Stefano Casiraghi pictured with Princess Caroline in 1990

Stefano Casiraghi (August 9, 1960 – October 3, 1990) was a sportsman and Italian businessman. He was a son of Fernanda and Giancarlo Casiraghi and the second husband of Princess Caroline of Monaco. File links The following pages link to this file: Stefano Casiraghi ... 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. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 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. ...

He had once described himself as "a born businessman" who was invloved in all sectors of business from exporting footwear to building and investment. He owned garages, used car lots, restaurants, boutiques, heliports, apartment houses, factories and souvenir shops. He had business interests in North Africa, the Middle East, Rome, Milan, Paris and New York.

On December 29, 1983 he married the princess. Her father, Prince Rainier was by all accounts suspicious of his new son-in-law as many were. The Italian papers called him "Carolino" and imagined him to be a mere plaything for his wife but he surprised everyone by becoming a very powerful man in Monaco in a very short time. In seven years he emerged as Rainier's shadow and was of enormous value to Rainier on account of his business sense and his discretion. Many believe that there was Mafia involvement in his death but while there is no evidence to support this, there were reportedly some in Monaco who drank champagne when he died. The couple had three children: Andrea born June 8, 1984, Charlotte born August 3, 1986 and Pierre born September 5, 1987. They are, respectively, second, fourth and third in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, after their mother, who is now HRH the Princess of Hanover, Hereditary Princess of Monaco. December 29 is the 363rd day of the year (364th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 2 days remaining. ... 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Prince Rainier III (Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi) (born May 31, 1923), is the hereditary Prince and head of state of the Principality of Monaco. ... Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi is the eldest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, an heir to an Italian oil fortune. ... June 8 is the 159th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (160th in leap years), with 206 days remaining. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born Monaco, 3 August 1986) is the daughter of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, an heir to an Italian oil fortune. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the youngest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. ... September 5 is the 248th day of the year (249th in leap years). ... 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The line of succession to the Monegasque Throne passes to the descendants of the reigning Prince of Monaco in accordance with male-preference primogeniture. ...

He was killed in a speed boating accident off the coast of Monaco on October 3, 1990 while defending his World Off-shore title. Only weeks earlier, he had escaped death when his boat blew up off the coast of Guernsey. He had planned to retire after his defence of the title in 1990. Stefano is buried in the Chapelle de la Paix in Monaco, which is also the resting place of his wife's paternal grandfather, Prince Pierre of Monaco. October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, duc de Valentinois (24 October 1895 - 10 November 1964), was son of Maxence de Polignac (1857-1936) and his wife Suzanne de la Torre y Mier (1858-1913), and married the hereditary Princess of Monaco. ...