Jean von Luxemburg (1921-)
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https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/persinst/27493
- Name (English)
- Jean von Luxemburg
- Short name
- Jean of Luxembourg
- Year of birth
- 1921
- Short Description
- "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.
Jean was the eldest son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and Prince Felix. Jean´s primary education was initially in Luxembourg, before attending Ampleforth College in England. In 1938, he was officially named Hereditary Grand Duke as heir to the throne of Luxembourg. While Luxembourg was occupied by Germans during the Second World War, the grand ducal family was abroad in exile. Jean studied at the Université Laval in Quebec City. Jean later volunteered to join the British army´s Irish Guards in 1942, and after graduating from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, received his commission in 1943. He participated in the Normandy landings and the Battle for Caen, and joined the Allied forces in the liberation of Luxembourg. From 1984 until 2000, he was colonel of the Irish Guards." - (en.wikipedia.org 31.01.2020) - Entity Encoding
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