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{{Short description|Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 2000 to 2025}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox royalty
| name         = Henri
| image        = Trounwiessel 2025 EP (101) (cropped).jpg
| caption      = Henri in 2025
| succession   = [[Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]
| reign        = 7 October 2000 – 3 October 2025
| coronation   = 7 October 2000
| cor-type     = [[Enthronement#Luxembourg|Enthronement]]
| predecessor  = [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean]]
| successor    = [[Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume V]]
| regent       = Guillaume ({{abbr|2024|8 October 2024}}–{{abbr|2025|3 October 2025}})
| succession1  = [[Regent of Luxembourg]]
| reign-type1  = Regency
| reign1       = 4 March 1998 – 7 October 2000
| pre-type1    = Monarch
| predecessor1 = Jean
| spouse       = {{marriage|[[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|María Teresa Mestre y Batista]]|14 February 1981}}
| issue        = {{ubl | [[Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] | [[Prince Félix of Luxembourg|Prince Félix]] | [[Prince Louis of Luxembourg|Prince Louis]] | [[Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg|Princess Alexandra]] | [[Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg|Prince Sébastien]]}}
| house        = [[Grand ducal family of Luxembourg|Luxembourg-Nassau]] (official)<ref name="droits">{{cite web |url=http://www.monarchie.lu/fr/monarchie/droits-de-succession/index.html |title=Droits de Succession: Ordre successoral |publisher=Maréchalat de la Cour |work=Cour Grand-Ducale de Luxembourg |date=6 June 2011 |access-date=20 December 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140603162153/http://www.monarchie.lu/fr/monarchie/droits-de-succession/index.html |archive-date=3 June 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref><br/>[[House of Bourbon-Parma|Bourbon-Parma]] ([[Patrilineality|agnatic]])
| full name    = Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume
| father       = [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]
| mother       = [[Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium]]
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1955|4|16|df=y}}
| birth_place  = [[Betzdorf Castle]], [[Betzdorf, Luxembourg|Betzdorf]], Luxembourg
| signature    = Signature of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.svg
}}
{{Luxembourger Grand Ducal Family}}
{{Parmesan Royal Family}}

'''Henri''' ({{IPA|lb|ˈhɑ̃ːʀi|lang}}; {{langx|fr|Henri Albert Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume}};<ref>[http://www.luxembourg.public.lu/en/le-grand-duche-se-presente/luxembourgeois-celebres_PHASE-II/souverains/grand-duc-henri/index.html "Grand Duke Henri (b. 1955)"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170504110226/http://www.luxembourg.public.lu/en/le-grand-duche-se-presente/luxembourgeois-celebres_PHASE-II/souverains/grand-duc-henri/index.html |date=4 May 2017 }}, The official portal of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.</ref> born 16 April 1955) is a member of the [[grand ducal family of Luxembourg]] who reigned as [[Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] from 2000 until [[Abdication of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|his abdication]] in 2025.

Henri was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] as the second child and eldest son of the future [[Grand Duke Jean]] and [[Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium]]. He became [[heir apparent]] upon the accession of his father in 1964 at the age of nine, and was officially created [[Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Hereditary Grand Duke]] on his 18th birthday in 1973. Henri was educated in Luxembourg and [[France]], where he received his [[Baccalauréat]] in 1974. He then undertook military officer training at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], on the Standard Military Course (SMC) 7, and then studied [[political science]] at [[University of Geneva]] and the [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]], graduating in 1980. 

In 1998, he was appointed as regent by his father, the traditional first step in the transition of reigns. Two years later, Jean abdicated and Henri formally became grand duke. Henri's role was largely ceremonial as a [[constitutional monarch]]. However, he sparked a minor [[constitutional crisis]] in 2008 when he refused to grant [[royal assent]] to a new euthanasia law, resulting in the requirement for laws to receive his assent being abolished. In October 2024, Henri appointed his son [[Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume]] as regent, following in his father's footsteps, and formally abdicated the throne the following year.

