Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg
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Princess Sibilla of Luxembourg (née Sibilla Sandra Weiller (y Torlonia)), was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine
Neuilly-sur-Seine
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, France
France
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 on 12 June 1968.

Family

Her father was Paul-Annik Weiller (1933–1998), the first son of the aviator
Aviator
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 Paul-Louis Weiller of the Gnome et Rhône
Gnome et Rhône
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 Family and Miss Europe
Miss Europe
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 1930 Aliki Diplearakos
Aliki Diplarakou
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.

Her mother is an Italian noblewoman, Donna Olimpia Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi (born 1943), daughter of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi
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 and of Spanish Infanta Beatriz of Spain
Infanta Beatriz of Spain
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 (daughter of King Alfonso XIII of Spain
Alfonso XIII of Spain
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). Donna Olimpia is also a sister of Don Marco Torlonia, 6th Prince of Civitella-Cesi
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 and a cousin of King Juan Carlos I of Spain
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 as well as the American actress Brooke Shields
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 (a granddaughter of Don Alessandro Torlonia's sister Donna Marina). She is also a descendant via her mother of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, because Olimpia Torlonia's grandmother, Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, Queen consort of Spain, was Queen Victoria's granddaughter.

Sibilla has three surviving sisters: Aliki Béatrice, Cosima and Domitilla. A younger sister, Laura, and brother, Paul, died in childhood.

Marriage

Sibilla Weiller married her distant cousin Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg
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, Prince of Nassau and Parma, son of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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 and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, civilly on 4 November 1994 religiously on 24 September 1994 in Versailles
Versailles
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, receiving the title Princess of Luxembourg. Guillaume and Sibilla have four children, who carry the title Prince(ss) of Nassau, and have succession rights:
  • HRH Prince Paul Louis Jean Marie Guillaume of Nassau (b. Luxembourg
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    , 4 March/24 March 1998) Paul Louis is godson of his cousin, Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg
    Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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  • HRH Prince Léopold Guillaume Marie Joseph of Nassau (b. Luxembourg
    Luxembourg (city)
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    , 2 May 2000)
  • HRH Princess Charlotte Wilhelmine Maria da Gloria of Nassau (b. Luxembourg
    Luxembourg (city)
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    , 2 May 2000)
  • HRH Prince Jean André Guillaume Marie Gabriel Marc d'Aviano of Nassau (b. Luxembourg
    Luxembourg (city)
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    , 13 July/15 July 2004)


Sibilla and Guillaume are related to each other distantly in several different ways, but the closest is as fifth cousins once removed in descent from Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV of Spain
Charles IV was King of Spain from 14 December 1788 until his abdication on 19 March 1808.-Early life:...

, Francis I of the Two Sicilies
Francis I of the Two Sicilies
-Biography:Francis was born in Naples, the son of Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies and his wife Archduchess Maria Carolina of Austria. He was also the nephew of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI the last King and Queen of France before the first French Republic....

, Francis, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, and Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg.

Ancestry


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