Charlotte Casiraghi

Casiraghi in 2012, photo by PrPhotos

Birth Name: Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi

Place of Birth: Princess Grace Hospital Centre, La Colle, Monaco

Date of Birth: 3 August, 1986

Ethnicity:
*father – Italian
*maternal grandfather – French, 1/4 Spanish-Mexican, small amounts of Belgian [Walloon and Flemish], Scottish, English, European Royal, remote Italian
*maternal grandmother – Irish, German

Charlotte Casiraghi is the second child of Caroline, Princess of Hanover, and Stefano Casiraghi, an Italian industrialist. She is fifth in line to the throne of Monaco. She is a niece of Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Princess Stéphanie of Monaco, and a cousin of Jazmin Grace Grimaldi. The House of Grimaldi, who rules over the little Principality since 1287, is of Italian origin from Genoa.

Charlotte is married to film producer Dimitri Rassam. She has a son with her former partner, stand-up comedian and actor Gad Elmaleh; and a son with Dimitri. Dimitri’s mother is actress and fashion model Carole Bouquet.

Charlotte’s paternal grandparents are named Giancarlo Casiraghi and Fernanda Biffi/Palici. Fernanda was born in Milan, Province of Milan, Lombardy, Italy.

Charlotte’s maternal grandfather was Prince Rainier III of Monaco (the son of Count Pierre de Polignac, and of Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois). Prince Rainier III was born at Prince’s Palace, Monte Carlo, Monaco. Count Pierre was the son of Count Maxence de Polignac and Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier, who was born in Mexico, the daughter of Spanish parents. Charlotte’s great-grandmother Princess Charlotte was born in Algeria, the daughter of Louis II Grimaldi, Prince of Monaco, who was born in Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, and of Marie Juliette Louvet, who was born in Algeria.

One of Charlotte’s six times great-grandfathers was novelist William Thomas Beckford.

Charlotte’s maternal grandmother was Grace Kelly, an American actress (born Grace Patricia Kelly, the daughter of John Brendan “Jack” Kelly and Margaret Katherine Majer). Princess Grace was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. John was the son of Irish emigrants, John Henry Kelly and Mary Ann/Anne Costello, both of Drumirla, near Westport, County Mayo. Margaret was the daughter of Carl Majer/Maier, who was born in Schloss Helmsdorf, Wurttemberg, Germany, and of Margaretha Berg, who was born in Heppenheim, Germany.

Sources: Genealogies of Charlotte Casiraghi – https://www.geni.com
http://geneall.net
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com

Genealogy of Charlotte’s mother (through her own brother) – https://www.wikitree.com

Genealogy of Charlotte’s mother (focusing on her own mother’s side) – http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com

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