Albert II, Prince of Monaco

Prince Albert with wife Princess Charlene in 2011, photo by Prphotos

Birth Name: Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi

Place of Birth: Prince’s Palace, Monaco-Ville, Monaco

Date of Birth: 14 March, 1958

Ethnicity:
*father – French, one quarter Spanish-Mexican, small amounts of Belgian [Walloon, Flemish], Scottish, English, European Royal, remote Italian
*mother – Irish, German

Albert II, Prince of Monaco, is the reigning monarch of the Principality of Monaco. He has been Prince Regent of Monaco, from 31 March, 2005 to 6 April, 2005, and Prince of Monaco, since 6 April, 2005.

He is the son of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and American actress Grace Kelly. His siblings are Caroline, Princess of Hanover and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. His uncle, John B. Kelly, Jr., was an Olympic rower, as was his maternal grandfather, John Brendan “Jack” Kelly, who had won three Olympic gold medals. Albert II is married to Charlene, Princess of Monaco (born Charlene Lynette Wittstock). He has four children, Jazmin Grace Grimaldi, and Alexandre Grimaldi-Coste, from previous relationships; and two, Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès and Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, with Charlene.

His father’s ancestry was French, one quarter Spanish-Mexican, small amounts of Belgian [Walloon and Flemish], Scottish, English, and European Royal, and remote Italian. His mother was of Irish and German descent. He has Martinique-born and Haiti-born ancestors, of French descent.

Albert II’s paternal grandfather was Count Pierre de Polignac (the son of Count Maxence de Polignac and Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier). Count Pierre was born at Château de Kerscamp, Morbihan, France. Count Maxence was the son of Count Charles de Polignac, who was born in Paris, France, and of Caroline Joséphine Le Normand de Morando, who was born in Fort-de-France, Martinique. Susana was born in Mexico, the daughter of Spanish parents, Isidoro Fernando de la Torre y Carsí and María Luisa de Mier y Celis. Count is a title.

Albert II’s paternal grandmother was Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (the daughter of Louis II Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, and of Marie Juliette Louvet). Albert II’s grandmother Princess Charlotte was born in Constantine, French Algeria. Louis II was born in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, the son of Albert I, Prince of Monaco, who had a French father and a Belgian mother (as well as approximately 1/16th Italian roots), and of Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton, who was born in Scotland, of Scottish, English, French, and European Royal descent. Albert II’s great-grandmother Marie Juliette was born in Algeria, the daughter of Jacques Henri Louvet and Joséphine Elmire Piedefer.

One of Albert’s five times paternal great-grandfathers was novelist William Thomas Beckford.

Albert II’s maternal grandfather was John Brendan “Jack” Kelly (the son of John Henry Kelly and Mary Ann/Anne Costello). Albert II’s grandfather Jack was born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S. He owned a successful brickwork contracting company, was the Democratic Party nominee in the 1935 Philadelphia Mayoral election, and served on the Fairmount Park Commission and as National Director of Physical Fitness. Albert II is a great-nephew of Walter C. Kelly, a vaudeville comedian and actor, and George Kelly, a playwright.

Albert II’s great-grandfather John Kelly was Irish, born in Drumirla, Mayo, County Mayo, the son of Brian/Bernard Kelly and Honora Margaret McLaughlin. Mary Ann was also born in Drumirla, Mayo, Ireland, the daughter of Walter Costello and Anne Burke.

Albert II’s maternal grandmother was Margaret Katherine Majer (the daughter of Carl Majer/Maier and Margaretha Berg). Albert II’s grandmother Margaret was born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, U.S. Carl was born in Schloss Helmsdorf, Wurttemberg, Germany, the son of Johann Christian Karl Majer and Luise Wilhelmine Mathilde Adam, both from Tubingen. Albert II’s great-grandmother Margaretha was born in Heppenheim, Germany, the daughter of Georg/George Berg, from Walderlenbach, and of Elisabetha Röhrig, from Sonderbach.

Sources: Genealogies of Albert II, Prince of Monaco – http://www.geni.com
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