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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 Royalty, Wikipedia, Leo’s Genealogics Website, The Peerage, or Find A Grave.
Parents
Prince Albert’s parents; Credit – Wikipedia
- Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923-2005)
- Grace Patricia Kelly (1929-1982)
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
- Count Pierre de Polignac (1895-1964)
- Princess Charlotte of Monaco (1898-1977)
- John B. Kelly Sr. (1889-1960)
- Margaret Katherine Majer (1898-1990)
Great-Grandparents
Louis II, Prince of Monaco, great-grandfather; Credit – Wikipedia
- Count Maxence de Polignac (1857-1936)
- Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier (1858-1913)
- Louis II, Prince of Monaco (1870-1949)
- Marie Juliette Louvet (mistress of Louis II) (1830–1910)
- John Henry Kelly (1847-1897)
- Mary Anne Costello (1852-1926)
- Carl Majer (1863-1922)
- Margaretha Berg (1870-1949)
Great-Great-Grandparents
Lady Mary Victoria Victoria Hamilton and Albert I, Prince of Monaco, great-great-grandparents; Credit – Wikipedia
- Count Charles de Polignac (1824-1881)
- Caroline Joséphine Le Normand de Morando (circa 1831-1883)
- Isidoro Fernando de la Torre y Carsí (1816-1881)
- María Luisa de Mier y Celis (circa 1827 – ?)
- Albert I, Prince of Monaco (1848-1922)
- Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton (1850-1922)
- Jacques Henri Louvet (1830-1910)
- Josephine Elvire Piedefer (1828–1871)
- Brian Kelly (1804-1889)
- Honora Margaret McLaughlin (circa 1821-1884)
- Walter Costello (1832-1910)
- Anne Burke (1833-1882)
- Johann Karl Majer (1837-1885)
- Luise Wilhelmine Adam (1837-1904)
- Georg Berg (1841-1908)
- Elisabetha Röhrig (1843-1886)
Great-Great-Great-Grandparents
Princess Marie Amelie of Baden, great-great-great-grandmother; Credit – Wikipedia
- Count Camille Melchior de Polignac (1781-1855)
- Countess Marie Charlotte Calixte Alphonsine Le Vassor de la Touche (1791-1861)
- Joseph Le Normand de Morando (1769-1843)
- Anne Marie Papin de Thevigné (1797-1870)
- Isidoro Francisco de la Torre
- Teresa Carsí
- Gregorio de Mier y Terán (1796-1869)
- Mariana de Gelis y Dosal (circa 1812-1858)
- Charles III, Prince of Monaco (1818-1889)
- Antoinette de Mérode (1828-1864)
- William Hamilton, 11th Duke of Hamilton (1811-1863)
- Princess Marie Amelie of Baden (1817-1888)
- Jacques Antoine Louvet (1793-1872)
- Marie Catherine Jouanne (1800-1889)
- Pierre Piedefer (1790-1875)
- Marie Anne Brunel (1793-1850)
- Father of Brian Kelly
- Mother of Brian Kelly
- Michael McLaughlin
- Mary Burke (circa 1787-1872)
- John Costello
- Bridget McLaughlin (1818- after 1886)
- Father of Anne Burke
- Mother of Anne Burke
- Gustav Maier (1793-1856)
- Elfriede Dede (1800-1873)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Adam (1806-1850)
- Juliane Wilhelmine Elisabeth Feucht (1807-1894)
- Johann Georg Berg (1805-1854)
- Anna Elisabeth Antes (1809-1898)
- Nicolaus Röhrig (1811-1882)
- Margaretha Rothermel (1815-1887)
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