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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.
Mother abdicated, became grand duke Princess Hilda, 1921–1927, aunt Prince Charles, 1927–1955, brother Prince Henri, 1955–1964, son Jean: Hereditary Grand Duke Henri: Son 12 November 1964 Father became grand duke 7 October 2000 Father abdicated, became grand duke Prince Jean, 1964–1981, brother Prince Guillaume, 1981–2000, son Henri
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 .
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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.
The preference for men over women in succession to Luxembourg's throne was abandoned in favour of absolute primogeniture on 20 June 2011 by decree of Grand Duke Henri. [1] [2] Henceforth, any legitimate female descendant of the House of Luxembourg-Nassau born of authorized marriage shall inherit the throne by order of seniority of line of descent and of birth as stipulated in Article 3 of the ...
Guillaume is the Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg, the Grand Duke's eldest son, born on 11 November 1981. He was married on 20 October 2012 to Countess Stephanie of Lannoy , now Hereditary Grand Duchess Stephanie of Luxembourg, who was born on 18 February 1984.
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 ...