Caroline, Princess of Hanover facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Princess Caroline of Hanover |
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Princess Caroline of Hanover
Duchess of Brunswick and Lüneburg |
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| Born | 23 January 1957 Prince's Palace, Monaco |
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Philippe Junot
(m. 1978; div. 1980) Stefano Casiraghi
(m. 1983; died 1990) Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (m. 1999)
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| House | Grimaldi (by birth) Hanover (by marriage) |
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| Father | Rainier III, Prince of Monaco | ||||
| Mother | Grace Kelly | ||||
Caroline, Princess of Hanover (Caroline Louise Marguerite Grimaldi; born 23 January 1957), is the eldest child of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and the American actress Grace Kelly. She is the elder sister of Prince Albert II and Princess Stéphanie. Until the births of her niece and nephew, Princess Gabriella and Prince Jacques, in December 2014 she had been heir presumptive to the throne of Monaco since 2005, a position which she previously held from 1957 to 1958.
Caroline is married to Ernst August, Prince of Hanover (born 1954), the heir to the defunct throne of the former Kingdom of Hanover, as well as the heir male of George III of the United Kingdom.
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Princess Caroline and Albert, then Hereditary Prince of Monaco, with Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Washington D.C. on 28 March 1983
