{"id":93721,"date":"2025-10-22T06:36:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93721\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T06:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T06:36:10","slug":"luxembourg-celebrates-birth-of-new-royal-baby-weeks-after-historic-change-of-throne-princess-alexandra-of-luxembourg-gives-birth-to-a-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/93721\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxembourg celebrates birth of new royal baby, weeks after historic change of throne | Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg gives birth to a son"},"content":{"rendered":"

W\ufeffeeks after Luxembourg witnessed the historic change of throne<\/a>, the royal family has welcomed a new member.<\/p>\n

Princess Alexandra, who is the younger sister of the new Grand Duke Guillaume<\/a>,\ufeff gave birth to a son on Friday.<\/p>\n

The new baby has been named \ufeffH\u00e9lie.<\/p>\n

\"LUXEMBOURG,Luxembourg’s new Grand Duke and his family celebrate the change of throne on October 3. (Getty)<\/p>\n

The baby is the second child for Princess Alexandra and her husband, Nicolas Bagory, following the birth of their daughter Victoire, born in May 2024.<\/p>\n

The Grand Ducal Court announced the baby’s arrival on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT). No photos have been shared as yet.<\/p>\n

\ufeffPrincess Alexandra, 34, is the fourth child and only daughter of former Grand Duke Henri and his wife Maria Teresa.<\/p>\n

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\"LUXEMBOURG,Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and her husband Nicolas Bagory have welcomed the birth of their second child. (Getty)<\/p>\n

Following her father’s abdication on October 3, she moved up to seventh in line to the throne.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Baby H\u00e9lie is now ninth in line to the Luxembourg throne, after his sister.<\/p>\n

The baby is not expected to have a royal title.<\/p>\n

\"LUXEMBOURG,Grand Duchess St\u00e9phanie and Grand Duke Guillaume with their son and heir, Prince Charles. (Getty)<\/p>\n

Princess Alexandra and her husband were among the guests who celebrated Grand Duke Guillaume’s accession across three days of celebrations in October.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Grand Duke \ufeffGuillaume<\/a>, 43, was sworn in to the country’s top job as the reign of his 70-year-old father, Henri, came to an end after 25 years.<\/p>\n

The change of throne took place on October 3<\/a> when Guillaume was sworn in after taking the sovereign’s oath in Luxembourg’s parliament, supported by his wife, the now-Grand Duchess St\u00e9phanie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Guillaume is now the seventh grand duke of the Luxembourg branch of the Nassau-Weilburg dynasty since 1890 when the modern monarchy was established.<\/p>\n

The change of throne has also had implications for the new Grand Duke’s son, Prince Charles, who at five-years-old is now the world’s youngest royal heir.<\/p>\n

\"LUXEMBOURG,Prince Charles of Luxembourg has become the world’s youngest royal heir following the change of throne. (Getty)<\/p>\n

After the papers were signed officially heralding in the new reign, the new Grand Duke and Grand Duchess appeared on the balcony of the Grand Ducal Palace with their two children \u2013 Charles and his brother Fran\u00e7ois\ufeff, two.<\/p>\n

The Grand Ducal family were then joined by the King and Queen of the Netherlands and the King and Queen of the Belgians, two other royal families with historic ties to Luxembourg<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The couple’s two young children were included in most of the events, however they showed little interest in the formalities, delighting the thousands of locals who had turned out to see the new royal family with their cheeky antics.<\/p>\n

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