
The first lord of Monaco was Carlo Grimaldi in 1341, member of a Genoan family that traced its ancestry from Otto Canella, who was consul of this republic in 1133. The sovereignty of Monaco was confirmed several times by the kings of France. Honoré II (1597-1662) used since 1612 the princely title. King Louis XIII of France gave him in 1641 the duchy of Valentinois. The princely title was confirmed by France in 1688. The Grimaldi dynasty died out in the male line with Antoine I (1661-1731). His daughter Louise Hippolyte married Jacques de Goyon de Matignon, who took the name Grimaldi at his wedding in 1715. Their last male descendant was Louis II (1870-1949). For a while the German Urachs were in line for the inheritance, but Louis legitimized his daughter Charlotte, who subsequently married count Pierre de Polignac. Their son Rainier III succeeded his grandfather.
The Polignacs trace their ancestry to a Bertrand de Chalencon, who was mentioned in 1179. His descendant Guillaume III Baron de Chalencon married around 1349 Valperge de Polignac and their son Armand became Vicomte de Polignac.
1a.
Gabriella Thérèse Marie Princess
of Monaco, Comtesse de Carladès * Monaco 10-12-2014 (twin)
1b.
Jacques Honoré Rainier Hereditary Prince
of Monaco, Marquis des Baux * Monaco 10-12-2014 (twin)
II
2.
Albert II Alexandre Louis Pierre since 31-3-2005 Regent and since 6-4-2005 Sovereign Prince
of Monaco * Monaco 14-3-1958
x Monaco 1-7-2011 (rel. Monaco 2-7-2011)
3.
Charlene Lynette
Wittstock * Bulawayo 25-1-1978
III
4.
Rainier III Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Sovereign Prince
of Monaco * Monaco 31-5-1923 + Monaco 6-4-2005
x Monaco 18-4-1956
5.
Grace Patricia
Kelly * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 12-11-1929 + Monaco 14-9-1982; Actress
6. Michael (
Mike) Kenneth
Wittstock * Durban 8-2-1946; Owner Wittstock Engineering Services in Johannesburg
x ...
7. Lynette
Humberstone * Bulawayo 1-10-1959
IV
8.
Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior Comte
de Polignac * Château de Kerscamp 24-10-1895 + Neuilly-sur-Seine 10-11-1964
x Monaco 19-3-1920 (divorced Parijs 18-2-1933)
9.
Charlotte Louise Juliette
Louvet legitimized 16-5-1919 Princess
of Monaco, Duchesse de Valentinois (*) Constantine, Algerije 30-9-1898 + château de Marchais 15-11-1977
10. John Brendan
Kelly * Philadelphia 4-10-1889 + Philadelphia 20-6-1960
x Philadelphia 30-1-1924
11. Margaret
Majer * Philadelphia 13-6-1899 + Linwood, New Jersey 6-1-1990
12. Dudley Kenneth
Wittstock * Durban 17-11-1918 + Benoni, South-Africa 8-1-1986
x 16-12-1943
13. Sylvia Fagan
Nicolson * 12-8-1921 + Benoni 15-9-2015
14. Brian John
Humberstone * Londen-Wandsworth 10/12-1931 + Perth, Australia 12-9-1998
x South Rhodesia ...
15. Violet Irene
Openshaw * 6-8-1936
V
16. Maxence Melchior Edouard Marie Louis Comte
de Polignac * Kerskamp-en-Hennebont 13-12-1857 + 1936
x Parijs 10-10-1881
17.
Suzanne Marie Anne Stéphanie Françoise
de la Torre y Mier * Mexico 2-9-1858 + Talence 15-8-1913
18.
Louis II Honoré Charles Antoine Sovereign Prince
of Monaco * Baden-Baden 12-7-1870 + Monaco 9-5-1949
en
19. Marie Juliette
Louvet * Pierreval 9-5-1867 + Parijs 24-9-1930
20. John Henry
Kelly * Drumirla near Westport, county Mayo 29-7-1847 + Philadelphia 24-2-1897
x Vermont 20-6-1867
21. Mary Anne
Costello * Ierland 18-1-1852 + Philadelphia 21-9-1926
22. Carl
Majer (Charles Mayer) * Schloß Helmsdorf near Immenstadt 11-12-1863 + Philadelphia 10-5-1922
x Philadelphia 22-1-1896
23. Margaretha
Berg * Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse 10-7-1870 + Philadelphia ..-10-1949
24.
