Grand Duchess of Luxembourg Maria Teresa

Maria Teresa Mestre, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg, born 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 ... 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) is the capital of Cuba and, with a population of 2. ...

In October 1959, at the time of the Cuban revolution, Maria Teresa Mestre left Cuba with her wealthy parents who had benefited from the corrupt 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. In June 1965 her parents lived for a few months on their family estate of Santander in Spain, before taking up permanent residence in Geneva, Switzerland. Maria Teresa Mestre studied in Switzerland before passing the French General Certificate of Education (baccalauréat) in June 1975. 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. ... 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. ... 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1965 was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ... For alternate uses, see Santander. ... Geneva: the Mont Blanc bridge over the Rhône River and St Peters Cathedral 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...

In 1980 she graduated at the University of Geneva in political sciences. Miss Mestre met her future husband Prince Henri at University where they studied together. The Grand Duchess speaks Spanish, French, English, Luxembourgish, German and Italian. She has two brothers and one sister, who live in Switzerland and in the United States. 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... The University of Geneva (Université de Genève) is one of the oldest universities in the world. ...

Miss Maria Teresa Mestre married Prince Henri of Luxembourg, now the Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg on February 14th, 1981. They have 5 children, 4 sons and one daughter: His Royal Highness Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Henri Albért Gabriel Félix Marie Guillaume (born April 6, 1955) is the hereditary ruler of Luxembourg. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

• 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 has served as a Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO supporting micro-lending and the protection of children. The Grand Duchess is an active philanthropist, she has granted her patronage and active support to the Luxembourg League of Blind People, the National Nurses' Association and the Alzheimer Association of Luxembourg. Guillaume, heir to Luxembourg throne His Royal Highness Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume of Luxembourg, Guillaume Jean Joseph Marie (born November 11, 1981), Prince of Nassau and Bourbon-Parma, is the Heir Apparent 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. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1946. ...

She also chairs the Prince Henri-Princess Maria Teresa Foundation for the Handicapped and the Foundation for Research on AIDS. In October 1999, HRH Crown Princess Maria Teresa received an Honorary Doctorate to the Seton Hall University, School for Diplomacy and International Relations. AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, sometimes written Aids) is a human disease characterized by weakening of the bodys immune system and capacity to fight infection and certain cancers. ...

Since April 2005, the Grand Duchess Maria Teresa is the President of the Red Cross Society in Luxembourg. The terms Red Cross and Red Crescent are often used as short names for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, or its two leading international organs, the ICRC and the IFRCS. This page is about the symbol itself, see respective articles for information about the organizations and movements. ...

Her mother-in-law, the late Grand Duchess Josephine-Charlotte, was reputed to call her "the little Cuban" while French tabloids say Maria Teresa blamed her mother-in-law for spreading rumours that her husband was having an affair with Luxembourg's foreign minister and for furthering gossip of her alcoholism. Alcoholism is a dependency on alcohol characterized by craving (a strong need to drink), loss of control (being unable to stop drinking despite a desire to do so), physical dependence and withdrawal symptoms, and tolerance (increasing difficulty of becoming drunk). ...