==Early life and education==

[[File:GD Henri 1989 (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|Henri in 1989]]

Prince Henri was born on 16 April 1955, at the [[Betzdorf Castle]] in [[Luxembourg]] as the second child and first son of [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Jean, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg]], and his wife, [[Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium]]. His father was the eldest son of [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]], and [[Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma]]. His mother was the only daughter of King [[Leopold III of Belgium]] by his first wife, Princess [[Astrid of Sweden]]. The prince's godparents were his maternal uncle the Prince of Liège (later [[Albert II of Belgium]]) and his paternal aunt [[Princess Marie Gabrielle of Luxembourg|Princess Marie Gabriele]].{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

Henri has four siblings: [[Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria]] (born 1954), [[Prince Jean of Luxembourg]] (born 1957), [[Princess Margaretha of Liechtenstein]] (born 1957) and [[Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg]] (born 1963).{{citation needed|date=January 2022}}

On 12 November 1964, when Henri was nine, his grandmother [[abdication|abdicated]] and his father became grand duke. By two sovereign decisions of 14 April 1973, Jean decided that "Henri will be considered as having reached the age of majority as from 16 April 1973, the date on which he will have reached the age of eighteen years" and "that His Royal Highness Prince Henri will bear, in His capacity as Heir Apparent to the Crown of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and of the Grand Ducal Trust, the title of Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Hereditary Prince of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon of Parma."<ref>[https://viewer.eluxemburgensia.lu/ark:70795/wn7579nvd/pages/11/articles/DIVL866 "Déclaré majeur, le prince Henri a été proclamé Grand-Duc héritier de Luxembourg"], ''Luxemburger Wort'', 17 April 1973.</ref>

Henri was educated in Luxembourg and in France, where he obtained his [[Baccalauréat]] in 1974, after which he undertook military officer training at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]], England on the Standard Military Course (SMC) 7. He then studied political science at [[University of Geneva]] and the [[Graduate Institute of International Studies]], graduating in 1980.<ref>{{Cite web |title=H.R.H. the Grand Duke {{!}} Cour grand-ducale |url=https://monarchie.lu/en/grand-ducal-family/hrh-grand-duke |access-date=19 November 2024 |website=monarchie.lu |language=en}}</ref>

Prince Henri became [[heir apparent]] to the Luxembourg throne on the abdication of his paternal grandmother, Grand Duchess [[Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Charlotte of Luxembourg]], on 12 November 1964. From 1980 to his nomination as regent in 1998, he was a member of the [[Council of State of Luxembourg|Council of State]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Membres depuis 1857 |url=https://conseil-etat.public.lu/fr/conseil-d-etat/historique/membresdepuis1857.html |access-date=2025-10-09 |website=[[Council of State of Luxembourg]] |language=fr}}</ref>

==Reign==

[[File:GD Henri EP 2005 (2).jpg|thumb|Grand Duke Henri addressing the [[European Parliament]] in [[Strasbourg]] in 2005]]

===Accession===

On 4 March 1998, Prince Henri was appointed as lieutenant representative by his father, Grand Duke Jean, meaning that he assumed most of his father's constitutional powers. On 7 October 2000, immediately following the abdication of his father, Henri acceded as [[Monarchy of Luxembourg|Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] and took the constitutional oath before the [[Chamber of Deputies (Luxembourg)|Chamber of Deputies]] later that day.

===Role and interests===
[[File:Royal Monogram of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg.svg|thumb|180px|Grand Duke Henri's royal monogram]]
As the head of a constitutional monarchy, Grand Duke Henri's duties were primarily representative. However, he retained the constitutional power to appoint the [[Prime Minister of Luxembourg|prime minister]] and [[Government of Luxembourg|government]], to dissolve the [[Chamber of Deputies]], to promulgate laws and to accredit [[ambassador]]s. With few exceptions, however, he was bound by convention to act on the advice of the government. Grand Duke Henri was commander-in-chief of the [[Luxembourg Army]], in which he holds the rank of general. In addition, he was made an honorary major in the [[British Army]]'s [[Parachute Regiment (United Kingdom)|Parachute Regiment]], effective 19 July 1989.<ref name="honmajor">{{London Gazette |issue=51882 |date=25 September 1989 |page=10992 |supp=y }}</ref>

One of the grand duke's main functions is to represent Luxembourg in the field of foreign affairs. In May 2001, Grand Duke Henri and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa undertook their first foreign state visit to Spain at the invitation of [[Juan Carlos I|King Juan Carlos]] and [[Queen Sofía of Spain]].

