Genealogy of the Princely Family of Monaco^{1, 2}

House Grimaldi

HSH Princesse Souverain Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Princesse Louise Hippolyte Grimaldi de Monaco)
* November 10th, 1697
† December 29th, 1731
Princesse Souverain de Monaco, February 26th, 1731

Married:

Saint Jean Baptiste Chapel, Monaco, October 20th, 1715:
Jacques François Léonor de Goyon Comte de Matignon et de Thorigny, Duc d'Estouteville
Since: July 24th, 1715: Jacques François Léonor de Goyon Duc de Valentinois, Comte de Matignon et de Thorigny, Duc d'Estouteville
Since: December 29th, 1731: HSH Prince Souverain Jacques I François Léonor de Goyon de Monaco
* November 21st, 1689
† April 23rd, 1751
Created Duc de Valentinois, July 24th, 1715
Prince Souverain de Monaco, December 29th, 1731 (abdicated: 1733)

Children from this marriage:

1. HSH Prince Antoine Charles Marie de Monaco, Marquis des Baux, Comte de Matignon
   * December 16th, 1717
   † February 24th, 1718
2. HSH Princesse Charlotte Thérèse Nathalíe de Monaco, Mlle de Monaco
   * March 19th, 1719
   † ?
   Nun at the Convent of Visitation at Paris
3. HSH Prince Souverain Honoré III Camille Léonor de Monaco
4. HSH Prince Charles Marie Auguste de Monaco, Comte de Carladès et de Matignon
   * January 1st, 1722
   † August 24th, 1749
   Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Monaco, 1733
5. HSH Princesse Louise Françoise de Monaco, Mlle des Baux
   * July 15th, 1724
   † September 15th, 1729
6. HSH Prince François Charles de Monaco, Comte de Thorigny
   * Paris, February 4th, 1726
   † December 9th, 1743
7. HSH Prince Charles Maurice de Monaco, Comte de Valentinois
   * Paris, May 14th, 1727
   † Maury, January 18th, 1798
   Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Monaco, August 24th, 1749 - May 17th, 1758

   Married:

   November 10th, 1749:
   Marie Christine Chrétienne de Rouvrois
   * May 7th, 1728
   † July 15th, 1774

8. HSH Princesse Louise Françoise Thérèse de Monaco, Mlle d'Estouteville
   * July 20th, 1728
   † June 20th, 1743

HSH Prince Souverain Honoré III Camille Léonor de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Prince Honoré Camille Léonor de Monaco)
Since February 26th, 1731: HSH Prince Héréditaire Honoré Camille Léonor de Monaco, Marquis des Baux
* November 10th, 1720
† Paris, March 21st, 1795
Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, February 26th, 1731
Prince Souverain de Monaco, 1733

Married:

(by proxy) Genoa, June 15th and (in person) July 5th, 1757:
Marie Catherine de Brignole
* October 7th, 1737
† Wimbledon, March 28th, 1813
(Divorced: December 31st, 1770)

Children from this marriage:

1. HSH Prince Souverain Honoré IV Charles Anne Marie Maurice de Monaco
2. HSH Prince Joseph Marie Jérôme Honoré de Monaco, Comte de Caumont
   * September 10th, 1763
   † June 28th, 1816

   Married:

   1. April 6th, 1782:
      Françoise Thérèse de Choiseul-Stainville
      * December 8th, 1766
      † (guillotine) July 26th, 1794
   2. ...:
      Frances Margaret Rainsford
      * ...
      † December 1st, 1806

   Children from the first marriage:

   1. HSH Princesse Honorine Camille Athénaïs de Monaco
      * Paris, April 22nd, 1784
      † May 8th, 1879

      Married:

      July 20th, 1803:
      René Louis Victor Marquis de la Tour du Pin de la Charce
      * 1779
      † 1832

   2. HSH Princesse Athénaïs Euphrosine Louise Philippine de Monaco
      * Paris, June 22nd, 1786
      † Fontaine Française, September 11th, 1860

      Married:

      Paris, August 8th, 1804:
      Louis Auguste Michel Félicité la Tellier de Souvré Marquis de Louvois
      * Paris, December 3rd, 1783
      † April 3rd, 1844

   3. HSH Princesse Delphine Aimée Charlotte de Monaco
      * Paris, July 22nd, 1788
      † at a young age

HSH Prince Souverain Honoré IV Charles Anne Marie Maurice de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Prince Héréditaire Honoré Charles Anne Marie Maurice de Monaco, Marquis des Baux)
* Monaco, May 17th, 1758
† Paris, February 16th, 1819
Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, May 17th, 1758
Prince Souverain de Monaco, March 21st, 1795

Married:

Paris, July 15th, 1777:
Louise Félicité Victoire d'Aumont Duchesse de Mazarin et de la Meilleraye
* Paris, October 22nd, 1759
† Paris, December 13th, 1826
(Divorced: Paris, June 22nd, 1798

Children from this marriage:

