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Jean (Jean Benoît Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano; 5 January 1921 – 23 April 2019) was the Grand Duke of Luxembourg from 1964 until his abdication in 2000. He was the first Grand Duke of Luxembourg of French agnatic descent.
Luxembourg's Grand Duke Jean, who oversaw the transformation of the Grand Duchy into an international financial center before abdicating and handing over to his son, has died at the age of 98.
Related: Grand Duke Henri of Luxembourg Paves Way for His Abdication with Surprise Announcement According to a schedule from the court, translated into English, the festivities will begin on Oct ...
She attended the funeral of Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg in May 2019. [45] In June 2019, Elisabeth and her mother traveled to Kenya on behalf of the United Nations Children's Fund and visited the Kakuma refugee camp.
The Grand Duke of Luxembourg [a] is the head of state of Luxembourg. Luxembourg has been a grand duchy since 15 March 1815, when it was created from territory of the former Duchy of Luxembourg . It was in personal union with the United Kingdom of the Netherlands until 1890 under the House of Orange-Nassau .
Prince Guillaume of Luxembourg has a new royal role as he prepares to reign one day. On Oct. 8, the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 42, and his father, Grand Duke Henri, participated in a ...
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg was created in 1815 by the Congress of Vienna and given to the new King of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in exchange for his ancestral Principality of Orange-Nassau, which went to Prussia; as a result, the first Grand Dukes of Luxembourg were Dutch kings also, and their heirs were eligible for both thrones.
The funeral directors to the Royal Household of the Sovereign of the United Kingdom are selected and appointed by the Lord Chamberlain's Office.. Procession during the funeral of Edward VII in 1910, assisted by William Banting funeral directors Train transport during the state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill in 1965, assisted by J. H. Kenyon Ltd Procession during the funeral of Margaret ...