# Coronation imminent: on Friday, Luxembourg gets a new monarch **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 1, 2025, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553 "2025-10-01T07:31:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/61 "2025-10-03T15:42:46Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > This is a great example of Luxembourg punching above its diplomatic and economic weight. The treaty was signed here, which is why it’s called that. TIL! And emigration? Easy, hard, depends on who you are? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/62 "2025-10-03T15:44:00Z")
It’s easy if you have a background in a highly desirable career. It’s even easier if you speak French. My wife and I are both in technology. Luxembourg rolled out the red carpet for us. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/63 "2025-10-03T15:47:08Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > It’s easy if you have a background in a highly desirable career. It’s even easier if you speak French. Math teacher, hopefully soon with a PhD in education (is there a University of Luxembourg?) 3 years of French in high-school but so bad they laughed at “the Americain” in Nice when I ordered a coffee and pastry. So I have a chance? ETA: Is there a de facto age maximum like the UK has? They don’t like it if you are 50 or older. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/64 "2025-10-03T15:50:28Z")
> [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > I recall a plaque in a park commemorating the liberation from Nazi control by the Allied forces that was quite moving to this ‘Merican. If you ever come back, go up to **[Clervaux](https://maps.app.goo.gl/5PXVHdUjcZtUZkwG6)** to see the memorial commemorating the Battle of the Bulge, which crossed the northern tip of the country. Truly lovely village, too. The **[American cemetery](https://www.abmc.gov/video/luxembourg-american-cemetery/)** is also beautiful and worth visiting. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/65 "2025-10-03T15:51:56Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Berliners are the same… It’s complicated. But we are sure no Parisians or New Yorkers. Which is good in a way and bad in another. And yes, we are provincial indeed. > [@Cervaise](#): > > Regarding the steel industry, this is complicated (and fascinating), but here are the bullet points. Very well explained, though it is even more complicated (!) than that. You also claimed that the only internationally known Luxemburg politician is [Jean-Claude Juncker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Claude_Juncker), it seems Gaston Thorn is forgotten. Here to remember him: > **[Gaston Thorn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Thorn)** > > Gaston Egmond Thorn (3 September 1928 – 26 August 2007) was a Luxembourgish politician who served in a number of high-profile positions, both domestically and internationally. He most prominently served as prime minister of Luxembourg (1974–1979), President of the United Nations General Assembly (1975), and president of the European Commission (1981–1985). > Thorn was born in Luxembourg City. His early childhood, however, was spent in Strasbourg where his father worked for the French railways. ... ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/66 "2025-10-03T15:53:50Z")
Watching live YouTube feed. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/67 "2025-10-03T15:54:55Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > So I have a chance? I’d be skeptical. Luxembourg is very generous in hiring teachers, but you pretty much _must_ be fluently trilingual — French, German, and English. (If you have those, though, you can expect a _very_ generous paycheck.) There _is_ a University of Luxembourg, and it’s reasonably well respected despite its size. The language requirement for instructors, though, is a steep hurdle for outsiders. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/68 "2025-10-03T15:57:59Z")
> [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > it seems Gaston Thorn is forgotten Funny you should mention this. My older daughter started her lycée years at the **[school](https://www.eigt.lu/)** named for him. When it opened, everyone here wanted to know why they’d chosen the name. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/69 "2025-10-03T16:02:36Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > everyone here wanted to know why He is forgotten in Luxemburg? 😲 No, it’s the expats that send their kids to that school that don’t know him. Yet. But they search. Looks like a nice school: our pillars: democracy, music, digital world. OK, that is a sound foundation. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/70 "2025-10-03T16:09:10Z")
It’s an excellent concept. Unfortunately it’s also a brand new school and they’re trying to figure out how to make the concept work in reality, so the pedagogy is a huge mess. We transferred our daughter out to another school after three months. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/71 "2025-10-03T17:51:47Z")
Watching the flag being raised. This is very interesting! ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/72 "2025-10-03T23:34:10Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > The **[American cemetery](https://www.abmc.gov/video/luxembourg-american-cemetery/)** is also beautiful and worth visiting. Wow, that is a moving video of a beautiful memorial. And Patton’s buried there? I knew he died in Europe, after the war concluded, in an auto accident, but I did not know he was buried in Luxembourg. ETA: @Cervaise, thank you for telling us so much about the adopted home you clearly love deeply. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/73 "2025-10-04T02:50:44Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > > [@Cervaise](#): > > > > But to Parisians, it sounds like “those cow-smelling hicks to treat with barely-veiled contempt.” 😆 > > But the Parisians will think so about anyone who doesn’t speak perfect French with a Parisian accent… 😉 That’s never been my experience in Paris. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/74 "2025-10-04T02:56:44Z")
> [@Cervaise](#): > > Another update: for anyone who’s interested, Reuters is hosting a livestream of the event on their youtube channel. YouTube is all well and good, but what’s far more significant: Luxembourg made the front page of Wikipedia, man! That’s glory for you! (In the [In The News](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) section). ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/75 "2025-10-04T03:00:09Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Nitpick: the Willis were not the last two German Kaisers, but there was a small period when Friedrich III held the reign, in the Dreikaiserjahr (Three Kaisers Year) of 1888. Query to a nitpick: can you explain this one, please? I’m not following it. Why was Wilhelm II not the last German Kaiser? ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/76 "2025-10-04T09:52:44Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Query to a nitpick: can you explain this one, please? I’m not following it. Why was Wilhelm II not the last German Kaiser? Ok, I understand why this wasn’t clear: @Pardel-Lux said that the last two German Kaisers were named Willhelm, as many people would say. But they forget that Friedrich III reigned for a small period of time (about 100 days) in between the two Willhelms. Willhelm I became Kaiser in 1871, and when he died in 1888, his son and heir Friedrich already lay in his dying bed with cancer and died a short time later, so his son Willhelm became Kaiser Willhelm II. He abdicated in 1918 and was in fact the last German Kaiser. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/77 "2025-10-04T10:30:14Z")
Willhelm #1 → Friedrich → Willhelm #2 Like so? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/78 "2025-10-04T10:38:31Z")
Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/79 "2025-10-04T11:51:36Z")
Well, if we are nitpicking – and of course we are, we love it! – Wilhelm is written in German with one single “l”, not two. So it is more like this: Wilhelm #1 → Friedrich 🩺 → Wilhelm #2 🪖 💩 ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2025, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coronation-imminent-on-friday-luxembourg-gets-a-new-monarch/1023553/80 "2025-10-04T12:09:36Z")
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