Grand Duke Henri is a member of the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC), a member of The Mentor Foundation (established by the [[World Health Organization]]) and a director of the Charles Darwin Trust for the [[Galápagos Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.galapagos.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CDF-Annual-2003f.pdf |title=Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc. 2003 Annual Report |access-date=8 October 2021 |archive-date=11 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611230625/https://www.galapagos.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/CDF-Annual-2003f.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

During his reign, Henri lived with his family at [[Berg Castle]] in [[Colmar-Berg]]. He also has a holiday home in Cabasson, a village in the commune of [[Bormes-les-Mimosas]] in [[Southern France]].<ref>[https://immobilier.lefigaro.fr/article/ce-drole-de-mystere-qui-entoure-une-maison-royale-pres-du-fort-de-bregancon_98d564bc-e210-11ea-ae74-33feeb6621aa/ Ce drôle de mystère qui entoure une maison royale près du fort de Brégançon], immobilier.lefigaro.fr (in French), 20 August 2020</ref>

Henri was alleged by [[Business Insider]] to be one of the world's richest monarchs, with a net worth estimated around US$4 billion in 2019,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/royal-family-net-worth-worlds-richest-billionaires-ranked-2018-5|title=Meet the 10 richest billionaire royals in the world right now|first=Hillary|last=Hoffower|website=Business Insider}}</ref> though representatives of the grand duke's administration have disputed this claim as seeming to incorrectly account for historical and cultural property not actually owned by the grand ducal family, and claimed that the real value of their net worth was "a fraction of these $4 billion".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Non, le Grand-Duc ne pèse pas 4 milliards de dollars |url=https://lequotidien.lu/a-la-une/non-le-grand-duc-ne-pese-pas-4-milliards-de-dollars/ |date=2025-04-02 |website=Le Quotidien |language=fr}}</ref>

===Media and publicity controversies===

[[File:The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Luxembourg.jpg|thumb|The grand duke and [[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|grand duchess]] at the [[Wedding of Victoria, Crown Princess of Sweden, and Daniel Westling|wedding of the Crown Princess of Sweden]] in 2010]]

Since the accession of Henri to the Grand Ducal Throne in 2000, the court's approach to media and publicity has varied markedly.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} In 2002, Grand Duke Henri expressly identified himself with a press conference called by Maria Teresa with a view to discussing with journalists the shortcomings of her personal relations with her mother-in-law Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

In contrast, when the grand ducal couple's first grandchild was born in 2006, the Court Circular pointedly omitted to mention the event, probably as the father [[Prince Louis of Luxembourg|Prince Louis]] was not married at the time.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} However, the pregnancy was announced in 2005, so the country was informed that the prince and his girlfriend were going to be parents. The press also had access to the child's baptism.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The grand ducal family's approach to media and publicity issues has given rise to media comment regarding the quality of communications advice which has been sought and followed.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}} As well as the public airing of the difficulties between the grand duchess and her mother-in-law, several other events have resulted in adverse publicity, most notably: in 2004, the opening of parliament by the grand duke in person, the first time in over 100 years the monarch had done so; in 2005, the grand duke announced he intended to vote in favour of the [[European Constitution]] in the impending referendum, only to be reminded by senior politicians that he had no such right. The proposed sale of large tracts of the [[Grünewald (Luxembourg)|Gruenewald]] in the summer of 2006 was shortly followed by the proposed sale (cancelled shortly afterwards) at [[Sotheby's]] of recently deceased Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte's effects.<ref>Revue 10 December 2008, Editions Revue S.A., Luxembourg</ref>

===Euthanasia and constitutional reform controversies===

On 2 December 2008, it was announced that Grand Duke Henri had stated he would refuse to give his [[Royal assent|assent]] to a new law on euthanasia that had been passed earlier in the year by the Chamber of Deputies.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/dec/12/luxembourg-monarchy|title = Luxembourg strips monarch of legislative role|website = [[TheGuardian.com]]|date = 12 December 2008}}</ref> Under the constitution then, the grand duke "sanctions and promulgates the laws" meaning the need for the grand duke's sanction or approval was required in order for laws to take effect. In the absence of clarity on the long-term implications for the constitutional position of the grand duke posed by such a refusal, it was announced by Prime Minister [[Jean-Claude Juncker]] that a constitutional amendment would be brought forward.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

