Special stamp

1815: Grand Duchy of Luxembourg formed at the Congress of Vienna

The major European powers met in 1814 in Vienna to negotiate the redrawing of Europe’s boundaries.

Alongside a large United Kingdom of the Netherlands, entrusted to King William I, the Allies (England,

Austria, Russia and Prussia) established a new independent state between the Meuse and the Moselle rivers: the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

The new state with a territory of 7.112 km2 and 351.916 inhabitants was made up mostly of the former Duchy of Luxembourg and the Duchy of Bouillon. Following the Belgian Revolution, the French speaking part (Duchy of

Bouillon) was separated from Luxembourg and integrated in the new Belgian state.