Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte Picture Thread, Part 1

[Josefine]

here is the place to post photos of the late grand duchess

 

[drimal]

Thanks alot Josefine!


I will now post the picture series of wort.lu and want to thanks all the members of this site for the most beautiful photo series I ever saw!

I want to begin the pictures about our beloved Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte with a wonderful quotation of Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965):
Das schönste Denkmal, das ein Mensch bekommen kann, steht in den Herzen der Mitmenschen (The most beautiful monument a human being can receive is standing in the hearts of his neighbours)

Picture series of wort.lu in honour to Grand Duchess Josefine-Charlotte (11.10.1927-10.01.2005)

1. little Grand Duchess in the age of two years
2. the young Princess with her brothers Baudouin and Albert
3. young Josefine-Charlotte as scout-girl
4. with her brother, the later King Baudouin of Belgium
5. Princess Josefine-Charlotte and Heriditary Grand Duke Jean after their engagement on 7th November 1952
6. the couple on the railway station before their wedding
7. wedding picture on 9th April 1953
8. the Grand Ducal wedding in a movie of Luxembourgish hobby filmer René Leclère
9. a happy couple after the wedding
10. Josefine Charlotte as a Grand Duchess in November 1964

 

[drimal]

11. a beautiful Grand Duchess
12. Josefine-Charlotte with her mother-in-law, the Grand Duchess Charlotte
13. the Grand Ducal couple with her first child, Princess Marie Astrid in 1954
14. christening of the subsequent Grand Duke Henri in Betzdorf Castle
15. the young mother with her oldest son Henri
16. the Grand Ducal couple with Prince Henri and Princess Marie-Astrid
17. the Grand Ducal family in front of Betzdorf Castle
18. and 19. the little princes playing in the Parc of Betzdorf Castle
20. Grand Duchess Josefine Charlotte with her husband Grand Duke Jean and her children Henri with her four children Marie Astrid, Jean, Margaretha and Henri (Guillaume was not yet born)

more pictures will follow...

 

[drimal]

21. on a bicycle journey with Prince Guillaume in December 1973
22. the Grand Ducal couple in October 1977 on the way to state visit in Austria
23. the Grand Duchess with her daughters Marie astrid and Margaretha
24. the Grand Ducal couple skiing in St Anton am Alberg
25. the first official state visit of the Grand Ducal couple after Jean's throne achievement. Audience by Pope Paul IV in May 1965
26. Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte, Grand Duke Jean and daughter Princess Marie Astrid (you see on that picture that she is a hobby filmer as I said a few days ago)
27. on a state visit in the Netherlands in 1990 with Queen Beatrix
28. the Grand Ducal couple in the old twon of Jerusalem in May 1987
29. the Grand Ducal family in front of Berg Castle
30. silver wedding of Luxembourg's sovereigns in 1978

 

[drimal]

31. during the ceremonies of silver wedding in 1978
32. the Grand Ducal couple (Josephine-Charlotte/Jean) with the Hereditary Grand Ducal couple (Henri/Maria Teresa)
33. privat audience with Pope Jean-Paul I in September 1978
34. the Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte with daughter-in-law Maria Teresa
35. the Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte with her grandchildren Guillaume, Felix and Louis and daughter-in-law Maria Teresa
36. another privat audience with Pope Jean-Paul I in 1980
37. and 38. the Grand Ducal couple in Fischbach castle
39. celebrating the new millenium on 31.12.1999
40. wreath laying in Differdange in 1988

 

[elenaris]

31. during the ceremonies of silver wedding in 1978
32. the Grand Ducal couple (Josephine-Charlotte/Jean) with the Hereditary Grand Ducal couple (Henri/Maria Teresa)
33. privat audience with Pope Jean-Paul I in September 1978
34. the Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte with daughter-in-law Maria Teresa
35. the Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte with her grandchildren Guillaume, Felix and Louis and daughter-in-law Maria Teresa
36. another privat audience with Pope Jean-Paul I in 1980
37. and 38. the Grand Ducal couple in Fischbach castle
39. celebrating the new millenium on 31.12.1999
40. wreath laying in Differdange in 1988

THe GDpassed away today early in Luxembourg...

