Civil wedding of Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and Nicolas Bagory

The civil wedding of Princess Alexandra, only daughter of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg, and Nicolas Bagory, son of Thomas Bagory and Gwenaëlle Podeur, took place at the City Hall in Luxembourg City yesterday, Saturday 22 April 2023. Mayor Lydie Polfer conducted the ceremony. Afterwards the couple greeted the people from the balacony at the Grand Ducal Palace.

In the early evening a reception was held at the Grand Ducal Palace in honour of the newly-weds.

The religios ceremony will take place on Saturday 29 April 2023 in the Église Saint-Trophyme in Bormes-les-Mimosas, Southern France.

At the official website you can see many wonderful photos from yesterday:

• On way to the City Hall: https://monarchie.lu/en/royal-wedding-way-city-hall
• Wedding ceremony at the City Hall: https://monarchie.lu/en/royal-wedding-ceremony-city-hall
• Leaving the City Hall: https://monarchie.lu/en/royal-wedding-leaving-town-hall
• Reception at the Grand Ducal Palace: https://monarchie.lu/en/royal-wedding-reception
• Family photo: https://monarchie.lu/en/royal-wedding-family-pictures

Luxembourg: Princess Alexandra engaged to Nicolas Bagory

The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg announced today the engagement between Princess Alexandra and Nicolas Bagory.

Fiançailles de la Princesse Alexandra avec M. Nicolas BAGORY

Leurs Altesses Royales le Grand-Duc et la Grande-Duchesse ont la très grande joie d’annoncer les fiançailles de Leur fille, Son Altesse Royale la Princesse Alexandra, avec Monsieur Nicolas BAGORY.

Né le 11 novembre 1988, Monsieur BAGORY a grandi en Bretagne. Après des études en sciences politiques et lettres classiques, il travaille aujourd’hui dans la création de projets sociaux et culturels.

Le mariage aura lieu au printemps.

Les deux familles se joignent au bonheur des fiancés en les entourant de leur affection.

Princess Alexandra, b. 1991, is the fourth child and only daughter of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. Born 11 November 1988, Nicolas Bagory grew up in Bretagne, France. He has studied political science and linguistics at the University of Sorbonne and now works «in the creation of social and cultural projects».

Not much more about Mr. Bagory is known at present, but I am sure more details will be given in connection with the wedding, which will take place in the spring of 2023. See Wort.lu for some more details. It was certainly not a co-incidence that the engagement was made public on 7 November, exactly 42 years since the engagement of the then Hereditary Grand Duke Henri and Maria Teresa Mestre was announced.

Luxembourg: Prince Louis and Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue go separate ways

The Grand-Ducal Court of Lusxembourg announced today that the engagement between Prince Louis, the third son of Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, has been broken:

Communiqué: Séparation du Prince Louis avec Mme Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue

"Nous avons décidé de ne pas continuer notre relation amoureuse, tout en restant profondément attachés par l’amitié et la tendresse."

Par ces mots, le Prince Louis et Madame Scarlett-Lauren Sirgue ont fait part de leur volonté de mettre un terme à leurs fiançailles.

"En réfléchissant, ensemble, sur l’engagement que nous souhaitions prendre, nous avons fini par admettre que nous avons des visions qui divergent trop. "

Le Grand-Duc et la Grande-Duchesse saluent la maturité de cette décision.

In short, the couple have decided not to continue their romantic relationship, but remain «deeply attached by friendship and tenderness». According to the statement, differences of vision (opinion) led to the decision to split. The news of the broken engagement was first carried by the magazine Point de Vue yesterday.

The engagement was announced on 6 April 2021. Although no wedding date had been announced the wedding was expected to take place this year.

Prince Louis was previously married to Tessy Antony, by whom he has two children, Prince Gabriel (b. 2006) and Prince Noah of Nassau (b. 2007). Tessy married the Swiss business man Frank Floessel on 23 July 2021 and their son Theodor was born on 26 August 2021.

HRH Prince Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg

The Grand Ducal Court announced this morning the birth of Prince Charles, the firstborn child of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume and Hereditary Grand Duchess Stéphanie:

THE MARSHALL OF THE COURT COMMUNICATES

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess are delighted to announce the birth of their son at the Maternité Grande-Duchesse Charlotte in Luxembourg on Sunday May 10 2020 at 5:13.

He will be called Charles Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume.

The child weighs 3,190 kg and is 50 cm.

The Crown Princess and her child are both doing well.

The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess look forward to introducing him to the people of Luxembourg.

The pregnancy was announced on 6 December 2019. Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume married the then Countess Stéphanie de Lannoy in 2012. Prince Charles is no. 2 in the line of succession to the Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg.

Luxembourg: Louis and Tessy divorced

The Grand Ducal Court of Luxembourg announced on 5 April 2019 that the divorce between Prince Louis and Princess Tessy became final the day before, 4 April 2019.

The divorce was covered by the local press, among others Wort.lu, following the statement and has also been written about in other blogs, like Marlene Koenig's (go also here) and Luxarazzi (see also a follow-up). But «for the record» I mention it also in my own blog.

Prince Louis married Tessy Antony in 2006. The decision to get a divorce was made public in January 2017, and a decree nisi was granted om 17 February 2017. Since then the former couple has been in a conflict over the financial settlement, which now is solved.

According to the press statement referred to above, Tessy has as a result of the divorce ceased to be a Princess of Luxembourg with the style Royal Highness, and she will not represent the Grand Ducal family anylonger. It's been a while, anyway. For the sake of the children, Prince Gabriel and Prince Noah of Nassau (born 2006 and 2007 respectively), Tessy will be allowed to use the hyphenated surname Antony-de Nassau taking effect from September 2019. I am not sure why she has to wait so long, but it might be because Luxembourg law concerning name changes works that way. She is referred to as «Mrs. Tessy Antony» in the statement, but if it takes so long to get a new surname in Luxembourg, how is it possible to lose the surname de Nassau so quickly? She seems to believe that she is a Princess until September, although this is in conflict with the said press statement and house law. The name of her Instagram account is «Tessy from Luxembourg», by the way, while she at present calls herself «Tessy Antony, Princess de Luxembourg» on Twitter. I hope there will be more information on the issue in due time.

Updated on 8 April 2019 at 23:53 (reference to Tessy's Twitter account added).