Jean of Luxembourg
His Royal Highness Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg, Jean Benoit Guillaume Robert Antoine Louis Marie Adolphe Marc d'Aviano (born on January 5, 1921) ruled Luxembourg from 1964 to 2000. His full title is "by the Grace of God, Grand Duke of Luxembourg, Duke of Nassau, Prince of Bourbon-Parma, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Count of Sayn, Königstein, Katzenellenbogen and Diez, Burgrave of Hammerstein, Seigneur of Mahlberg, Wiesbaden, Idstein, Merenberg, Limburg and Eppstein."
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.
He became Grand Duke when his mother, the Grand Duchess Charlotte, abdicated in 1964. He was married on April 9, 1953 to Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium, who was born on October 11, 1927, daughter of Leopold III, King of the Belgians. They had two sons and three daughters.
Grand Duke Jean abdicated on October 7, 2000, and was succeeded on the throne by his son Henri.
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