 

[drimal]

41. inauguration of the pavillon of the world exhibition in Hannover 2000
42. the Grand Ducal couple during the throne achiement of son Henri in October 2000
43. the Grand Duchess in the parc of Fischbach castle
44. ceremony of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume in December 2000
45. the Grand Ducal couple tasting
46. the Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte with her grandchildren Guillaume, Felix, Louis, Alexandra and Sebastien
47. Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte celebrated her 75th anniversary on Fischbach Castle in October 2002
48. Josephine-Charlotte on her last public visit in December 2003

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Some more pics:
1.Atteding the Golden Jubilee Party of Queen Elizabeth II in 2002.
2.Royal Ascot 2002
3+4: The family in the early days.
5.With her grandson.
6.With her sister-in-law.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Some pics:
1.Atteding the Wedding of Prince Philippe of Belgium.
2.With her brother King Albert II of Belgium.
3.With her husband atteding the 50th birthday Party of King Carl Gustav II of Sweden.
4.Portrait of The Grand Duchess.
5.The Grand Duchess at an exhibition.
6.The Grand Duchess attended the Irish Guards Rememberance Service in London with the late Britain's Queen Mother.
7.18th birthday of her grandson Prince Guillaume.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Other photos of The Grand Duchess:

Some more pics of the late Grand Duchess:

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Some more photos:
So the Grand Duke couple have lived together for 51 years.They married on April 9th 1953.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

And more photos:

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

And here more:

 

[KatieLouise]

Thank you, drimal, Hillary and HMQEII. These photos are a wonderful tribute to Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. These pictures show her how I want to remember her - dedicated to her family and dedicated to her royal position. She was truly a grand lady.

 

[Cathy Gomez]

Do you think that all of the Royal Households will attend the Funeral like Prince Claus of Holland? Any news yet

 

[hillary_nugent]

No probs at all katielouise...sorry i couldn't post the pics as thumbnails...for certain types of pics i can't so sorry about there...yeah and thanks to Drimal and HMQEII the pics are beautiful ^___^

 

[KatieLouise]

Yes, I think so - the Luxembourg GD family are well-respected.

 

[gaggleofcrazypeople]

The Grand Ducal family goes to many other royal families' events, so there should be many other royals attending.

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

The funeral will take place this Saturday.

 

[msfroyste]

thanks to everyone who posted pics. i think this is a wonderful way to pay tribute to life of this grande dame.

 

[drimal]

Yesterday whole Luxembourg lost a very nice person with so many dignity, elegance and wisdom! The whole country will be in mourning until Saturday 18 o'clock and the Grand Ducal family will have no official visit or dinner for the next six weeks. Every flag will be at half-mast the next days!

Her childhood
I have found some childhood pictures of a shy and elegant little Princess Josephine-Charlotte born on 11tn October 1927 in Brussel as the first child of Prince Leopold (later King of Belgium) and Princess Astrid of Sweden. She had a very sad childhood because father Leopold died when she was only six and her mother Astrid one year later. She was called by the Belgian people La Princesse triste (the sad Princess) and she was a little bit like a mother for her two younger brothers Baudouin and Albert.

1. playing with brother Baudouin
2.and 3. other pictures with brother Baudouin
4. an interesting spectator
5. with brother Baudouin
6. with mother Astrid in 1930
7. Josephine-Charlotte and Baudouin on the crip of younger brother Albert (actual King of Belgium) in 1934
8. Josephine-Charlotte in 1935

 

[hillary_nugent]

True Beauty

 

[drimal]

The wonderful mother Josephine-Charlotte

She gave birth to five children:

Princess Marie Astrid 17th February 1954
Prince Henri 16th April 1955
Princess Margaretha and Prince Jean 15th May 1957
Prince Guillaume 1st May 1967

1.and 2. with her first child Marie Astrid in 1954
3. with newborn Prince Henri on 16th April 1955
4. with little Marie Astrid again
5. to 7. the ceremony during which she became Grand Duchess on 12th November 1964
8. and 9. she gave birth to twins on 15th May 1957
10. a happy family picture around 1960

 

[drimal]

11.to 13. in 1963
14. another family picture
15. in 1966
16. to 18. in 1968
19. in 1973
20. in 1977

 

[HMQueenElizabethII]

Thanks everybody for pictures.We have great tribute of the Grand Duchess.