Heinrich Carl Friedrich
Wittstock * Yellow Woods Farm, King Williamstown, Caffraria 30-1-1887 + Durban 12-1-1962
x East-London ...
25. Olive Florence
Caldwell * Cathcart, South Africa 21-5-1888 + Durban 4-7-1975
26. Henry
Nicolson * Durban 21-5-1897 + Durban 31-1-1960; xII Durban 16-8-1941 Gladys Muriel Loose * Pietermaritzburg 13-4-1899 + Durban 9-9-1967
x Durban 8-12-1920 (divorced before 1933)
27. Marjorie Winifred
Nelson * Romford, Essex 7/9-1899 + Southsea 25-2-1975; xII Wandsworth 1933 George E. Tilby * …
28. Ernest James John
Humberstone * Wandsworth 1/3-1904 + Bulawayo 13-3-1970; Emigrated to South-Rhodesia in 25-3-1948
x Londen-Wandsworth 4/6-1927
29. Lilian Cecilia
Paul * Wandsworth 10/12-1905 + 29-10-1997
30. Charles Edward
Openshaw * Skirbeck, Lancashire ..-4-1889 + 1968; Fitter engineer (1911), emigrated to South Africa before 1919
x before 1919
31. Alice Isabelle
McMaster * 19-9-1896, ~ Hoopstad, Oranje Vrijstaat 7-3-1897 + Bulawayo 3-3-1960
VI
32. Charles Marie Thomas Etienne Georges Comte
de Polignac * Parijs 22-12-1824 + Kerbastic 5-9-1881
x Parijs 27-3-1851
33. Caroline Joséphine
Lenormand de Morando * Fort Royal, Martinique 27-1-1828 + Kerbastic 1-1-1883
34. Isidro
de la Torre y Gil * El Puerto de Santa Maria, Cadiz 1816 + Vichy 28-8-1881
x …
35. Luisa
de Mier y Celis * Palencia 1830 + …
36.
Albert I Honoré Charles Sovereign Prince
of Monaco * Parijs 13-11-1848 + Parijs 26-6-1922
x Château de Marchais 21-9-1869 (divorced 28-7-1880)
37. Lady Mary Victoria
Hamilton * Hamilton Palace, Lanarkshire 11-12-1850 + Budapest 14-5-1922
38. Jacques Henri
Louvet * Pierreval 30-9-1830 + Rouen 7-9-1910
xI La Rue-Saint-Pierre 3-2-1852
39. Joséphine Elmire
Piédefer * La Rue-Saint-Pierre 3-9-1828 + Pierreval 10-7-1871
40. Brian
Kelly * county Mayo 1804 + 1889
x 1849
41. Honora Margaret
McLaughlin * Ierland 1821 + Rutland 1-5-1884
42. Walter
Costello * Ierland 1832 + Philadelphia ..-7-1910
x Ierland 1851
43. Anne
Burke * Ierland 1833 + Philadelphia 1892
44. Johann Christian Karl
Majer * Tübingen 23-8-1837 + Friedrichsburg 27-4-1885
x Stuttgart 9-8-1860
45. Luise Wilhelmine Mathilde (
Minna)
Adam * Tübingen 30-6-1837 + Immenstadt/New York 26-12-1904
46. Georg
Berg * Walderlenbach 17-10-1841 + Heppenheim 14-8-1908; Bürger, Sattlermeister und Tapezierer in Erbach
x Heppenheim 28-7-1868
47. Elisabeth
Röhrig * Sonderbach 24-1-1843 + Heppenheim 15-3-1886
48. Martin Gottlieb
Wittstock * Zerrenthin 18-8-1840 + Kingwilliamstown 11-2-1915; Landarbeiter aus Zerrenthin (Uckermark), emigrated in 1861 with his parents via Hamburg to South-Africa
x ca. 1875
49. Johanna Luise
Schönknecht * 23-8-1850 + Kingwilliamstown 23-1-1932;Eemigrated in 1858 with her parents via Hamburg to South-Africa
50. William James
Caldwell * ... + 11-8-1929
x ...