1. HSH Prince Souverain Honoré V Gabriel de Monaco
   (Born as: HSH Prince Honoré Gabriel de Monaco)
   Since March 21st, 1795: HSH Prince Héréditaire Honoré Gabriel de Monaco, Marquis des Baux
   * Paris, May 14th, 1778
   † Paris, October 2nd, 1841
   Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, March 21st, 1795. Prince-Regent of Monaco, 1815
   Prince Souverain de Monaco, February 16th, 1819

   Illegitimate child:

   1. Louis Gabriel Oscar Grimaldi Marquis des Baux
      * June 8th, 1814
      † July 14th, 1894
      (Acknowledged: November 28th, 1814)
2. HSH Prince Souverain Florestan I de Monaco

HSH Prince Souverain Florestan I de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Prince Tancrède Florestan Roger Louis de Monaco)
* Paris, October 10th, 1785
† Paris, June 20th, 1856
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Monaco, February 16th, 1819
Prince Souverain de Monaco, October 2nd, 1841

Married:

Paris, November 27th, 1816:
Marie Louise Charlotte Gabriëlle (Caroline) Gibert de Lametz
* Coulommiers, July 18th, 1793
† Monaco, November 20th, 1879

Children from this marriage:

1. HSH Prince Souverain Charles III Honoré de Monaco
2. HSH Princesse Florestine Gabriëlle Antoinette de Monaco
   * Fontenay-aux-Roses, October 22nd, 1833
   † Stuttgart, April 24th, 1897

   Married:

   Saint Jean Baptiste Chapel, Monaco, February 16th, 1863:
   Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand Graf von Württemberg
   Since May 28th, 1867: HSH Duke Friedrich Wilhelm Alexander Ferdinand von Urach, Graf von Württemberg
   * Stuttgart, July 6th, 1810
   † Schloß Lichtenstein, July 17th, 1869
   Created HSH 1st Duke von Urach, Graf von Württemberg, May 28th, 1867
   

HSH Prince Souverain Charles III Honoré de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Prince Charles Honoré de Monaco)
Since October 2nd, 1841: HSH Prince Héréditaire Charles Honoré de Monaco, Marquis des Baux
* Paris, December 8th, 1818
† Château de Marchais, September 10th, 1889
Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, October 2nd, 1841
Prince Souverain de Monaco, June 20th, 1856

Married:

Brussels, September 28th, 1846:
Antoinette Ghislaine Comtesse de Merode-Westerloo
* Brussels, September 28th, 1828
† Monaco, February 10th, 1864

Child from this marriage:

1. HSH Prince Souverain Albert I Honoré Charles de Monaco

HSH Prince Souverain Albert I Honoré Charles de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Prince Albert Honoré Charles de Monaco)
Since June 20th, 1856: HSH Prince Héréditaire Albert Honoré Charles de Monaco, Marquis des Baux
* Paris, November 13th, 1848
† Paris, June 26th, 1922
Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, June 20th, 1856
Prince Souverain de Monaco, September 10th, 1889

Married:

1. Château de Marchais, September 21st, 1869:
   Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
   * Hamilton Palace, London, December 11th, 1850
   † Budapest, May 14th, 1922
   (Divorced: Monaco, July 28th, 1880; annulled: January 3rd, 1881)
2. Paris, October 30th, 1889:
   Marie Alice Heine
   * 900 Royal Street, New Orleans, February 10th, 1858
   † Paris, December 22nd, 1925
   (Divorced: Monaco, May 30th and Paris, June 3rd, 1902)

Child from the first marriage:

1. HSH Prince Souverain Louis II Honoré Charles Antoine de Monaco
   

HSH Prince Souverain Louis II Honoré Charles Antoine de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Prince Louis Honoré Charles Antoine de Monaco)
(Since September 10th, 1889:) HSH Prince Héréditaire Louis Honoré Charles Antoine de Monaco, Marquis des Baux
* Baden-Baden, July 12th, 1870
† Monaco, May 9th, 1949
Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, September 10th, 1889
Prince Souverain de Monaco, June 26th, 1922

Married:

Saint Jean Baptiste Chapel, Monaco, July 24th, 1946:
Ghislaine Marie Françoise Dommanget
* Reims, October 13th, 1900
† Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, April 30th, 1991

Illegitimate child:

1. HSH Princesse Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi de Monaco, Duchesse de Valentinois

HSH Princesse Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi de Monaco, Duchesse de Valentinois
(Born as: Charlotte Louise Juliette Louvet)
* Constantine, September 30th, 1898
† Paris, November 15th, 1977
(Mother: Marie Juliette Louvet, * Pierreval, May 19th, 1867 † Paris, November 11th, 1930)
Legitimated and created HSH Princesse de Monaco, Duchesse de Valentinois: May 16th, 1919
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Monaco, June 26th, 1922 (renounced her right of succession in favour of her son: May 30th, 1944)

Married:

Monaco, March 19th, 1920:
Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior Comte de Polignac
Since March 18th, 1920: HSH Prince Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior Grimaldi de Monaco, Duc de Valentinois, Comte de Polignac
* Château de Kerscamp, October 24th, 1895
† Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, November 10th, 1964
Created HSH Prince de Monaco, Duc de Valentinois, March 18th, 1920
(Divorced: Paris, March 20th, 1930 and Monaco, February 18th, 1933)

