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History Tea Time

Grand Duke Henri’s Abdication, Guillaume’s Accession & the History of Luxembourg

History Tea Time

Lindsay Holiday

History

4.5566 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Europe has a new monarch! On the 3rd of October, 2025 Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg abdicated the throne. And his son, Prince Guillaume was sworn in as the nation’s new Grand Duke. Let’s explore the history of this small, but ancient monarchy, learn what a Grand Duke actually is, meet the old and new Grand Dukes and their Grand Duchesses, and find out what happened at this royal event! Join me every Tuesday when I'm Spilling the Tea on History! Check out my Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/lindsayholiday Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091781568503 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyteatimelindsayholiday/ Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@historyteatime Please consider supporting me at https://www.patreon.com/LindsayHoliday and help me make more fascinating episodes! Intro Music: Baroque Coffee House by Doug Maxwell Music: Brandenburg Concerto No4-1 BWV1049 - Classical Whimsical by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100303 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ #HistoryTeaTime #LindsayHoliday Please contact ⁠⁠advertising@airwavemedia.com⁠⁠ if you would like to advertise on this podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to History Tea Time.

1:03.4

I'm Lindsay Holiday and I'm spilling the tea on history.

1:14.5

Grand Duke-Henry's abdication, Guillaume's accession, and the history of Luxembourg.

1:26.6

Europe has a new monarch. On the 3rd of October 2025, Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg abdicated the throne,

1:32.1

and his son, Guillaume, was sworn in as the nation's new Grand Duke. Let's explore the history of this small but ancient monarchy. Learn what a Grand Duke actually is. Meet the

1:40.3

old and new Grand Dukes and their Grand Duchesses, and find out what happened at this royal event.

1:49.8

Luxembourg is a landlocked nation, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany.

1:55.2

They have their own language, Luxembourgish, which is a Germanic tongue.

2:00.8

But French, Spanish, Dutch, and English are

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