List of Governors of Luxembourg

The following is a list of governors of Luxembourg.

From the 15th to the 19th centuries, the Duchy (later Grand-Duchy) of Luxembourg was ruled by the French, the Burgundians, the Spanish and Austrian Habsburgs, and the Dutch.

From 1848 onwards, when Luxembourg received its first constitution, it started to be administered by a government in the modern sense of the word, one which was accountable to an elected Luxembourgish legislature.

Start dateEnd dateNameNotes
French Governors
1 September 154210 September 1542Claude de Lorraine, Duke of Guise (1496-1550)
12 September 15431544François d'Anglure (died 1544)
15446 August 1544Francis I, Duke of Nevers (1516-1562)
Spanish Governors and Captains-General
2 July 154523 May 1604Peter Ernst I von Mansfeld-Vorderort (1517-1604)(French prisoner from 22 June 1552 to 18 May 1557)
15521553Lamoral, Count of EgmontRepresenting Mansfeld
15531555Martin van Rossem (1490-1555)Representing Mansfeld
15551556Charles de Brimeu, Count of MegenRepresenting Mansfeld
September 1576February 1577Johann von Naves, sieur de SivryProvisionally for Mansfeld
June 16041627Florent, comte de Berlaimont (died 1627)
April 16271636Christopher of East Frisia (1569–1636)
16361642Philipp Dietrich von Manderscheid-Blankenheim (1596-1653)Andrea Cantelmo (August 1637 to November 1637)
18 January 16421648Johann von Beck (1588-1648)The first Luxembourger
15 January 1646November 1646Alonso, marchese Strozzi(Provisionally for Beck)
164819 June 1650Philippe François de Croy, Duke of Havré (1610–1650)
1650Gilles, marquis de Mollinguin(Provisionally)
August 16501652Alonso, marchese Strozzi(Provisionally)
16521654Francesco Sanchez de Pardo(Provisionally)
24 January 165412 January 1675Philippe de Ligne-Arenberg, prince de Chimay et de Croy d'Arenberg (1619-1675)(a Duke from 9 June 1645)
1675Jean-Charles-Chrétien de Sandas et Louvegnies, Baron de Grandcourt(Provisionally)
1676Jean Charles de Watteville Marquis de Conflans(Provisionally)
16751680John Francis Desideratus, Prince of Nassau-Siegen (1626-1699)
16801684Ernest-Alexandre Dominique de Ligne-Arenberg Croÿ, prince de Chimay et de Croÿ d'Arenberg (1643-1686)
French Governors
12 June 1684July 1686Henri de Lambert, marquis de Lambert et de Saint Bris, Baron de Citry (1631-1686)Lieutenant-General
10 August 1686July 1687Louis François, duc de Boufflers (1644-1711)
25 July 16871690Nicolas Catinat (1637-1712)(a Lieutenant-General from March 1690)
16901697?Henri d'Harcourt (1654-1718)
1697Louis-François du Parc, Marquis de Locmaria (1647-1709)
Spanish Governors and Captains-General
15 November 16971713Graf Jean-Frédéric d'Autel (1645-1716)The second Luxembourger
Hessian Governors
17131714Reinhardt Vincent von Hompesch (1660-1733)
17141715?Johann Rabo van Keppel (1671?- 1733)
Austrian Governors
5 January 17154 December 1716Bertram Anton Freiherr von Wachtendonk
4 December 171617 April 1719Johann Franz von Bronkhorst zu Gronsveld und Eberstein (d. 1719)
1719July 1720Maximilien de Pasqualini (died 1720)
17201722Adolf Christian Freiherr von Galen (died 1722)
March 172227 April 1727Johann Wilhelm Freiherr von Unruhe (died 1727)
29 May 1727October 1729Graf Franz Anton Paul von Wallis (1677-1737)
October 17297 May 1730Philippe Henri de Magawly, Baron de Cabry (1675–1756)1st time Provisionally
7 May 173022 May 1731Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg (1684-1774)1st time
22 May 173122 February 1732Philippe Henri de Magawly, Baron de Cabry2nd time, Provisionally
22 February 17325 May 1733Adam Sigismund Freiherr von Thüngen (1687-1745)1st time Provisionally Fort Thüngen
5 May 173322 June 1734Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg2nd time
22 June 173430 July 1736Sigismund Freiherr von Thüngen2nd time (provisionally)
30. July 1736January 1737Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg3rd time
January 1737April 1737Georges Adolphe d'Olizy (died 1739)1st time (provisionally) Fort Olizy
April 1737May 1737Antoine de Peissant, comte de Rumigny (died 1748)(Provisionally)
May 1737January 1738Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg4th time
January 173816 May 1739Georges Adolphe d'Olizy2nd time (Provisionally)
173917 September 1742Carl Urban, Count of Chanclos (1686-1761)Provisionally
17 September 17421743HoltzapfelProvisionally
1743March 1744MellignyProvisionally
March 17441753Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg5th time
175320 October 1755Eberhard von Gemmingen-Hornberg (died 1767)1st time (provisionally)
20 October 17551766Ernst Dietrich Marschall von Burgholzhausen (1692-1771)
17561763Eberhard Freiherr von Gemmingen2nd time, provisionally for Marschall von Biberstein
1766May 1773Maximilian Friedrich Ernst forst von Salm-Salm (1732 -1773)
2 January 17671785Christian Jakob Freiherr von VogelsangProvisionally for Salm-Salm until May 1773
1 September 17857 June 1795Blasius Columban von Bender (1713–1798)(in Opposition 15 December 1792 until 28 April 1793)
Dutch Governors
2 September 181531 December 1830Jean Georges Othon Victorin M. Zacharie Willmar (1763-1831)Provisionally until 29 May 1817; his son Jean-Jacques Willmar later became prime minister
Dutch Governors-General
1 January 18315 March 1831Jean Leclerc (1765-1836)Provisionally
5 March 183127 May 1831Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach (1792–1862)
Belgian Governors (in Arlon)
5 October 183016 October 1830François d'Hoffschmit (1797-1854)(commissioner-general)
16 October 18301832Jean Baptiste Thorn (1783-1841)
19 April 183221 September 1834Jean N. Rossignon
21 September 183410 December 1834Feuillien-Charles-Marie-Joseph (1800-1887)
10 December 183419. January 1839Victorin Jean François, baron de Steenhault (1791-1841)
Head of the government commission (in Luxembourg)
27 May 183118 June 1839Friedrich Wilhelm von Goedecke (1771-1857)
Head of the civil administration
16 June 183921 October 1840Hans Daniel Ludwig Friedrich Hassenpflug (1794-1862)
21 October 18401 January 1842Jean Baptiste Gellé (1777-1847)
Governor
1 January 18421 August 1848Gaspar-Théodore-Ignace de la Fontaine (1787-1871)Provisionally until 6 June 1842

See also

  • List of Prime Ministers of Luxembourg
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