looks more like leaving the hospital - especially the picture with all the nurses

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

Your right. They have the same clothes on as they did in the hospital.

 

[drimal]

are you sure, that this was his baptism? it looks more like leaving the hospital - especially the picture with all the nurses

Sorry.

The pictures from corbis were so dark (I brightened up the images) and thus I thought that the pics were shot in the church but it has to be after leaving the hospital.