Prince Jean of Luxembourg
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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. He frequently goes by the name of Jean Nassau.
On 26 September 1986, Prince Jean renounced his right of succession to the Luxembourg throne.
Life
Education and youth
Prince Jean's godparents were Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Princess Margrethe of Denmark.
Prince Jean was educated in Luxembourg, Switzerland and France, where he obtained his baccalaureate. He then undertook a language course at the 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 education 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.
Marriage and family
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 and judge, daughter of François Philippe Vestur and wife Cécile Ernestine Buisson.[1] His wife and children bore the title "Count(ess) of Nassau" from 21 September 1995.[1] On 27 November 2004 Grand-Duc Henri issued an Arrêté Grand-Ducal upgrading the titles of Prince Jean's children to Prince/Princesse de Nassau with the qualification of Altesse Royale, without succession rights.[1] The prince and former countess divorced in 2004, having had four children together:[1]
- Princess Marie-Gabrielle Cécile Charlotte Sophie of Nassau (b. Paris, 8 September 1986), married to Antonius Benedikt Clemens Douglas Emanuel Willms (b. 1988). The civil wedding took place on 15 May 2017 in Luxembourg City.
- Prince Constantin Jean Philippe Marie Albert Marc d'Aviano of Nassau (b. Paris, 22 July 1988).
- Prince Wenceslas François Baudoin Léopold Juraj Marie Marc d'Aviano of Nassau (b. Paris, 17 November 1990).
- Prince Carl-Johan Félix Julien Marc d'Aviano of Nassau (b. Paris, 15 August 1992).
On 18 March 2009, Prince Jean married Diane de Guerre in a civil ceremony, and they do not have any children till date.[2]
Career
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. Prince Jean has been 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 of developing 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 a 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 in the utilities sector).[3]
Honours and awards
| Styles of Prince Jean of Luxembourg | |
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| Reference style | His Royal Highness |
| Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
| Alternative style | Sir |
National honours
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Luxembourg: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (by birth[4])
As Prince of Luxembourg, at 18 years old :
- Luxembourg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau (by birth, on 18 years old[5])
Foreign honours
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Spain : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (8 July 1980) [6][7]
Ancestry
References
- 1 2 3 4 Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser XVIII. "Luxemburg". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 80, 82, 449-450. ISBN 978-3-7980-0841-0.
- ↑ "Bijzonder huwelijk in het Stadhuis van Roermond" [Special wedding in Roermond]. Gemeente Roermond (in Dutch). 19 March 2009. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ↑ "Organisation". Chambre de Commerce belgo-luxembourgeoise en France. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "Honorary distinctions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg" (PDF). Service Information et Presse. Retrieved 2007-09-21.
- ↑ Honorary distinctions of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, publication of the government of Luxembourg: Princes and Princesses of the Grand-Ducal House of Luxembourg are Grand Crosses of the Order by birth but the decoration is worm only after they reach their majority (18 years old)
- ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado
- ↑ Boletín Oficial del Estado
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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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