Prince Jean | |||||
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Born |
Betzdorf Castle |
15 May 1957 ||||
Spouse |
Hélène Suzanna Vestur (m. 1987; div. 2004) Diane De Guerre (m. 2009) |
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Issue | 4 | ||||
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Father | Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg | ||||
Mother | Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium | ||||
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Full name | |
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Jean Félix Marie Guillaume |
Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg |
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HRH The Grand Duke
HRH The Dowager Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg
HRH The Dowager Princess of Ligne Extended grand-ducal family
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Styles of Prince Jean of Luxembourg |
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Reference style | His Royal Highness |
Spoken style | Your Royal Highness |
Alternative style | Sir |
HRH The Grand Duke
HRH The Grand Duchess
HRH The Dowager Countess of Holstein-Ledreborg
Descendants of Duke William:
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.
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.