51. Mary Ann
Baker * Lower Blinkwater 11-6-1859 + Vincent, Cambridge, East-London 23-6-1931
52. Albert
Nicolson * France 1862/63 (according to marriage certificate, no Albert is mentioned as child of Charles Arthur N. and Agnes Fagan) + 3-9-1935; Accountant in Durban
x Ladysmith 1-8-1888, Pietermaritzburg 30-10-1888
53. Sarah Frances
Barrett * Pietermaritzburg 26-12-1867 + Durban 4-8-1935
54. Charles Somerville
Nelson * 1856
x Camden 30-10-1883
55. Caroline Rosa
Dickson * ...
56. Herbert James
Humberstone * Islington 4/6-1872 + Pembroke ..-3-1952; Chemical engineer
x Battersea 28-9-1895
57. Annie
Deacon * ... + Wandsworth ..-9-1952
58. Cecil Arthur
Paul * Battersea 29-1-1881 + Brighton ..-3-1978; Stationer's clerk
x Wandsworth 25-9-1904
59. Florence Rosina Elizabeth
Webb * Lambeth 10/12-1883 + Wandsworth 22-8-1944 (bombing)
60. William Davidson
Openshaw * Sculcoates 12-11-1855 + Bombay 12-12-1922; Foreman in oll mill (1891), foreman of cake and oil mill (1911)
x Sculcoates 25-12-1877
61. Emily
Thornhill * Hull 11-6-1856 + Holderness 7-5-1948
62. Alfred Clarence
McMaster * Ficksburg 30-10-1865 + Bulawayo 6-8-1932
x Hoopstad, Oranje Vrijstaat 1-1-1889
63. Lessya/Lasya Susanna
Kotze * Winburg 23-1-1870 + Selukwe, South Rhodesia 1-6-1913
VII
64. Camille Melchior Comte
de Polignac * Versailles 27-12-1781 + Fontainebleau 2-2-1855; Zn van Jules 1.Duc de P. en Gabriëlle de Polastron
x Londen 1810
65. Charlotte Calixte Alphonsine
Le Vassor de la Touche * Saint Laurent-du-Lamentin, Martinique 15-9-1791 + Fontainebleau 22-6-1861; Dr van Louis Charles Le V. de la T. en Calixte Pocquet de Puilhery
66. Joseph
Lenormand de Morando * Cadiz 1769 + Parijs 18-8-1843; Zn van
x Lamentin 17-2-1817
67. Anne Marie
Papin de Thevigne * Le Mouillac 2-8-1797 + Tours 12-3-1870; Dr van
68. Francisco
de la Torre y Cossio * … + …; Zn van
x …
69. Josefa
Gil * … + …
70. Gregorio
de Mier y Teran * Redondo 24-4-1796 + Mexico 28-8-1869; Zn van Antonio M. y Teran en Antonia Alonso de Teran
x …
71. Mariana
de Celis y Dosal * … + Redondo 27-6-1858; Dr van Mateo de C. y Mier en Evarista Dosal
72.
