Jean of Luxembourg (1957)

Luxembourg Grand Ducal Family

HRH Grand Duke Henri HRH Maria Teresa HRH Hereditary Grand Duke Guillaume HRH Stéphanie HRH Prince Charles HRH Prince Félix HRH Princess Claire HRH Princess Amalia HRH Prince Liam HRH Prince Louis HRH Prince Gabriel HRH Prince Noah HRH Princess Alexandra HRH Prince Sébastien IKKH Princess Marie-Astrid HRH Prince Jean HRH Princess Diane HRH Princess Margaretha HRH Prince Guillaume HRH Princess Sibilla HRH Princess Marie-Gabrielle HRH Princess Joan

Prince Jean Félix Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg (born May 15, 1957 at Betzdorf Castle , Betzdorf , Luxembourg ) is a Luxembourg prince and entrepreneur.

family

Jean is a son of the former Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg and his wife, Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium and brother of Grand Duke Henri, who has ruled since 2000 . He has a twin sister named Margaretha, who is married to Prince Nikolaus von Liechtenstein .

The prince lives in Paris , where he also met his wife Helene Vestur. They married on May 27, 1987 and have four children: Marie-Gabrielle (* 1986), Constantin (* 1988), Wenceslas (* 1990) and Carl-Johann (* 1992). Jean of Luxembourg renounced his succession to the throne on September 26, 1986; he has been married to Diane de Guerre (* 1962) for the second time since 2009. According to a grand ducal decree of November 27, 2004, his children bear the title Prince / Princesse de Nassau with the salutation Royal Highness , but remain without the right of succession.

Career

Jean von Luxemburg studied in Luxemburg, Switzerland and France. After attending the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst , he received his officer license in 1977 . In 1979 he became a captain in the armed forces of Luxembourg . In 1986 he did his Master of Business Administration at Insead . He later worked in the financial sector and in the water industry.

Prince Jean has had to defend himself in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 2005 on suspicion of being involved in the " bombing affair ", although the related conspiracy-theoretical rumors and hostility against him have existed for decades.

Prince Jean was president of the French-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce, is an advisor to the energy company Engie (formerly GDF Suez), executive vice-president of the Suez Fondation , board member of the drinking water manufacturer Degrémont (a spin-off from Suez SA ). In 2006 he acquired Suez Environnement's South African subsidiary WSSA (Water & Sanitation South Africa) and brought it under the umbrella of his Luxembourg holding company Mea Aqua , a company with over 2,500 employees today, which offers drinking water solutions in Africa and the Middle East.

ancestors

Pedigree Jean, Prince of Luxembourg (* 1957)
Great-great-grandparents	Duke Charles III. (Parma) (1823–1854) ⚭ 1845 Princess Louise Marie Thérèse of France (1819–1864)	King Michael I (Portugal) (1802–1866) ⚭ 1851 Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831–1909)	Grand Duke Adolph (1817–1905) ⚭ 1851 Princess Adelheid Marie von Anhalt-Dessau (1833–1916)	King Michael I (Portugal) (1802–1866) ⚭ 1851 Princess Adelheid von Löwenstein-Wertheim-Rosenberg (1831–1909)	Prince Philippe of Belgium , Count of Flanders (1837–1905) ⚭ 1867 Princess Maria Luise of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen (1845–1912)	Duke Carl Theodor in Bavaria (1839–1909) ⚭ 1874 Infanta Maria Josepha of Portugal (1857–1943)	King Oskar II (Sweden) (1829–1907) ⚭ 1857 Princess Sophia of Nassau (1836–1913)	King Frederick VIII (Denmark) (1843–1912) ⚭ 1869 Princess Louise of Sweden (1851–1926)
Great grandparents	Duke Robert I (Parma) (1848–1907) ⚭ 1884 Infanta Maria Antonia of Portugal (1862–1959)		Grand Duke Wilhelm IV. (1852–1912) ⚭ 1893 Infanta Maria Anna of Portugal (1861–1942)		King Albert I (Belgium) (1875–1934) ⚭ 1900 Duchess Elisabeth Gabriele in Bavaria (1876–1965)		Prince Carl of Sweden , Duke of Västergötland (1861–1951) ⚭ 1897 Princess Ingeborg Charlotte of Denmark (1878–1958)
Grandparents	Prince Felix of Bourbon-Parma (1893–1970) ⚭ 1919 Grand Duchess Charlotte (1896–1985)				King Leopold III. (Belgium) (1901–1983) ⚭ 1926 Princess Astrid of Sweden (1905–1935)
parents	Grand Duke Jean (1921–2019) ⚭ 1953 Princess Joséphine Charlotte of Belgium (1927–2005)
Jean of Luxembourg (* 1957)

Web links

• Prince Jean. In: Government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (Ed.): The Grand Ducal Family of Luxembourg . 2003, ISBN 2-87999-017-3 , pp. 37 ( public.lu [PDF; accessed September 25, 2019]).
• Website of the company WSSA

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.wort.lu/de/view/presse-trifft-prinz-536f979ce4b05dc1dbb451a2?fb_comment_id=fbc_221337491409646_221417751401620_221417751401620#f2eec71a68  ( page no longer available , searching web archives )  Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press meets Prince. Grand Duke Henri's brother gives a press conference today.  
2. ↑ http://www.wort.lu/de/view/prinz-jean-ich-war-am-boden-zerstoert-5370d95ce4b0b90cd81652d3  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Prince Jean: "I was devastated". "I wish Me Vogel had asked me more questions".  
3. ↑ http://www.tageblatt.lu/nachrichten/meinung/story/Prinz-Jean-ist-schlecht-beraten-24385209 Prince Jean is badly advised. Rumors of a member of the grand ducal family's involvement in the bombings of the 1980s persist in the population.