Ancestors of Prince Albert II of Monaco

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Albert II, Prince of Monaco; Credit – Wikipedia

As of the publication of this article in 2021, Prince Albert II of Monaco has the least royal pedigree of all the European monarchs. His maternal great-grandparents were immigrants to the United States from Ireland and Germany. Prince Albert’s mother, the American actress Grace Kelly, can be considered “Hollywood royalty.” She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance in the drama The Country Girl (1954) with Bing Crosby. Among her other films were the western High Noon (1952) with Gary Cooper, the romance-comedy-musical High Society (1956) with Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra, and three Alfred Hitchcock suspense thrillers: Dial M for Murder (1954) with Ray Milland, Rear Window (1954) with James Stewart, and To Catch a Thief (1955) with Cary Grant. Prince Albert’s maternal grandfather John B. Kelly Sr. won three Olympic gold medals for rowing.

Besides members of the princely family of Monaco, the only other royal that appears in Prince Albert’s last five generations is his great-great-great-grandmother Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, daughter of Karl I, Grand Duke of Baden and Stéphanie de Beauharnais. Princess Marie Amelie of Baden married William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton, the Premier Peer of Scotland, and their daughter Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton married Prince Albert I of Monaco. Princess Marie Amelie was a close friend and confidant of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French and his wife Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French.

Parents, Grandparents, Great-Grandparents, Great-Great-Grandparents, and Great-Great-Great-Grandparents of Albert II, Prince of Monaco (born March 14, 1958)

The links below are from Unofficial RoyaltyWikipedia, Leo’s Genealogics Website, The Peerage, or Find A Grave.

Parents

Prince Albert’s parents; Credit – Wikipedia

Grandparents

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At Prince Rainier III’s accession to the throne in 1950, first row from left to right: Rainier’s sister Princess Antoinette, Rainier’s mother Princess Charlotte, Prince Rainier III, and Rainier’s father Pierre de Polignac – Charlotte and Pierre are Albert II’s paternal grandparents

Great-Grandparents

Louis II, Prince of Monaco, great-grandfather; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Grandparents

Lady Mary Victoria Victoria Hamilton and Albert I, Prince of Monaco, great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia

Great-Great-Great-Grandparents

Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, great-great-great-grandmother; Credit – Wikipedia

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