Children from this marriage:

1. HSH Princesse Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne de Monaco
2. HSH Prince Souverain Rainier III Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand de Monaco

HSH Prince Souverain Rainier III Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand de Monaco
(Born as: HSH Prince Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand de Monaco)
* Monaco, May 31st, 1923
† Monaco, April 6th, 2005
Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Monaco, May 30th, 1944
Prince Souverain de Monaco, May 9th, 1949

Married:

(civil) Throne Room, Princely Palace, Monte Carlo, April 18th and (religious) Cathedral, Monte Carlo, April 19th, 1956:
Grace Patricia Kelly
* Philadelphia, November 12th, 1929
† (car crash) Monaco, September 14th, 1982

Children from this marriage:

1. HSH Princesse Caroline Louise Marguerite de Monaco
   * Monaco, January 23rd, 1957
   Heir Pressumptive to the Throne of Monaco, January 23rd, 1957 - March 14th, 1958 and since April 6th, 2005

   Married:

   1. (civil) Throne Room, Princely Palace, Monte Carlo, June 28th and (religious) Saint Jean Baptiste Chapel, Monaco, June 29th, 1978:
      Philippe Junot
      * Paris, April 19th, 1940
      (Divorced: Monaco, October 2nd, 1980; annulled: June 20th, 1992)
   2. (civil) Princely Palace, Monte Carlo, December 29th, 1983:
      Stefano Andrea Casiraghi
      * Milan, September 8th, 1960
      † (speed boat crash) Cap Ferrat, October 3rd, 1990
   3. (civil) Room of Mirrors, Princely Palace, Monte Carlo, January 23rd, 1999:
      HRH Prince Ernst August Albert Paul Otto Rupprecht Oskar Berthold Friedrich-Ferdinand Christian-Ludwig of Hanover, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, Prince of Great Britain and Ireland
      * Hanover, February 26th, 1954
      Heir Apparent, February 26th, 1954
      Head of the Royal Family of Hanover, December 9th, 1987
      

   Children from the second marriage:

   1. Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi
      * Centre Hospitalier "Princesse Grace", Monte Carlo, June 8th, 1984
      
   2. Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi
      * Centre Hospitalier "Princesse Grace", Monte Carlo, August 3rd, 1986
      
   3. Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi
      * Centre Hospitalier "Princesse Grace", Monte Carlo, September 5th, 1987
      
2. HSH Prince Souverain Albert II Alexandre Louis Pierre de Monaco
   (Born as: HSH Prince Héréditaire Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre de Monaco, Marquis des Baux)
   * Monaco, March 14th, 1958
   Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, March 14th, 1958
   Prince Souverain de Monaco, April 6th, 2005
   
3. HSH Princesse Stéphanie Marie Elisabeth de Monaco
   * Monaco, February 1st, 1965

   Married:

   1. Monaco, July 1st, 1995:
      Daniel Ducruet
      * November 27th, 1964
      (Divorced: Monaco, October 4th, 1996)
   2. Vandoeuvres, September 12th, 2003:
      Adans Lopez Peres
      * 1975
      

   Children from the first marriage:

   1. Louis Robert Paul Ducruet
      * Centre Hospitalier "Princesse Grace", Monte Carlo, November 26th, 1992
      (Born out of wedlock)
      
   2. Pauline Grace Maguy Ducruet
      * Centre Hospitalier "Princesse Grace", Monte Carlo, May 4th, 1994
      (Born out of wedlock)

   Illegitimate child:

   3. Camille Marie Kelly Grimaldi
      * Centre Hospitalier "Princesse Grace", Monte Carlo, July 15th, 1998
      (Father officially unknown; Jean Raymond Gottlieb is believed to be the father)
4. Miscarriage
   Montreal, 1967
5. Miscarriage
   1970/71
   

Footnotes:

1. With special thanks to Hein Bruins, Verena Denzer, Marlene Eilers Koenig, Brigitte Gastel Lloyd, Netty Leistra and Paul Theroff.
2. The official titles of the Sovereigns of Monaco are (in French): Prince Souverain de Monaco, Duc de Valentinois, Marquis des Baux, Comte de Carladès, Baron du Buis, Seigneur de Saint-Remy, Sire de Matignon, Comte de Torigni, Baron de Saint-Lô, de la Luthumière et de Hambye, Duc d'Estouteville, de Mazarin, et de Mayenne, Prince de Château-Porcien, Comte de Ferrette, de Belfort, de Thann et de Rosemont, Baron d'Altkirch, Seigneur d'Isenheim, Marquis de Chilly, Comte de Longjumeau, Baron de Massy, Marquis de Guiscard.
   The official titles of the Heir to the Throne are: Prince Héréditaire de Monaco, Marquis des Baux.
   The other descendants in male lineage of the sovereign bear the titles Prince(sse) de Monaco.
   All members of the family bear the style Serene Highness.

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