The [[Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg|Luxembourg ruling house]] had tried to block a decision by Parliament only once before, when [[Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Grand Duchess Marie-Adélaïde]] refused to sign a bill in 1912 to reduce the role of Roman Catholic [[priest]]s within the education system.<ref name=invention-luxembourg>{{cite book|last=Péporté|first=Pit|title=Inventing Luxembourg: representations of the past, space and language from the nineteenth to the twenty-first century|year=2010|publisher=BRILL|isbn=978-90-04-18176-2|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oLDTy3k1cT4C|page=90}}</ref> The ultimate solution was that the grand duke would be declared unable to perform his duty temporarily. This was similar to the "escape route" provided to his uncle King [[Baudouin of Belgium]] when he refused to sign an abortion law in 1991; thus the law could take effect without the signature of the grand duke, but also without the need to enact far-reaching changes in the constitution.{{Citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Article 34 of the constitution was subsequently amended to remove the term "assent",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://data.legilux.public.lu/eli/etat/leg/loi/2009/03/12/n1/jo|title=Loi du 12 mars 2009 portant révision de l'article 34 de la Constitution. |website=Legilux |access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref> leaving the relevant provision to read: "The Grand Duke promulgates the laws..." As a result, his signature is still needed but it is clear that his signature is automatic and that he has no freedom of decision. The head of state no longer has to "sanction" laws for them to take effect, as the officeholder merely promulgates them.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7763539.stm "Luxembourg to reduce duke's power"], BBC News, 3 December 2008.</ref>

===Health issues===

On 3 February 2011, Henri was admitted to the [[Municipal Hospital (Luxembourg)|Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg]] on falling ill. Shortly after, the Grand Ducal Court issued a statement saying that he was to undergo an [[angioplasty]]. The day after, the communications chief announced that the procedure had been a success. "The state of His Royal Highness' health is not disturbing," the statement read, before stating the grand duke may leave the hospital within the next few days. Although the reason has not formally been disclosed, it is reported that the grand duke felt ill after waking that day, and the court physician noticed circulation problems. It was then that he was rushed to hospital, to the cardiac unit, and was discharged the following day.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

===Waringo report{{anchor|Waringo}}<!-- [[Waringo report]] redirects here-->===

On 31 January 2020, the Waringo report was released, a governmental report on the internal workings of the monarchy that had been compiled by {{ill|Jeannot Waringo|lb}}, former Financial Director of Luxembourg.<ref name=rtl1>{{cite news |url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/1464270.html|title="The monarchy's functioning must be reformed"|  publisher=RTL Today |date=31 January 2020| access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> The report identified significant problems in terms of staff management at the Palace resulting in a high turnover rate and an atmosphere of fear. It noted that internal communications were almost nonexistent. Waringo indicated that the most important staff decisions were made by the Grand Duchess. There was no division of staff for personal use and that for official functions. Waringo was also not able to determine if the grand ducal couple's private activities were financed by the State or not.<ref name=rtl1/> The Court responded that "(i)n the interests of greater transparency and modernization, the Court will contribute constructively to the implementation of the improvements proposed in this report."<ref name=rc >{{cite web |url=https://royalcentral.co.uk/europe/luxembourg/waringo-report-reveals-a-culture-of-fear-dominates-luxembourgs-grand-ducal-court-137009/|  author=Brittani Barger | title=Waringo Report reveals a culture of fear dominates Luxembourg's Grand Ducal Court |publisher=Royal Central  |date=31 January 2020|  access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref>

===Abdication===

{{Main|Abdication of Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg}}
[[File:Trounwiessel 2025 EuCo (102).jpg|thumb|Henri sitting with Guillaume at his abdication ceremony.]]
On 23 June 2024, his [[Grand Duke's Official Birthday|official birthday]], Henri announced his plans to appoint his son [[Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg|Guillaume]] as lieutenant representative ([[regent]]) in October. Traditionally, this signals the grand duke's intention to [[Abdication|abdicate]] in the future.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lemonde.fr/en/europe/article/2024/06/23/luxembourg-grand-duke-to-start-handover-of-power-to-son-before-abdication_6675522_143.html|title=Luxembourg's grand duke to start handover of power to son|work=Le Monde|date=23 June 2024|access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/grand-duke-paves-way-for-abdication-with-surprise-announcement/14509987.html|title=Grand Duke paves way for abdication with surprise announcement|work=Luxembourg Times|first=Yannick|last=Hansen|date=23 June 2024|access-date=26 June 2024}}</ref> On 8 October, Guillaume was sworn in as lieutenant representative.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.luxtimes.lu/luxembourg/new-era-begins-for-luxembourg-monarchy-with-guillaume-s-lieutenancy/22533434.html|title=New era begins for Luxembourg monarchy with Guillaume's lieutenancy|work=Luxembourg Times|first=Haneyl|last=Jacob|date=8 October 2024|access-date=21 October 2024}}</ref> On 24 December 2024, Henri announced in his Christmas message his intention to abdicate in favour of Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume on 3 October 2025.<ref name="abdication">{{Cite web |title=Grand Duke Henri reflects on 25 years of reign in emotional Christmas speech, announces succession date |url=https://today.rtl.lu/news/luxembourg/a/2262041.html |date=24 December 2024 |website=today.rtl.lu}}</ref> 

