Monegasque Princely Family

HSH The Sovereign Prince HRH The Princess of Hanover HSH Princess Stéphanie HSH Princess Antoinette

Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy (born Antoinette Louise Alberte Suzanne Grimaldi) (born 28 December 1920) is a member of the princely family of Monaco and the elder sister of the late Prince Rainier III. Her parents were Count Pierre de Polignac and Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois. The Monegasque Princely Family consists of the extended family of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco. ... Princes arms of Monaco This image depicts a seal, an emblem, a coat of arms or a crest. ... Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born March 14, 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. ... The Princess of Hanover is the eldest child of the late Prince Rainier III of Monaco and is currently heir presumptive to the principalitys throne. ... Princess Stéphanie of Monaco. ... The House of Grimaldi is associated with the history of the Republic of Genoa and of the Principality of Monaco. ... December 28 is the 362nd day of the year (363rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 3 days remaining. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... His Serene Highness Prince Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi; May 31, 1923–April 6, 2005), styled HSH The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, ruled the Principality of Monaco for almost fifty-six years, making him one of the longest ruling monarchs of the 20th Century. ... Prince Pierre Grimaldi, duc de Valentinois, comte de Polignac (born Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac) (24 October 1895 – 10 November 1964), was son of Count Maxence de Polignac (1857-1936) and his Mexican-born Spanish wife, Susana de la Torre y Mier (1858-1913). ... Portrait of Charlotte as a young woman Her Serene Highness Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois (Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi, née Louvet) (30 September 1898 - 15 November 1977), styled HSH The Princess Charlotte, was the daughter of Louis II, Prince of Monaco, and the mother of Prince Rainier III. From...

Marriages

• 1) Three children were born to Princess Antoinette and her lover Alexandre-Athenase Noghès, a Monegasque-born International tennis champion:
  • 1) Elisabeth-Anne (born 1947)
  • 2) Christian Louis, (born 1949)
  • 3) Christine Alix (1951–1989)

The parents subsequently married in Genoa on December 4, 1951 and divorced in 1954. The children were named Grimaldi at birth but by an ordinance of November 15, 1951 their names were changed to de Massy. Alexandre-Athenase (Aleco) Noghes An International tennis champion, he is perhaps best known as the husband of Princess Antoinette of Monaco whom he married as his second wife in December 1951. ... Elisabeth-Anne, Baroness de Massy was born in 1947 to Princess Antoinette of Monaco and her lover Aleco Noghes. ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1949 calendar). ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Location within Italy Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese (dialect of Ligurian) Zena, French Gênes, German Genua, Spanish Génova, Galician Xénova) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... December 4 is the 338th day (339th on leap years) of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... 1954 (MCMLIV) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

• 2) Her second husband, Jean-Charles Rey, a writer, was married to her from 1961 to 1973.

• 3) Her third husband was John Gilpin, a renowned British ballet dancer, whom she married on July 28, 1983. He died suddenly six weeks later.

Having divorced Noghès, she and her lover Jean-Charles Rey hatched a plan that would ultimately depose her brother Rainier III, Prince of Monaco and declare herself regent on the basis of having a son who would one day inherit the throne. She circulated rumours that Rainier's fiancee, actress Gisèle Pascal, was infertile which led to the breakup of the relationship. Rainier's marriage to Grace Kelly in 1956 and the arrival of his heirs, Princess Caroline in 1957 and Prince Albert in 1958, effectively scuppered Antoinette's plans. 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1961 calendar). ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... John Gilpin (10 February 1930 – 5 September 1983) was a leading English ballet dancer and actor. ... The Waltz of the Snowflakes from Tchaikovskys The Nutcracker. ... July 28 is the 209th day (210th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 156 days remaining. ... 1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Alexandre-Athenase (Aleco) Noghes An International tennis champion, he is perhaps best known as the husband of Princess Antoinette of Monaco whom he married as his second wife in December 1951. ... Gisèle Pascal (b. ... Princess Grace of Monaco, (born Grace Patricia Kelly) (November 12, 1929 – September 14, 1982) was an Academy Award-winning American film actress who, as a result of marriage to Prince Rainier III of Monaco on April 19, 1956, became Her Serene Highness Princess Grace of Monaco. ... The Princess of Hanover is the eldest child of the late Prince Rainier III of Monaco and is currently heir presumptive to the principalitys throne. ... Albert II, Sovereign Prince of Monaco (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born March 14, 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. ...

She was removed from the palace by Grace and maintained a somewhat distant relationship with the Princely Family for many years.

Princess Antoinette is known to be somewhat eccentric, even having been described as "completely mad" by her servants and, having been banished from Monaco in the late Fifties, she lives down the coast from Monaco at Èze with a large collection of dogs and cats. Èze is a commune of the Alpes-Maritimes département, in France. ...

Princess Antoinette and her descendants lost their place in the line of succession to the Monegasque Throne, which they acquired in 2002 with the reform of the succession rules, with the death of Rainier III. The line of succession to the Monegasque Throne passes to the descendants of the reigning Prince of Monaco in accordance with male-preference primogeniture. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...