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Prince Jean of Luxembourg (Given names: Jean Félix Marie Guillaume) was born on 15 May 1957 at Betzdorf Castle, the second son of Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. He is the twin brother of Princess Margaretha. His godparents are Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. He frequently goes by the name of Jean Nassau.
On 26 September 1986, Prince Jean renounced his right of succession to the Luxembourg throne.
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Prince Jean was educated in Luxembourg, Switzerland and France, where he obtained his baccalaureate. He then undertook a language course at he Bell School of Languages in Cambridge England.
In 1977, Prince Jean began his military officer training at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, England and member of the Champion Platoon, he was commissioned in August 1978, . He was made a captain of the Luxembourg Army in 1979. After completing his University in Geneva, he went to New York and joined W.R. Grace as a financial analyst working in the Finance, Planning & Analysis Division of the Group that reported to the President & CEO of the company, at the time, Mr J. Peter Grace. Back in Europe in 1985, in 1986 he obtained an MBA from INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France.
On 27 May 1987, Prince Jean married morganatically in Paris Hélène Suzanna Vestur (born Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 31 May 1958), now a high civil servant, "Conseiller d'Etat" judge, daughter of François Philippe Vestur and wife Cécile Ernestine Buisson. His wife and children bore the title "Count(ess) of Nassau." On 27 November 2004 Grand-Duc Henri issued an Arrêté Grand-Ducal upgrading the issue of Prince Jean to Prince/Princesse de Nassau with the qualification of Altesse Royale, without succession rights. The prince and former countess are now divorced, after having had four children together:
On 18 March 2009, Prince Jean married Diane De Guerre.[1]
Prince Jean works in the water industry, he is an advisor to the GDF-Suez Group, Executive VP of the Suez Fondation and a Member of the Executive Board of Degrémont, a subsidiary of Suez Environnement. It is unclear what his exact function is at Degremont-Suez, even to people working within the company. After having been President of the "Chambre de Commerce belgo-luxembourgeoise en France", for two mandates Prince Jean remains Honorary President of the Chambre de Commerce belgo-luxembourgeoise en France. In 2006 he bought the Southern African Water subsidiary of Suez Environnement, WSSA (Water & Sanitation South Africa) and created Mea Aqua, with the objective to develop water and energy solutions in the Middle East and in Africa. Mea Aqua and its subsidiaries employ today over 2,500 employees.
Prince Jean is, among other, member of the board of the MIP, a business school based in Paris and a board member of a number of financial institutions : Banque Degroof Luxembourg, EFG Bank and EFG International, Ecofin, Hedge funds that are active in the utility segment.[2]
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
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Prince Jean of Luxembourg
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| Preceded by Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg |
Line of succession to the French throne (Legitimist) 49th position |
Succeeded by Prince Constantin of Nassau |
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