Figure 1.-- Grand Duke John in 1953 married Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. Here they are with their five children, I think about 1969.
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Figure 1.-- Grand Duke John in 1953 married Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium. Here they are with their five children, I think about 1969. |
Grand Duke John or Jean in 1953 was the eldest son of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg Charlotte after the plebiscite on November 6, 1919, married Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma (1893-1970) who became Prince Consort. John was born in 1921. John married married Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1953). Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in favor of Jean in 1964. John and Joséphine-Charlotte had five children, three boys and two girls. Their eldest son Henri married Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista, daughter of Jose Antonio Mestre and Maria Teresa Batista y Falla (1981). (Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista (1956-). Grand Duke John abdicated wanted to turn over reponsibility to his son.
Grand Duke John or Jean in 1953 was the eldest son of Grand Duchess Charlotte of Luxemburg. Charlotte after the plebiscite on November 6, 1919, married Prince Félix of Bourbon-Parma (1893-1970) who became Prince Consort.
John was born in 1921. We know nothing about his childhood at this time.
The Germans invaded neutral Luxemburg again in 1939 and the Duchy had to endure a second German invasion, this time even more brutal. Charlotte with her family fled to Portugal and from there to England. A Government in exile was formed in London. Charlotte's husband Felix and her son Jean served in the allied army fighting the Germans. The NAZIs regarded Luxemburg rather like Alsace as rightfully part of Germany. This time Luxemberg was incorporated within the Reich by the NAZIs until liberation in 1945. Thousands of her people were conscripted by the NAZIs for slave labor in Germany.
John married married Princess Joséphine-Charlotte of Belgium (1953).
Grand Duchess Charlotte abdicated in favor of Jean in 1964.
John and Joséphine-Charlotte had five children, three boys and two girls. We have very little information on their childhoods. Their eldest son Henri Albert Gabriel (1955- ) married Maria Teresa Mestre y Batista (1956- ), daughter of Jose Antonio Mestre and Maria Teresa Batista y Falla (1981). There other children were: Marie-Astrid Liliane (1954- ), Jean Felix Marie Guillaume (1957- ), Margaretha Antonia Marie (1957- ), and Guillaume Marie Louis (1963- ). We know very little about the children at this time. The image here shows the family about 1969 (figure 1).
We do not have a great deal of information on how the children dressed. There are numerous portraits of the children, however, which provide us details on how the children were dressed over time. There are both group portraits and individual portraits. A portrait of Prince Guillaume about 1964 shows him wearing rompers. Other images show him wearing bib-front shorts. The portrait for the children here shows the two older boys wearing trim-fitting single-breasted suits. The girls wear simple, but elegant dresses. Unlike the boys, they do not seem to have worn casual clothes.
Grand Duke John abdicated wanted to turn over reponsibility to his son.
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