Charles III Honoré Sovereign Prince
of Monaco * Parijs 8-12-1818 + château de Marchais 10-9-1889; Zn van Florestan I Sovereign Prince of M. en Caroline Gibert
x Brussel 28-9-1846
73. Antoinette Ghislaine Comtesse
de Merode * Brussel 28-9-1828 + Monaco 10-2-1864; Dr van Werner Jean Baptiste Ghislain Comte de M. en Victoire Comtesse de Spangen d'Uyternesse
74. William Alexander Antony Archibald
Hamilton, 11.Duke of Hamilton and 8.Duke of Brandon * Londen 18-2-1811 + Parijs 15-7-1863; Zn van Alexander D.-H., 10.Duke of Hamilton and 7.Duke of Brandon, en Susan Beckford
x Mannheim 23-2-1843
75. Marie Princess
of Baden * Karlsruhe 11-10-1817 + Baden-Baden 17-10-1888; Dr van Karl II Grandduke of B. en Stéphanie de Beauharnais
76. Jacques Antoine
Louvet * Pierreval 14-8-1793 + La Rue-Saint-Pierre 19-3-1872; Zn van Jacques Antoine L. en Madelaine Aimable Lepeuple
x Bois-Guillaume 18-1-1825
77. Marie Catherine
Jouanne * Fontaine-le-Bourg 19-9-1802 + La Rue-Saint-Pierre 23-3-1889; Dr van Jean Baptiste J. en Catherine Julie Jullian
78. Pierre Michel Isidore Valentin
Piedefer * Quincampoix 19-3-1798 + La Rue-Saint-Pierre 1-4-1875; Zn van Michel Valentin P. en Marguerite Legrand
x Bosc-Bordel 28-11-1821
79. Marie Anne
Brunel * Roncherolles 16-8-1793 + La Rue-Saint-Pierre 11-11-1850; Dr van Pierre B. en Marie Anne Daniel
80. N.N.
x
81. N.N.
82. Michael
McLaughlin * … + …
x …
83. Mary
Burke * ca. 1787 + Rutland, Vermont 23-11-1873; Dr van David B. en Mary Rollins
84. John
Costello * … + …
x …
85. Bridget
McLaughlin * 1818 + na 1886; Dr van Michael M. (= 82.) en Mary Burke (= 83.)
86.
x
87.
88. Gustav
Majer * Tübingen 22-8-1793 + Tübingen 21-10-1856; Oberjustizrat; Zn van de Kon. Württembergse Obertribunalrat Johann Christian v. M. en Caroline Juliane Ziegler
x Neurenberg 15-10-1826
89. Elfriede
Dede * Altona 10-9-1800 + Immenstadt 12-1-1873; Dr van de koopman Christian Detlev D. en Johanna Catharina Bothen
90. Friedrich Wilhelm Karl
Adam * Tübingen 4-11-1806 + Tübingen 22-8-1850; Werkmeister; Zn van de Stadtwerk- en Zimmer-Obermeister Andreas A. en Regina Barbara Ammermüller
x Tübingen 31-1-1832
91. Juliane Wilhelmine Elisabetha
Feucht * Tübingen 30-1-1807 + Tübingen 9-1-1894; Dr van de bakker Johannes F. en Catharina Rosa Burkhardt
92. Johann Georg
Berg * Walderlenbach 25-10-1805 + Erbach 11-1-1854; Ackersmann; Zn van de Müller Johann Georg B. en Elisabeth Helfert
x Heppenheim 31-8-1830
93. Anna Elisabeth
Antes * Erbach 5-7-1809 + Erbach 14-9-1898; Dr van de boer Josef (Jost) A. en Anna Röhrig/Rerer
94. Nicolaus
Röhrig * Sonderbach 1-10-1811 + Sonderbach 11-7-1882; Bürger en Schmiedermeister in Sonderbach bij Heppenheim; Zn van de Schmiedermeister Nikolaus R. en Barbara Gölz
x Heppenheim 25-10-1836
95. Margaretha
Rothermel ~ Kirschhausen 23-11-1815 + Sonderbach 9-11-1887; Dr van de smid Peter R. en Elisabeth Engelhardt
96. Christian Friedrich
Wittstock * Zerrenthin 22-7-1807 + Kingwilliamstown 1-8-1893; Emigrated in 1861 via Hamburg to South-Africa; Zn van Christian Friedrich W. en Sophia Hornsburg
x ...
97. Marie Christine
Blum * Triglitz 1810 + Kingwilliamstown 25-12-1896; Dr van Joachim B.
van
98. Johann Georg
Schönknecht * 1816 + Kingwilliamstown 6-7-1888; Farmer in Kay, Prussia, and later South-Africa, emigrated in 1858 with his family with ship La Rochelle from Hamburg to South-Africa; Zn van
x ca. 1840
99. Anna Rosine
Bodatsch * ... + Kingwilliamstown 11-5-1889; Dr van
100. ; van
x
101. ; van
102. John Henry
Baker * Oxfordshire ... + Eastern Cape 26-4-1906; Zn van
x ...
