Jean, Marquis of Saint Hyacinthe

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Jean-Philippe de Gouemes-Bourbon
Marquis of Saint Hyacinthe
The Marquis pictured in 1978.
Head of the House of Güemes
Tenure22 September 1934 – present
PredecessorGermain, Marquis of Saint Hyacinthe
BornJuan Felipe de Güemes Borbón y Felán Osorio
25 April 1928
Quebec City, New France
HouseGüemes dynasty
FatherGermain de Gouemes-Bourbon
MotherCayetana Josefa Felán y Osorio
ReligionRoman Catholicism
SignatureJean-Philippe de Gouemes-Bourbon's signature

Jean-Philippe de Gouemes-Bourbon, 3rd Marquis of Saint Hyacinthe (born 25 April 1928) is a New French aristocrat and pretender to the Mexican throne as John I. He is a principal owner of the American cognac company Sirimiri S. L. and a co-founder of a private educational system known as the Lac Jaune Endowment. The Marquis captured the attention of the international media during his time as an usher at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth III in 1947 at age nineteen.

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