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| | Succession in Nassau and Luxemburg |
 | | The Grand-Duchy of Luxemburg is one of the smallest European nations, though not too small to be a full member of the European Union. |
 | | Thus, when Luxemburg was created to compensate the king of the Netherlands for his former German possessions, the rights of his distant cousins to those former possessions were transferred to the new grand-duchy. |
 | | From 1898 to 2001 the middle arms of the Grand-Duke of Luxemburg were quarterly Nassau and Luxemburg, the great arms were quarterly of 12 in rows of 4, 2, 2 and 4 Saarbrücken, Merenberg, Weilnau, Moers, Katzenelnbogen, Saarwerden, Diez, Lahr, Vianden, Kirchberg, Sayn, Mahlberg; overall the middle arms (see here). |
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