Following his abdication, Henri stated that he would be leaving Luxembourg "for a while".<ref>{{Cite web |title="Wäert fir eng Zäit Lëtzebuerg verloossen" |url=https://www.rtl.lu/lifestyle/news/a/2344643.html |date=2025-10-09 |website=rtl.lu |language=lb}}</ref>

==Marriage and family==

[[File:GrandDuc epouse heritier.jpg|thumb|The Grand Duke with his wife and heir apparent]]

While studying in Geneva, Henri met the Cuban-born [[Maria Teresa, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|María Teresa Mestre y Batista]], who was also a political science student. They married in Luxembourg in a civil ceremony on 4 February 1981 and a religious ceremony on 14 February 1981 with the previous consent of the grand duke, dated 7 November 1980. The couple have five children and eight grandchildren:
*[[Guillaume V, Grand Duke of Luxembourg|''Guillaume'' V]] (born on 11 November 1981 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg). He succeed his father, [[Henri of Luxembourg]] as [[Grand duke of Luxembourg]] on 3 October 2025. He married [[Stéphanie, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg|Countess ''Stéphanie'' Marie Claudine Christine de Lannoy]] (born on 18 February 1984, [[Ronse]], [[East Flanders]], Belgium) on 20 October 2012. They have two sons:
** [[Prince Charles of Luxembourg (born 2020)|Prince ''Charles'' Jean Philippe Joseph Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg]] (born on 10 May 2020 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg).
** Prince ''François'' Henri Louis Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg (born on 27 March 2023 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg).
*[[Prince Félix of Luxembourg|Prince ''Félix'' Léopold Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg]] (born on 3 June 1984 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg). He married [[Princess Claire of Luxembourg|''Claire'' Margareta Lademacher]] (born on 21 March 1985, [[Filderstadt]], [[Baden-Württemberg]], [[West Germany]]) on 21 September 2013. They have two sons and one daughter:
** Princess ''Amalia'' Gabriela Maria Teresa of Nassau (born on 15 June 2014 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg).
** Prince ''Liam'' Henri Hartmut of Nassau (born on 28 November 2016 at the Clinique Générale-Beaulieu in [[Geneva]], Switzerland).
** Prince ''Balthazar'' Félix Karl of Nassau (born on 7 January 2024 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg).
*[[Prince Louis of Luxembourg|Prince ''Louis'' Xavier Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg]], (born on 3 August 1986 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg). He married [[Tessy Antony de Nassau|''Tessy'' Antony]] (born on 28 October 1985, [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg) on 29 September 2006 and divorced on 4 April 2019. They have two sons:
** Prince ''Gabriel'' Michael Louis Ronny of Nassau (born on 12 March 2006 at the Clinic des Grangettes, in [[Geneva]], Switzerland).
** Prince ''Noah'' Etienne Guillaume Gabriel Matthias Xavier of Nassau (born on 21 September 2007 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg).
*[[Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg|Princess ''Alexandra'' Joséphine Teresa Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg]], (born on 16 February 1991 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg). She married ''Nicolas'' Jacques Armel Bagory (born on 11 November 1988, [[Brittany]], France) on 29 April 2023. They have a daughter and a son:
** ''Victoire'' Bagory (born on 14 May 2024, in [[Paris]], France).
** ''Hélie'' Bagory (born on 17 October 2025)
* [[Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg|Prince ''Sébastien'' Henri Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg]], (born on 16 April 1992 at the [[Grand Duchess Charlotte Maternity Hospital]], [[Luxembourg City]], Luxembourg).

