HRH Grand Duchess María Teresa of Luxembourg

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Her Royal Highness The Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, born Maria Teresa Mestre 22 March 1956, in Havana, Cuba to José Antonio Mestre and Maria Teresa Batista-Falla de Mestre. File links The following pages link to this file: Maria Teresa Mestre Categories: Images with unknown source ... File links The following pages link to this file: Maria Teresa Mestre Categories: Images with unknown source ... The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg consists of the extended family of the sovereign Grand Duke. ... This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... His Royal Highness Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Jean Benoit Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc dAviano (born on January 5, 1921) ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. ... His Royal Highness Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri Albért Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume (born April 6, 1955) is the hereditary ruler of Luxembourg. ... His Royal Highness Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie (born November 11, 1981), Prince of Nassau and Bourbon-Parma, styled HRH The Hereditary Grand Duke, is the Heir Apparent to the throne of Luxembourg. ... His Royal Highness Prince Félix Léopold Marie Guillaume (born June 3, 1984) is the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and the Grand Duchess Maria Teresas second son. ... Prince Louis of Luxembourg (in full, His Highness Prince Louis-Xavier-Marie-Guillaume of Luxembourg), is the third son of Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Grand Duchess Maria Teresa, born August 3, 1986. ... Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra Joséphine Teresa Charlotte Marie Wilhelmine of Luxembourg (16 Feb 1991 - ) was born in Luxembourg and is the fourth child and only daughter of His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Her Royal Highness Maria Teresa Mestre, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. ... His Royal Highness Prince Sébastien Henri Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg (16 April 1992 - ) was born in Luxembourg and is the fifth child and youngest son of His Royal Highness Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg and Her Royal Highness Maria Teresa Mestre, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxembourg. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Havana (Spanish: San Cristóbal de La Habana; UN/LOCODE: Habana (CU HAV)) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ...

From 1961 she carried on her studies at the Lycée Français. In October 1959, at the time of the Cuban revolution, Maria Teresa Mestre left Cuba her wealthy parents who had benefited from the Batista regime in Cuba.. The family settled in New York where, as a young girl, she was a pupil at Marymount School. From 1961 she carried on her studies at the Lycée Français. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1959 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Czechoslovak poster saying: We greet the heroic Cuban people. The Cuban Revolution was the overthrow of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista by the 26th of July Movement and the establishment of a new government led by Fidel Castro in the 1950s. ... Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar General Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar (January 16, 1901–August 6, 1973) was the de facto leader of Cuba from 1933 to 1940 and the countrys official president from 1940 to 1944 and again from 1952 to 1959. ...

In June 1965 her parents settled down for a few months on their family estate of Santander in Spain, before taking up permanent residence in Geneva, Switzerland. Maria Teresa Mestre first carried on her studies at the Institut Marie-José at Gstaad, then at the boarding school Marie-Thérèse in Geneva, where she successfully passed the French General Certificate of Education (baccalauréat) in June 1975. For alternate uses, see Santander. ... Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the Rhône River. ...

In 1980 she graduated at the University of Geneva in political sciences. Miss Mestre met Prince Henri at this University. For four years they both carried on similar studies, working sometimes in the same study groups to which Miss Mestre reported on numerous occasions; she was for instance the author of a report on the compared legislations within the EEC, on woman's work and on motherhood.

During the same period Maria Teresa Mestre took an ever increasing interest in social and human problems, following the family tradition which had brought her grand-parents to devote themselves actively to philantropical and cultural tasks in Cuba.

Besides her studies, Miss Mestre was in Geneva a member of a group taking care of the residents of old people's homes. She also taught children in a Geneva classroom.

Spanish being her mother tongue, Grand Duchess Maria Teresa knows French thoroughly for having carried on her studies at the French School (Lycée Français) and in Switzerland. In her prime youth she learned English. After her marriage she learned Luxembourgish and she speaks also German and Italian.

In her childhood, Maria Teresa Mestre took ballet and singing tuition courses. She loves music and literature and is interested in painting. Devoted to sport, she practices skiing, ice-skating and water sports. She has two brothers and one sister, who are living in Switzerland and in the USA.

Miss Maria Teresa Mestre married Prince Henri of Luxembourg on February 14th, 1981.

They have 5 children, 4 sons and one daughter:

Prince Guillaume, born on November 11th, 1981 Prince Félix, born on June 3rd, 1984 Prince Louis, born on august 3rd, 1986 Princess Alexandra, born on February 16th, 1991 Prince Sébastien, born on April 16th, 1992

Since 1997, the Grand Duchess acts as a Good-Will Ambassador of UNESCO and supports in this respect specifically organisations which are active in the field of micro-credits and child protection.

The Grand Duchess is showing a strong interest in the social situation in her country, dedicating her efforts mainly to the children and families in danger, to the social integration of persons who are physically, mentally or socially handicapped and to gender related issues.

She has granted her patronage and active support notably to the Luxembourg League of Blind People, the National Nurses' Association and the Alzheimer Association of Luxembourg. She is furthermore chairing the Foundation Prince Henri-Princess Maria Teresa for the handicapped and occupying the Honorary Chair of the Foundation for Research on Aids.

She is member of the Council of Trustees of the Mentor Foundation (London) which is concentrating on the prevention of substance abuse among children and young people and which is maintaining a special relationship with World Health Organisation.

In October 1999, HRH Crown Princess Maria Teresa is named Docteur Honoris Causa to the Seton Hall University, School for diplomatics and international relations in the USA.