Religion
Grand Dukes Adolphe (1817-1905) and William IV (1852-1912) were Protestants. William married the Catholic Marie Anne of Portugal, believing that a country where the vast majority of people were Catholic should also have a Catholic monarch. In 1907. Willliam declared the Protestant Counts of Merenberg to be non-dynastic and named his own (Catholic) daughter, Marie-Adélaïde (1894-1924) as heir to the grand ducal throne. In 1919, Marie-Adélaïde abdicated in favour of her sister, Charlotte (1896-1985), who was also a Catholic. Charlotte's descendants have reigned in Luxembourg ever since.
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Famous quotes containing the word religion:
“A man has no religion who has not slowly and painfully gathered one together, adding to it, shaping it; and one’s religion is never complete and final, it seems, but must always be undergoing modification.”
—D.H. (David Herbert)
“There is not enough religion in the world even to destroy religion.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Intolerance respecting other people’s religion is toleration itself in comparison with intolerance respecting other people’s art.”
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