Family
Born at Hohenburg Castle, in Upper Bavaria, Antonia was the fourth daughter of Guillaume IV, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, who reigned between 1905 and 1912, and Marie Anne, a princess of the Portuguese House of Braganza. Her maternal grandparents were Miguel of Portugal and Adelaide of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg.
She was the younger sister of two successive Grand Duchesses: Marie-Adélaïde and Charlotte. In the family she was called "Toni".
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