by Susan Flantzer
© Unofficial Royalty 2019

The Roman Catholic Monaco Cathedral (also called the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Nicholas Cathedral) has been the site of baptisms, weddings, funerals, and burials of the Princely Family of Monaco. It was built on the site of the first church in Monaco, built in 1252, which was dedicated to Saint Nicholas. After the first church burned in a fire in 1874, the cathedral was built from 1875–1903 and consecrated in 1911.

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Princess Caroline of Monaco

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Princess Caroline with her mother

• Unofficial Royalty: Princess Caroline of Monaco
• Parents: Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace, born Grace Kelly
• Born: January 23, 1957, at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco
• Christened: March 5, 1957, at the Monaco Cathedral (also called the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Nicholas Cathedral)
• Names: Caroline Louise Marguerite
• Godparents:
  • Margaret Davis, her maternal first cousin
  • Prince George Festetics de Tolna, grandson of Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton and her second husband Prince Tassilo Festetics de Tolna. Mary Victoria’s first husband was Prince Albert I of Monaco. They were the parents of Prince Louis II, Princess Caroline’s great-grandfather.
• YouTube – British Pathé: Princess Is Christened (1957)

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Prince Albert II of Monaco

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Prince Albert with his parents and sister

• Unofficial Royalty: Prince Albert II of Monaco
• Parents: Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace, born Grace Kelly
• Born: March 14, 1958, at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco
• Christened: April 20, 1958, at the Monaco Cathedral (also called the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Nicholas Cathedral)
• Names: Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre
• Godparents
  • Queen Victoria Eugenie of Spain, born Princess Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria
  • Prince Louis de Polignac, first cousin of his paternal grandfather

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Princess Stéphanie of Monaco

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• Unofficial Royalty: Princess Stéphanie of Monaco
• Parents: Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Princess Grace, born Grace Kelly
• Born: February 1, 1965, at the Prince’s Palace in Monaco
• Christened: March 13, 1965, at the Monaco Cathedral (also called the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Nicholas Cathedral)
• Names: Stephanie Marie Elisabeth
• Godparents:
  • John B. Kelly Jr., her maternal uncle
  • Baroness Elisabeth-Anne de Massy, her paternal first cousin

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Princess Gabriella of Monaco, Countess of Carladès

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Princess Gabriella and her father

• Unofficial Royalty: Princess Gabriella of Monaco, Countess of Carladès
• Parents: Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene, born Charlene Wittstock
• Born: December 10, 2014, two minutes before her twin brother at The Princess Grace Hospital Centre in Monaco
• Christened: May 10, 2015, at the Monaco Cathedral (also called the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Nicholas Cathedral)
• Names: Gabriella Thérèse Marie
• Godparents:
  • Gareth Wittstock, her maternal uncle
  • Nerine Pienaar, the wife of retired South African rugby player Francois Pienaar, a friend of her mother

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Hereditary Prince Jacques of Monaco, Marquis of Baux

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Hereditary Prince Jacques with his mother

• Unofficial Royalty: Hereditary Prince Jacques of Monaco, Marquis of Baux
• Parents: Prince Albert II of Monaco and Princess Charlene, born Charlene Wittstock
• Born: December 10, 2014, two minutes after his twin sister at The Princess Grace Hospital Centre in Monaco
• Christened: May 10, 2015, at the Monaco Cathedral (also called the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate and Saint Nicholas Cathedral)
• Names: Jacques Honoré Rainier
• Godparents:
  • Christopher Le Vine Jr., maternal first cousin of his father
  • Diane de Polignac Nigra, paternal first cousin once removed of his father, the niece of Prince Louis de Polignac who was her father’s godfather

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