Re: Luxembourg: Josephine-Charlotte's jewels indeed auctioned off - more Archived Message
Posted by Henri M on February 10, 2014, 12:27 pm, in reply to "Re: Luxembourg: Josephine-Charlotte's jewels indeed auctioned off - more"
Yes, I meant illegitimate, my excuses. I have looked up about inheritances in Luxembourg, and as in so many other legal regulations it is very alike with the Netherlands (with which Luxembourg had an union). The surviving spouse and each child have an obligatory part in the inheritance. The obligatory part of the surviving spouse is usually much bigger than the parts of the children. Alike in the Netherlands also in Luxembourg the surviving spouse enjoys the usufruct of the estate and other possessions and usually the other beneficiaries can only make money of it when the surviving spouse has passed away as well. When I think about: - Marie-Astrid & Carl Christian of Austria - Jean & Diane de Guerre - Margaretha & Nikolaus von und zu Liechtenstein - Guillaume & Sibilla Weiller then none of them seem 'poor' to me. The 'unknown' Diane de Guerre is a daughter of the Countess Wolff-Metternich, living on a fantastic castle near Roermond (Limbourg, the Netherlands). Sibilla Weiller is from a very wealthy family. Nikolaus von and zu Liechtenstein was an ambassador in Belgium, now an ambassador at the Holy See, no idea about his private wealth. Remains Carl Christian of Austria, no idea about his private wealth. None of them seem in dire need of money, but you never know. It remains very sad that the jewels needed to be sold. I was under the impression that Grand Duke Jean and/or Grand Duke Henri are rich but apparently they thought it was not worth to outpay the siblings.
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