Birth Name: Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi
Place of Birth: Monaco-Ville, Monaco
Date of Birth: 14 March 1958
Ethnicity: Monegasque, English, French, German, Irish, Italian, Scottish, Spanish
Albert II is the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco. He is the son of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and the American actress Grace Kelly. He is married to Charlene, Princess of Monaco (Charlene Wittstock) (pictured above). His daughter is Jazmin Grace Grimaldi.
Albert’s paternal grandfather was Count Pierre de Polignac (the son of Count Maxence de Polignac and Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier). Count Maxence was the son of Count Charles de Polignac and Caroline Joséphine Le Normand de Morando. Susana was the daughter of Isidoro Fernando de la Torre y Carsí and María Luisa de Mier y Celis. Count is a title.
Albert’s paternal grandmother was Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (the daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and of Marie Juliette Louvet). Louis II was the son of Albert I, Prince of Monaco, and of Lady Mary Hamilton. Marie was the daughter of Jacques Henri Louvet and Joséphine Elmire Piedefer.
Albert’s maternal grandfather was John “Jack” Brendan Kelly (the son of John Henry Kelly and Mary Ann Costello). Albert’s great-grandfather John was Irish, the son of Brian Kelly and Honora Margaret McLaughlin. Mary was also born in Ireland, the daughter of Walter Costello and Anne Burke.
Albert’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Katherine Majer (the daughter of Carl Majer and Margaretha Berg). Carl was born in Schloss Helmsdorf, Wurttemberg, Germany, to Johann Christian Karl Majer and Luise Wilhelmine Mathilde Adam, both from Tubingen. Margaretha was born in Heppenheim, Germany, to George Berg, from Walderlenbach, and Elisabetha Röhrig, from Sonderbach.
Source: Genealogy of Albert II, Prince of Monaco – http://www.geni.com
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