==Titles, styles and honours==
===Titles and styles===
* 16 April 1955 – 16 April 1973: ''His Royal Highness'' Prince Henri of Luxembourg
* 16 April 1973 – 7 October 2000: ''His Royal Highness'' The Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
* 7 October 2000 – 3 October 2025: ''His Royal Highness'' The Grand Duke of Luxembourg
* 3 October 2025 - Present: ''His Royal Highness'' Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg<ref>{{cite web|title=H.R.H. Grand Duke Henri &#124; Cour grand-ducale |url=https://monarchie.lu/en/luxembourg-monarchy/former-sovereigns/hrh-grand-duke-henri|access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref>

===Honours===
{{See also|List of honours of the Luxembourgish Grand-Ducal Family by country}}
====National honours====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Date
!Appointment
!Ribbon
!Notes
|-
|12 November 1964 (as son of head)<ref name="Honours">{{cite web |title=Honorary distinctions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |url=https://sip.gouvernement.lu/dam-assets/publications/brochure-livre/minist-etat/sip/brochure/Distinctions_honorifique/Distinctions_honorifiques-EN.pdf |website=[[Politics of Luxembourg|Government of Luxembourg]] |access-date=6 October 2025}}</ref>
|Knight of the [[Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau]]
|[[File:Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau – Chevalier BAR.svg|72x72px]]
| rowspan="4" |Grand Master as grand duke from 2000 to 2025
|-
|16 April 1955 (from birth)<ref name="Honours"/>
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of Adolphe of Nassau|Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau]]
|[[File:LUX_Order_of_Adolphe_Nassau_Grand_Cross_BAR.png|70x70px]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |7 October 2000
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Oak Crown]]
|[[File:Ordre_de_la_couronne_de_Chene_GC_ribbon.svg|70x70px]]
|-
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg]]
|[[File:LUX Ordre de Mérite du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg - Grand'Croix BAR.svg|71x71px]]
|}

