Prince Jean of Luxembourg

Not to be confused with his father Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg.

Prince Jean of Luxembourg (given names: Jean Félix Marie Guillaume; born 15 May 1957), 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.

Prince Jean of Luxembourg
Born	(1957-05-15) 15 May 1957 (age 68) Betzdorf Castle, Betzdorf, Luxembourg
Spouse	Hélène Suzanna Vestur ​ ​ (m. 1987; div. 2004)​ Diane de Guerre ​ (m. 2009)​
Issue	Princess Marie-Gabrielle of Nassau Prince Constantin of Nassau Prince Wenceslas of Nassau Prince Carl-Johan of Nassau
Names Jean Félix Marie Guillaume
House	Luxembourg-Nassau (official) Bourbon-Parma (agnatic)
Father	Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Mother	Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium

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 was a member of the Champion Platoon, having been 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.

Career

Prince Jean works in the water industry as 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 services in the Middle East and in Africa. Mea Aqua and its subsidiaries employ today over 2,500 employees.^{[citation needed]}

Marriage and family

On 27 May 1987, Prince Jean married morganatically in Paris, France, Hélène Suzanna Vestur (b. 31 May 1958, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France), now a high civil servant, Conseiller d'Etat and judge, daughter of François Philippe Vestur (1927-2005), merchant, and his wife Cécile Ernestine Buisson (1928-2017).^[1] His wife and children bore the title "Countess 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 on 13 December 2004, having four children together. He remarried to Diane de Guerre on 18 March 2009.

Honours and awards

Styles of Prince Jean of Luxembourg
Reference style	His Royal Highness
Spoken style	Your Royal Highness

See also: List of honours of the Luxembourgish Grand-Ducal Family by country

National honours

• Luxembourg: Knight of the Order of the Gold Lion of the House of Nassau^[3]
• Luxembourg: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Adolphe of Nassau^[5]

Foreign honours

• Spain: Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (8 July 1980)^[6][7]