Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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 Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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His full title is "by the Grace of God, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Prince of Parma, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenellenbogen and Diez, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Lord of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg and Eppstein." Many of the titles are held without regard to their strict rules of salic inheritance.
While in exile from his occupied homeland during World War II he joined the British Army as a volunteer in the Irish Guards, reaching the rank of lieutenant in 1943 and captain in 1944. He landed in Normandy on June 11 1944, and took part in the battle of Caen and the liberation of Brussels. On September 10 1944 he took part in the liberation of Luxembourg before moving on to Arnhem and the invasion of Germany. After the war, from 1984 to his abdication, he served as Colonel of the Regiment of the Irish Guards, often riding in uniform behind Queen Elizabeth II during the Sovereign's Birthday Parade.
He was married on April 9, 1953 to Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1927-2005), daughter of Léopold III, King of the Belgians. They had three sons and two daughters:
- Princess Marie-Astrid (born 17 February 1954). Married HI&RH Carl Christian Marcus d'Aviano, Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria (born 1954).
- Grand Duke Henri (born 16 April 1955)
- Prince Jean (born 15 May 1957). Married Hélène Vestur (born 1958) in 1987 and has issue. Renounced the right of succession for himself and his descendants on 26 September, 1986. His children, as well as his wife, bore the title Count(ess) of Nassau until given the title HRH Prince(ss) of Nassau on November 24, 2004 [link].
- Princess Margaretha (born 15 May 1957). Married HSH Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), son of Franz Joseph II, and has issue.
- Prince Guillaume (born 1 May 1963). Married Sibilla Weiller (born 1968), a great-granddaughter of Alfonso XIII of Spain, and has issue. His children bear the title Prince(ss) of Nassau.
Grand Duke Jean abdicated on October 7, 2000, and was succeeded on the throne by his son Henri.
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Charlotte
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