====Foreign honours====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Country
!Date
!Appointment
!Ribbon
!Post nominals
|-
|{{flag|Austria}}
|15 April 2013
|Grand Star of the [[Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria]]
|[[File:AUT_Honour_for_Services_to_the_Republic_of_Austria_-_1st_Class_BAR.png|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Belgium}}
|17 March 1994
|Grand Cordon of the [[Order of Leopold (Belgium)|Order of Leopold]]
|[[File:BEL - Order of Leopold - Grand Cordon bar.svg|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Brazil}}
|3 December 2007
|Grand Collar of the [[Order of the Southern Cross|National Order of the Southern Cross]]<ref name="BrazGD">[http://www.jusbrasil.com.br/diarios/846346/dou-edicao-extra-secao-1-03-12-2007-pg-3 DECRETO DE 3 DE DEZEMBRO DE 2007] - website JusBrasil</ref>
|[[File:Order of the Southern Cross Grand Collar Ribbon.png|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Cape Verde}}
|12 March 2015
|Grand Cross of the {{ill|Order of Amílcar Cabral|fr|Ordre d'Amilcar Cabral}}
|[[File:Amílcar Cabral Order - 1st Class (Cabo Verde).png|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Denmark}}
|12 March 2015
|Knight of the [[Order of the Elephant]]
|[[File:Order_of_the_Elephant_Ribbon_bar.svg|70x70px]]
|RE
|- 
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|2003
|Collar of the [[Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana]]<ref>[https://www.president.ee/en/estonia/decorations/bearer/427/henri Estonian State decorations], 5 May 2003</ref>
|[[File:EST Order of the Cross of Terra Mariana - 1st Class BAR.png|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Finland}}
|24 November 2008
|Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of the White Rose of Finland]]
|[[File:FIN Order of the White Rose Grand Cross BAR.svg|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{flag|France}}
|
|Grand Cross of the [[Legion of Honour|National Order of the Legion of Honour]]
|[[File:Legion of Honour - Grand Cross (France).png|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{flag|Germany}}
|23 April 2012
|Grand Cross, Special Class, of the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]]
|[[File:GER Bundesverdienstkreuz 9 Sond des Grosskreuzes.svg|70x70px]]
|
|-
|{{Flag|Greece}}
|10 July 2001
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Redeemer]]<ref>[https://archive.today/20120801072552/http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/actualite/2001/07/10hellenique/index.html www.gouvernement.lu/], State visit of President Stephanopoulos in Luxembourg, July 2001</ref>
|[[File:GRE Order Redeemer 1Class.svg|70x70px]]
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|{{flag|Holy See}}
|21 March 2005
|Knight with the Collar of the [[Order of Pope Pius IX]]
|[[File:VAT Order of Pope Pius IX Collar BAR.svg|70x70px]]
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|{{flag|Italy}}
|14 March 2003
|Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic]]
|[[File:ITA OMRI 2001 GC-GCord BAR.svg|70x70px]]
|OMRI
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|{{flag|Japan}}
|27 November 2017
|Collar of the [[Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum]]
|[[File:JPN Daikun'i kikkasho BAR.svg|70x70px]]
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|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Latvia}}
|4 December 2006
|Commander Great Cross with Chain of the [[Order of the Three Stars]]<ref>Latvian Presidency, [http://www.president.lv/images/modules/items/PDF/20120528_tzo_registrs_majaslapa.doc Recipients list (.doc)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502004044/http://www.president.lv/images/modules/items/PDF/20120528_tzo_registrs_majaslapa.doc|date=2 May 2013}}</ref>
|[[File:Order of the Three Stars Ribbon bar.svg|70x70px]]
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|13 March 2023
|Commander Great Cross of the [[Cross of Recognition]]<ref>[https://www.vestnesis.lv/op/2023/51.19/ Vestnesis]</ref>
|[[File:LVA Cross of Recognition.png|70x70px]]
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|{{flag|Mali}}
|9 November 2005
|Grand Cross of the [[National Order of Mali]]
|[[File:Mali Ordre national du Mali GC ribbon.svg|70x70px]]
| 
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|{{flag|Sovereign Military Order of Malta}}
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|Bailiff Grand Cross of Honour and Devotion of the [[Knights Hospitaller|Order of Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem]]
|[[File:SMOM.svg|70x70px]]
| 
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|{{flag|Norway}}
|18 April 1996
|Grand Cross with Collar of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]]
|[[File:St Olavs Orden storkors stripe.svg|70x70px]]
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|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Netherlands}}
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|Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Crown (Netherlands)|Order of the Crown]]
|[[File:NED_Kroonorde_A1_BAR.png|70x70px]]
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|21 April 2006
|Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Netherlands Lion]]
|[[File:Order_of_the_Netherlands_Lion_ribbon_-_Knight_Grand_Cross.svg|70x70px]]
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|{{flag|Poland}}
|30 April 2014
|Knight of the [[Order of the White Eagle (Poland)|Order of the White Eagle]]
|[[File:POL Order Orła Białego BAR.svg|70x70px]]
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|rowspan="4"|{{flag|Portugal}}
|6 May 2005
|Grand Collar of the [[Order of Prince Henry]]<ref>[https://dre.pt/web/guest/home/-/dre/3425351/details/maximized Alvará n.º 23/2005]. Diário da República n.º 218/2005, Série II de 14 November 2005</ref>
