Why Does Luxembourg Exist?

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Why does the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg exist?
States like Luxembourg were the norm in Europe for hundreds of years but come the French Revolution and the advent of industrialization, tiny monarchical fiefdoms quickly fell out of fashion.
But Luxembourg survived to the present day — outlasting expansionists from all directions. Napoleonic France, the United Netherlands, revolutionary Belgium, and the Kingdom of Prussia all failed to incorporate Luxembourg in the long term. Defying the trends of their time, Luxembourgers asserted their own identity.

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Sources Consulted:

Kossmann, E.H. The Low Countries, 1780-1940 (Oxford History of Modern Europe). London: Oxford University Press, 1978.

Miller, Stuart T. Mastering Modern European History. London: Macmillan Education LTD, 1990.

Péporté, Pit, et al. Inventing Luxembourg: Representations of the Past, Space and Language from the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century. Leiden: Brill, 2010.

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I'm so glad that youtube recommended your channel about 1 year and a half ago. Just wanted to say that I love your work!

Earthle
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Looking forwards to Luxemburg being forced by Belgium to rename itself to East Luxemburg (North Macedonia and province of Macedonia pun)

GwainSagaFanChannel
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4:37
This later evolved into its own language, mind you.

revinhatol
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From where I live (NL) Luxemburg is closer than Amsterdam.

Been camping in Vianden, very nice surroundings as Castle.

Michel-rm
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Sounds like a lovely place to store pickled herring 🇸🇪

VincitOmniaVeritas
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Small country: * exist *

Historian youtubers: HOW TF YOU STILL ALIVE?

DerSajon
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4:36 77% can understand or Speak Luxembourgish, French is understood and spoken by 98% people it's safe to say Français is the Lingua Franca

ommsterlitz
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New viewer here. You have a very interesting accent.

Ice_Karma
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So Hungary isn’t the only country surrounded by its former borders…





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barsukascool
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Well, most of it IS now in Belgium. As the homonymous province.

kauemoura
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Hey, great video! You need background music tho. Every time you take time to breathe, the silence is deafening.

PlaidMasterBoots
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One question, could you send me a link or something with the map you use? Please! This map if confused 1:44

unlucky_evo
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Michael the brave Romania king story please make video

shaifunnessa
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Its sad that Luxemburg lost its identity.. you can barely spot a native nowadays

dedeferreira
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Et ass gutt ze wëssen, wéi a wouraus sech Lëtzebuergesch entstaanen huet, respektiv wat dat Land alles matgemeet huet. (It is good to know how and from where Luxembourg came to be, or what the country has been involved in.)

Merci aus Lëtzebuerg!

jeremyslegg
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9:25 Luxembourg is NOW ruled by FRENCH Bourbon dynasty, thanks to Parma!cadet branch, since 1919. !!!

aleksandarvil
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Luxembourg only exists because the Dutch king was grand duke of Luxembourg. The Luxembourgish people wanted to join Belgium.

Good video though, usually people that make these types of videos include a lot of their own biases into the video, especially regarding Belgium.

imwinningthisone
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im offended that you question the existence of the greatest nation thats ever lived.

Krys_
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You marked Belgium when you said Netherlands

ADHDylan
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1846 99.0%
1900 88.0%
1983 80.6%
2011 70.51%
2012 70.07%
2013 69.65%
2014 69.17%
2015 68.78%
2016 68.35%
2017 67.77%

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