The
Accession of Albert II (2005): As Rainier III's health worsened in 2005,
article 6 of the house laws was invoked and a regency began on March 31. The Secretary of State, René Novella requested a meeting of the Crown Council, which took place on March 31; the Council recognized Rainier's incapacity, based on testimonies of three medical doctors, and Albert became regent immediately. Rainier III died early on April 6, 2005. Albert II immediately succeeded him.
Adans Lopez Peres was born in
Portugal in
1975. He is a well-known circus performer but is probably best known as the second husband of
Princess Stéphanie of Monaco.They married secretly in
Switzerland in 2003 but the couple split after only 10 months of marriage.
Albert I, Prince of Monaco (13 November 1848 – 26 June 1922) was the reigning Prince of Monaco from 10 September 1889 – 26 June 1922). Prince Albert was married to Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton (1850-1922), of Lanarkshire, Scotland, they had one child Louis II.
Albert II, Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born 14 March 1958), styled
His Serene Highness The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, is the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco. He has two children born out of wedlock; Jazmin Grace Grimaldi and Alexandre Coste. -
March 2005: HSH Prince Albert of Monaco
Princess
Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia of Hanover (born July 20, 1999) styled Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Hanover, is the only child of Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover and his second wife Princess Caroline of Monaco. -
Biographies of Princess Caroline's Children
Aleco Noghes entered into a liaison with
Princess Antoinette in the mid 1940's and three children were born to the couple:
Elisabeth-Anne (born 1947),
Christian Louis (born 1949) and
Christine-Alix (1951-1989). They were married in a civil ceremony in Genoa on December 4, 1951 and divorced 3 years later.
Following their divorce, he lived for a time on his yacht before settling in the
United States with his third wife, Margot.
Alexandre Eric Stéphane Coste (born 24 August 2003 in Paris) is the son of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, and his former lover, Nicole Coste, a native of Togo in west Africa. -
Alexandre & Nicole Coste Current Events Part 1
Alice Heine (February 10, 1858 – December 22, 1925), styled HSH the Princess of Monaco and the Duchess of Richelieu, was the American-born second wife of Prince Albert I of Monaco, a great-grandfather of Prince Rainier III of Monaco.
Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (born June 8, 1984) is the eldest child of HRH Princess Caroline of Hanover and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He is currently second in line to the throne after his mother. -
Biographies of Princess Caroline's Children
Antoine Grimaldi, le Chevalier [de] Grimaldi, (
Paris,
October 2,
1697 -
Monaco,
November 28,
1784) was an illegitimate son of
Antonio I of Monaco and the dancer Élisabeth Dufort (named
Babé). He was the de facto ruler of Monaco between
1732 and
1784.He was recognized by his father in
1715.The
Chevalier de Grimaldi became
governor-general of Monaco on
May 20,
1732, when his brother-in-law
Jacques I, Prince of Monaco and his young nephew
Honoré III, Prince of Monaco moved to
Hôtel Matignon in
Paris and remained there, even after the proclamation in
1734 of Honoré as
Prince of Monaco.
This situation remained the same for half a century until Antoine's death in
1784, when Honoré III was already 64 years old.
Antoine Grimaldi was an able regent.
He for instance succeeded in keeping Monaco out of the
War of the Austrian Succession (
1740-
1748).
He died on
November 28,
1784 and never married.
His remains were moved in
1966 to the
Apse of the Monaco Cathedral.