|[[File:PRT Order of Prince Henry - Grand Collar BAR.png|70x70px]]
|GColIH
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|7 September 2010
|Grand Collar of the [[Military Order of Saint James of the Sword]]<ref>[https://dre.pt/web/guest/home/-/dre/3024857/details/maximized Alvará (extracto) n.º 16/2010]. Diário da República n.º 219/2010, Série II de 11 November 2010. p.55733.</ref>
|[[File:PRT Order of Saint James of the Sword - Grand Collar BAR.png|70x70px]]
|GColSE
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|23 May 2017
|Grand Collar of the [[Order of Liberty]]<ref>[https://dre.pt/web/guest/home/-/dre/107677377/details/maximized Alvará (extrato) n.º 7/2017].  Diário da República n.º 133/2017, Série II de 2017-07-12, p. 14444</ref>
|[[File:PRT Order of Liberty - Grand Collar BAR.png|70x70px]]
|GColL
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|11 May 2022
|Grand Collar of the [[Military Order of Christ]]
|[[File:PRT Order of Christ - Grand Collar BAR.svg|70x70px]]
|GColC
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|{{flag|Romania}}
|10 October 2004
|Collar of the [[Order of the Star of Romania]]<ref name="RomSt">Romanian Presidency website, [http://canord.presidency.ro/Ord.St.Rom..xls Recipients of the order (Excel sheet)]</ref>
|[[File:Order_of_the_Star_of_Romania_-_Ribbon_bar.svg|70x70px]]
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|{{flag|Senegal}}
|21 January 2018
|Grand Cross of the [[National Order of the Lion]]<ref name=":0" />
|[[File:SEN Order of the Lion - Grand Cross BAR.png|70x70px]]
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|{{flag|Slovakia}}
|9 October 2002
|Grand Cross of the [[Order of the White Double Cross]]<ref name=":0">Slovak republic website, [http://www.slovak-republic.org/symbols/honours/ State honours] (click on "Holders of the Order of the 1st Class White Double Cross" to see the holders' table): 1st Class received by Grand-Duke in 2002, i.e. during the [http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/actualite/2002/11/12slovaquie/index.html state visit] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016215504/http://www.gouvernement.lu/salle_presse/actualite/2002/11/12slovaquie/index.html|date=16 October 2007}} (French) of President [[Rudolf Schuster]] in Luxembourg (november 2002).</ref>
|[[File:SVK Rad Bieleho Dvojkriza 1 triedy BAR.svg|70x70px]]
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|rowspan="3"|{{flag|Spain}}
|8 July 1980
|Knight Grand Cross of the [[Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III]]<ref>Real Decreto 3198/1980. [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/1981/05/07/pdfs/A09813-09813.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 109, de 7 de mayo de 1981, p. 9813]</ref>
|[[File:ESP Charles III Order GC.svg|70x70px]]
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|11 May 2001
|Knight of the Collar of the Royal and Distinguished Spanish Order of Charles III<ref name="Spain">[http://www.casareal.es/noticias/news/20070416_Viaje_Estado_Luxemburgo-ides-idweb.html Spanish Royal Family website], State visit of Juan Carlos & Sofia in Luxembourg, April 2007, [http://www.casareal.es/noticias/images/20070416_luxemburgo_salida1/20070416_luxemburgo_cena_gala.jpg Photo] of the Sovereign couples</ref><ref>Real Decreto 525/2001. [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2001/05/12/pdfs/A17204-17204.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 114, de 12 de mayo de 2001, p. 17204]</ref>
|[[File:Order of Charles III - Sash of Collar.svg|70x70px]]
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|13 April 2007
|Knight of the [[Distinguished Order of the Golden Fleece]]<ref>Real Decreto 474/2007. [http://www.boe.es/boe/dias/2007/04/14/pdfs/A16516-16516.pdf Boletín Oficial del Estado núm. 90, de 14 de abril de 2007, p. 16516]</ref><ref name="Spain" />
|[[File:Order of the Golden Fleece ribbon bar.svg|70x70px]]
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|{{flag|Sweden}}
|12 September 1983
|Knight with Collar of the [[Royal Order of the Seraphim]]
|[[File:Order_of_the_Seraphim_-_Ribbon_bar.svg|70x70px]]
|RSerafO 
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|{{flag|Turkey}}
|19 November 2013
|Member of the [[Order of the State of Republic of Turkey]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 November 2013 |title=Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg at the Çankaya Presidential Palace |url=http://www.tccb.gov.tr/news/397/87797/grand-duke-henri-of-luxembourg-at-the-cankaya-presidential-palace.html |access-date=22 November 2013 |publisher=Presidency of the Republic of Turkey}}</ref>
|[[File:Order of the State of Republic of Turkey.png|70x70px]]
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|rowspan="2"|{{flag|United Kingdom}}
|8 November 1976
|Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the [[Royal Victorian Order]]
|[[File:UK Royal Victorian Order honorary member ribbon.svg|70x70px]]
|GCVO
|-
|22 September 2020
|Recipient of the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst#Sandhurst Medal|Sandhurst Medal]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 September 2020 |title=Grand Duke, Hereditary Grand Duke Awarded Sandhurst Medal |url=https://chronicle.lu/category/at-home/34030-grand-duke-hereditary-grand-duke-awarded-sandhurst-medal |publisher=Chronicle.lu}}</ref>
|[[File:Sandhurst_Medal_ribbon_bar.svg|70x70px]]
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|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg}}
*[https://monarchie.lu/en/luxembourg-monarchy/former-sovereigns/hrh-grand-duke-henri Official website]
*[http://www.mentorfoundation.org/ The Mentor Foundation]

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