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• Bragança, Maria Anna do Carmo de    b. July 13, 1861  d. July 31, 1942
  Grand-Duchesse de Luxembourg. Born Maria Anna do Carmo de Bragança, Infanta de Portugal at Bronnbach an der Tauber, Germany, the fifth and second-youngest daughter of the deposed Miguel I de Bragança, Rei de Portugal and Adelheid Prinzessin zu Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg. She was married in June 1893 at Schloss Fischhorn, Zell am See to Wilhelm IV von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg. The couple had six daughters and it was agreed that the children would be raised in their mother's...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Plot: Ducal Crypt
   
• Charles of Luxembourg, Prince    b. August 7, 1927  d. July 26, 1977
  Prince de Luxembourg, Born Charles Frederic Louis Guillaume Marie de Bourbon, the fifth child and second son of Felice Maria Vincenzo di Borbone, Principe di Parma and Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duchesse de Luxembourg. He gained the titles of Prince Charles de Luxembourg, Principe Charles di Parma, and Prinz von Nassau-Weilburg at birth. He married American born Joan Dillon in March 1967 and with her had two children. He was a member of the Council of State in 1969 and served as...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Plot: Ducal Crypt
   
• John of Luxembourg    b. August 10, 1296  d. August 26, 1346
  King of Bohemia, Count of Luxembourg. Born Jean de Luxembourg, the only son of Henri VII de Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor and Marguerite de Brabant. In 1310, he married Elisabeth of Bohemia, and succeeded to the titles of Comte de Luxembourg and King of Bohemia. He was also the titular King of Poland. Resented as a perceived foreigner, he gave up administration of Bohemia to travel, fighting against against the duke of Brabant; he also led the knights of the Teutonic Order against Lithuania...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Josephine Charlotte, Grand Duchess    b. October 11, 1927  d. January 10, 2005
  Luxembourg Royalty. Born Princess Josephine-Charlotte to King Leopold III of Belgium and his wife, Princess Astrid of Sweden, she was educated in Geneva, Switzerland. She married her cousin, Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, in 1964, and was his consort until his abdication in 2001. She was the mother of Jean's successor, Grand Duke Henri. She was well known for her Presidency of the Luxembourg's Youth Red Cross. Josephine-Charlotte died at Fischbach Castle after a lengthy battle with lung...[Read More]
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Lippman, Gabriel Jonas   b. August 16, 1845  d. July 13, 1921
  Nobel Prize Laureate Scientist. He is best remembered for his innovative method to obtain color photographs. Graduating in physics at the "Ecole Normal" in Paris, France after some years of research in Germany, he became a professor at the same university. Lippman studied the problems related to the polarization of the batteries and the determination of the "ohms", and foresaw the reversibility of the phenomenon of piezoelectricity of quartz, known as "Lippman effect". He was able to produce a...[Read More] (Bio by: Lucy Caldarelli)
  Cimetière de Notre Dame, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Lommel, Leo    b. 1886  d. 1971
  Bishop of Luxembourg 1956-1971.
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• McGee, William D.    d. March 18, 1945
  World War II Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he served in the United States Army during World War II as a Private First Class, United States Army Medical Detachment, 304th Infantry Regiment, 76th Infantry Division. On March 18, 1945, he was a medical aid man accompanying his unit during a night crossing of the Moselle River near Mulheim, Germany. Two soldiers of the advancing assault wave detonated mines on the east bank of the river, McGee went into the...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
  Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Plot: C-7-13
   
• Nassau-Weilburg, Charlotte von    b. January 23, 1896  d. July 9, 1985
  Grand-Duchesse de Luxembourg. Born Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg, at Schloss Berg, Colmer-Berg, Luxemburg, the daughter of Wilhelm IV von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg and Maria Anna do Carmo de Bragança, Infanta de Portugal. She gained the title of Grand-Duchesse de Luxembourg on January 15, 1919. She married Felice Maria Vincenzo di Borbone, Principe di Parma, on November 6, 1919 and with him had six children. She abdicated as Grand Duchess of Luxemburg on November 12, 1964 in...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Plot: Ducal Crypt
   
• Nassau-Weilburg, Marie Adelaide von    b. June 14, 1894  d. January 24, 1924
  Grand-Duchesse de Luxembourg. Born Marie Adelheid Thérèse Hilda Wilhelmine von Nassau-Weilburg, the eldest daughter of Wilhelm IV von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duc de Luxembourg and Maria Anna do Carmo de Bragança, Infanta de Portugal. Her father proclaimed her heir apparent on July 10, 1907. When he died after a long illness, she succeeded to the throne at the age of 17, her mother served as regent until her eighteenth birthday in June 1912. A devout Roman Catholic, she opposed the appointments...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Plot: Ducal Crypt
   
• Nomesch, Peter   b. 1864  d. 1935
  Bishop of Luxembourg 1920-1935.
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Patton, George Smith    b. November 11, 1885  d. December 21, 1945
  United States World War II Army General. He was born at Lake Vineyard Ranch what is now San Marino, California. In 1904, he entered the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York following in the military fashion of the Patton family. After graduation, he was assigned to the Cavalry as an aid to General John "Black Jack" Pershing, who at that time was pursuing the Mexican bandit General Pancho Villa. During World War I he saw service in France as part of the United States Army Tank...[Read More] (Bio by: Paul S.)
  Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Phillipe, Joseph   b. 1876  d. 1956
  Bishop of Luxembourg 1935-1956.
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Prince Felix of Parma    b. September 28, 1893  d. April 8, 1970
  Prince of Parma. Born Felice Maria Vincenzo di Borbone, at Schwarzau am Steinfelde, Austria the son of Roberto I di Borbone, Duca di Parma and Maria Antonia Adelaide de Bragança Infanta de Portugal. He gained the title of Principe Felice di Parma in November 1919. He married Charlotte von Nassau-Weilburg, Grand-Duchesse de Luxembourg on November 6, 1919 at Luxemburg and with her had six children. As a result of his marriage, he was styled as Prince Félix de Luxembourg. He was appointed Colonel...[Read More] (Bio by: Iola)
  Cathedral of Our Lady, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Plot: Ducal Crypt
   
• Schardt ., PFC. Lawrence H    b. October 28, 1915  d. December 23, 1944
  
  Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Turner, Sgt. Day G    d. February 8, 1945
  US Army Medal of Honor Awardee of World War II. Citation reads as follows. Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Company B, 319th Infantry, 80th Infantry Division. Place and date: At Dahl, Luxembourg, 8 January 1945. Entered service at. Nescopek, Pa. Birth: Berwick, Pa. G.O. No.: 49, 28 June 1945. Citation: He commanded a 9-man squad with the mission of holding a critical flank position. When overwhelming numbers of the enemy attacked under cover of withering artillery, mortar, and rocket...[Read More] (Bio by: Roy Webb)
  Luxembourg American Cemetery and Memorial, Hamm, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
  Plot: Plot E, Row 10, Grave 72
   
• Voigt, Friedrich Wilhelm    b. February 13, 1849  d. March 3, 1922
  German Folk Figure. He was a German shoemaker famous for posing as a Prussian military officer and was later known as "Der Hauptmann von Köpenick" (The Captain of Köpenick). His exploits were portrayed in plays, the most famous by Carl Zuckmayer...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
  Cimetière de Notre Dame, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
   
• Willibrord, Saint    b. 658  d. 739
  Born in the north of England, he converted and became the bishop of the Frisians (present-day Netherlands). Founded the monastery at Echternach, Luxembourg. (Bio by: David Conway)
  Saint Willibrord's Basilica, Echternach, Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
  Plot: Crypt
   

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