Successor to the Journal de la Ville et du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg (1826-1844) which was led by Mathieu-Lambert Schrobilgen (1789-1883), the periodical was meant to rival the Luxemburger Zeitung (1844-45) led by Ernest Grégoire. For instance, the first issue of the two dailies was on the same day, the 3rd of July 1844.

The last known edition is from the 27th of December 1868. The publication of the newspaper was stopped because its owners, Norbert (1811-1885) and Charles Metz (1799-1853) founded a German-language newspaper Luxemburger Zeitung (1868-1941).