Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg
Monarch of Luxembourg (1964-2000)
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- Fame56.7
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- Politicians rank#221
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Lived 1921–2019, aged 98
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He went from exile student to combat officer in the Irish Guards, landed at Normandy, and helped liberate his own occupied country — then ruled Luxembourg for thirty-six years after his mother stepped down.
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Jean was born the eldest son of Grand Duchess Charlotte and named heir apparent in 1938, but the Second World War sent the grand ducal family into exile while Germany occupied Luxembourg. He studied at Université Laval in Quebec, then volunteered for the British Army's Irish Guards in 1942. After graduating from Sandhurst and receiving his commission in 1943, he fought in the Normandy landings and the Battle for Caen, eventually joining the Allied forces that liberated his own homeland. In 1953 he married Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium; they had five children. His mother abdicated on…
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