103. Mary Ann
Lincoln * Fort Beaufort, South-Africa ...; Dr van
104. ? Charles Arthur
Nicolson * Calcutta 18-11-1818 + Cape Town 31-7-1897; Major, 25th Bengal Native Infantry; Zn van Dr. Simon N. from Calcutta en Isabella MacLeod; xII 1868 Beatrice Fraser * ...
x Calcutta 8-9-1842
105. ? Agnes Cecilia Adelaide
Fagan * 11-8-1821 + 21-6-1865; Dr van Major-General Christopher Sullivan F. en Agnes Baldock
106. Henry
Barrett * Harewood, Yorkshire ... + Pretoria 19-5-1918; Zn van William B. en Mary Rhodes
x ...
107. Mary
Wright * ... + Pietermaritzburg 1888; Dr van Leonard W. en Elizabeth Rhodes
108. John Joseph
Nelson * ...; of The Inner Temple; Zn van
x ...
109. Mary
Andrews * ...; Dr van John A. from Cambridge
110. James
Dickson * ...; Zn van
x ...
111. N.N.; Dr van
112. James Henry
Humberstone * Islington ... + ...; Zn van James Henry H. en Sarah Waters
x Islington 3-7-1869
113. Alice Goodall
Powell ~ Islington 24-9-1848 + Wandsworth ..-6-1923; Dr van Joseph Edward P. en Martha Ann Chapman
114. John
Deacon * ...; Zn van
x ...
115. Annie N. * ...; Dr van
116. Alfred
Paul * Barnet, Hertfordshire 1835 + Wandsworth 14-3-1898; Zn van William P. en Ann Godfrey
x ...
117. Maria Emma
Lewis * Wakefield, Yorkshire 1847 + ...; Dr van
118. John Frederick
Webb * ...; Zn van
x ...
119. Mary Ann Elizabeth N. * ...+ Wandsworth 22-8-1944 (bombing); Dr van
120. John
Openshaw * Little Lever, Lancashire 2-1-1816 + 1871; Zn van Thomas O. en Catherine Haslam
x Sculcoates 24-5-1846
121. Hannah
Pye * Lowthorpe, Norfolk 1823 + 1896; Dr van
122. William
Thornhill * West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire 1836 + Sculcoates 1-4-1890; Boiler maker (1851), engineer (1871); Zn van William T. en Bridgett Wrathmall
x Sculcoates 26-6-1856
123. Amelia
Morrell ~ Drypool, Yorkshire 11-3-1838 + Hull 5-6-1880; Dr van Joseph M.
124. Joseph William
McMaster * Somerset East, Kaapkolonie 15-8-1841 + Ficksburg 20-2-1909; Zn van David John M. en Jane Margaret Pinchin Webber
x Bloemfontein 26-1-1865
125. Annie Jane
Fraser * Colesberg 6-6-1846 + Bloemfontein 26-1-1877; Dr van James Peter F. en Susanna Jacoba Aletta Cronje
126. Abel Jacobus
Kotze * Colesberg, Kaapkolonie 24-10-1831 + Groothoek, Oranjerivierkolonie 25-6-1904; Zn van Gerhardus Petrus K. en Martha Maria Pienaar
x Winburg 29-9-1851
127. Anna Maria Magdalena
Pretorius * Colesberg 1-5-1834 + Hoopstad 21-9-1908; Dr van Abraham Paulus P. en Anna Maria Magdalena Viljoen
Sources:
Burke's Royal Families of the World, Europe and Latin America
Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels
Albert II de Monaco, les surprises du prince, by Philippe Delorme
http://www.thisistotalessex.co.uk/news/Family-s-delight-royal-wedding/article-2833754-detail/article.html
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/SOUTH-AFRICA-IMMIGRANTS-BRITISH/2003-11/1067925397
http://www.libraryireland.com/Pedigrees1/Nicolson15Ithe.php
http://www.justanswer.com/genealogy/75sjb-johann-george-abt-1817-06-july1888-anna-rosine-1817-1889.html
Kevin Openshaw (geni)
with thanks to Netty Leistra