Prince Jean of Luxembourg (given names: ''Jean Félix Marie Guillaume''; born 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.

Education and youth

Prince Jean's godparents were Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Princess Margrethe of Denmark. Prince Jean was educated in

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, 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 The Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (RMAS or RMA Sandhurst), commonly known simply as Sandhurst, is one of several military academies of the United Kingdom and is the British Army's initial officer training centre. It is located in the town o ...

, England and member of the Champion Platoon, having been commissioned in August 1978. He was made a

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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

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, France.

Career

Prince Jean works in the

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as an advisor to the GDF-Suez Group, Executive VP of the Suez Fondation and a Member of the Executive Board of

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, 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 (

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s in the utilities sector).

Marriage and family

On 27 May 1987, Prince Jean married

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, ''Hélène'' Suzanna Vestur (b. 31 May 1958, Saint-Germain-en-Laye,

), now a high civil servant, '' Conseiller d'Etat'' and judge, daughter of François Philippe Vestur (b. 1927), merchant, and his wife Cécile Ernestine Buisson (b. 1928).''Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels, Fürstliche Häuser'' XVIII. "Luxemburg". C.A. Starke Verlag, 2007, pp. 80, 82, 449–450. . His wife and children bore the title "Count(ess) of Nassau" from 21 September 1995. 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. The prince and former countess divorced on 13 December 2004, having four children together: * Princess ''Marie-Gabrielle'' Cecile Charlotte Sophia of Nassau (b. 8 September 1986,

). She married to Antonius Benedict Clemens Douglas Emanuel Willms (b. 22 December 1988,

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, USA; son of Hayo Willms, CEO of the German division of Rothschild Private Banking & Trust, and his wife Countess Maria Theresia von Goëss) in a civil ceremony on 15 May 2017 in

. The religious ceremony took place on 02 September 2017 at the Ermita del Santo Cristo Church in

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. They have two sons: ** ''Zeno'' Philippe Leopold Marcus d'Aviano Willms (b. 5 June 2018,

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). ** ''Cajetan'' Jean Wenceslas Marcus d'Aviano Willms (b. 2 September 2020,

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). * Prince ''Constantin'' Jean Philippe Marie Albert Marc d'Aviano de Nassau (b. 22 July 1988,

). He married to Kathryn ''"Katy"'' Sheena Mechie (b. 1989,

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) on 22 December 2020 in

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. They have two children: ** Prince Félix of Nassau (b. 22 April 2018). ** Princess Cosima of Nassau (b. 13 May 2022). *Prince ''Wenceslas'' François Baudoin Léopold Juraj Marie Marc d'Aviano de Nassau (b. 17 November 1990,

). * Prince ''Carl-Johan'' Félix Julien Marc d'Aviano de Nassau (b. 15 August 1992,

). He married to Ivanna Jamin (b. 1994) on 2019. They have one child: ** Prince Xander of Nassau (b. 2021). On 18 March 2009, Prince Jean married Diane de Guerre (b. 13 July 1962,

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) in a civil ceremony in

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. She is a daughter of French General Claude Gaston de Guerre (1910–1997) and German Countess Eugenie Wolff-Metternich zur Gracht (1923–2016), and based on the grand ducal house law was granted the title of "''Comtesse de Nassau''" (Countess Diane of Nassau).

Honours and awards

National honours

* : Knight of the

Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau The Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau (french: Ordre du Lion d'Or de la Maison de Nassau, nl, Huisorde van de Gouden Leeuw van Nassau) is a chivalric order shared by the two branches of the House of Nassau (the Ottonian and Walramia ...

* : Knight Grand Cross of the

Order of Adolphe of Nassau The Order of Civil and Military Merit of Adolph of Nassau (french: Ordre de Mérite civil et militaire d’Adolphe de Nassau) is an order of merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg for meritorious service to the Grand Duke, the Grand-Ducal House a ...

Foreign honours

* : Knight Grand Cross of the

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References

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