 

[Ephram]

Do you think that all of the Royal Households will attend the Funeral like Prince Claus of Holland? Any news yet

I have also asked this question in other boards, one has answered me the attendance of all representatives from Gotha branches can be predicted.

 

[Ephram]

HRH Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte (1927-2005). May she rest in eternal peace :-(

She is a gorgeous and regal lady

 

[drimal]

...Et war eng diskret Fra, eng Fra, déi probéiert huet, eis no bannen ze verstoen an eis no bausse mat vill Noblesse a mat vill Dignitéit vertrueden huet. Si hat ee grousst Wëssen, war eng héichgebillte Fra mat vill Versteesdemech fir d'Problemer vun der Welt, déi grouss dobaussen, an déi méi kleng heiheem...


...She was a discreet woman, a woman who tried to understand us , and who reprents our county with a lot of nobility and dignity. She has a large knowledge, was a good educated woman and therefor also a woman with sympathy for the problems on our world, the larger outside and the smaller at home...
(quotation of Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker)

Au revoir, Altesse Royale. Awar Madame

1.on the wedding of Alexandra of Denmark with Queen Sofie of Spain on 6th June 1998
2. on the 65th birthday of her brother King Albert II of Belgium
3.and 4. on 9.10.1999 on the "Nature against Nature" exhibition in Arlon (B)
5. on her son Guillaume's celebration to Hereditary Grand Duke in December 2000
6. on a ceremony of the Irish Guards on 7.6.2000
7. on the wedding of Prince Haakon of Norway and Mette-Marit on 25.8.2000
8. on the 100th birthday of Queen Mum on 11.7.2000
9. on the wedding of Prince Philippe and Matile of Belgium on 4.12.1999
10. with brother Albert on 16th March 1999

 

[Mandy]

1. August 24, 1935 - JC and Baudoin.
2. June 1950 - King Leopold with daughter JC, 22 years old.
3. October 10, 1952 - JC, 25 years old.
4. April 12, 1973 - Jean and JC's 20th wedding anniversary.
5. January 27, 1976 - Jean and JC.
6. March 11, 1981 - Receiving Beatrix and Claus.
7. March 16, 1999 - In Brussels.
8. November 26, 2002 - JC in Rome.

ANP Pictures

 

[drimal]

Her life in a short summary

11th October 1927
Birth of the daughter of Hereditary Prince Leopold III of Belgium and subsequent Queen Astrid. Her brothers are Baudouin and Albert II (both future Kings). Her godmother was Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxembourg!

1935
The very popular Queen Astrid died in a car accident in Küssnacht (Switzerland)

10th May 1940
Germany conquered Belgium. While the government went to exil, the Royal family was staying during the whole occupation at the castle of Laeken.

1944
After the landing of the Allies in the Normandie, the Germans abducted the Royal family first on Hirschstein Castle in Saxony and then to Strobl in Austria where they were liberated on 7th May 1945

8th September 1944
The Belgian government decided that the abducted King were not allowed to exercise his sovereign power any longer and thus Leopold III's brother Prince Charles achieved to the Belgian throne.

10th March 1949
The Princess Josephine-Charlotte was the first member of the Royal family to come back in a devided Belgium considering the Royal subject

12th March 1950
The majority of the Belgian voted for a return of the King Leopold who exercise again his functions on 12th July of the same year.

9th March 1953
Marriage with Hereditary Grand Duc Jean in the cathedral of Luxembourg

17th February 1954
Birth of Princess Marie-Astrid

16th April 1955
Birth of Prince Henri

15th May 1957
Birth of Princess Margaretha and Prince Jean

1958
The Grand Duchess became president of Red Cross Luxembourg

1th May 1963
Birth of Prince Guillaume

1991
The Grand Duchess, a good art expert, was awarded honorary co-chairman of the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice

10th January 2005
Death of Grand Duchess Josephine Charlotte


Some pics of forumuser Hannelore's photo collection (thank you very much Hannelore for this large picture collection you shared with us! )
Here is the link to more of her fantastic pics:
http://www.theroyalforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=3736&page=5&pp=20

1. with her beautiful mother Astrid
2.and 3. two sweet pics of Josephine-Charlotte
4. with her mother again
5. with her mother, brother Baudouin and little Albert
6. and 7. with brother Baudouin
8. and 9. making her communion
10. as a young lady