Biographies of Princess Caroline's Children

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From Wikipedia.com

Andrea Casiraghi

Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi is the eldest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco and Hanover and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, an heir to an Italian oil fortune. He is currently second in line to the throne after his mother, meaning that if the currently reigning Prince Albert II dies without legitimate children, then Casiraghi will most likely someday be the Prince of Monaco.
He was born June 8, 1984 at 22:50 at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo and was named for a childhood friend of his father's.
His godparents were his aunt Princess Stéphanie and his uncle Marco Casiraghi.
He has two younger siblings, Charlotte and Pierre, and a younger half-sister, Princess Alexandra of Hanover.
Known for his delicate blond good looks and athletic skills — he rides, skis, plays football and also guitar — he was included by People Magazine in 2002 in the Top 50 World's Most Beautiful People. He is fluent in French, English, Italian, and German.
He is presently dating Tatiana Santo Domingo, a Colombian heiress whose family owns Avianca, a large Colombian airline.

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From Wikipedia.com

Charlotte Casiraghi


Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi (born in 3 August 1986 at the Princess Grace Clinic in Montecarlo, Monaco) is the daughter of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi, an Italian industrialist. She is named for her maternal great-grandmother, Princess Charlotte of Monaco. Popular with paparazzi and society reporters, who find her stylish good looks to be reminiscent of her mother and maternal grandmother, Grace Kelly. Although she has not been given the title of princess (an attempt by her mother to give her daughter a more normal life), she is fourth in line to the throne of Monaco.
Along with her two brothers - Andrea, who is two years older, and her younger brother, Pierre born a year after her - grew up in the tiny Mediterranean principality ruled over by her maternal grandfather, Rainier III of Monaco. But when she was four years old, tragedy struck with the death of her father in a boat-accident.
Distraught, Princess Caroline moved the family to the beautiful Midi village of Saint Remy-de-Provence in France where the children grew up protected from the inquisitive eyes of the press. It was there that Charlotte learned to ride horses, a sport at which she excels today.
Then, in January 1999, Charlotte's life changed again. After almost a decade without a paternal figure, she gained a stepfather when Princess Caroline married longtime family friend Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover. Seven months later, a little half-sister, Princess Alexandra of Hanover, was born at a clinic in Austria. The family then moved to the Parisian suburb of Fontainebleau, so Princess Caroline and her new husband would have a base closer to his German roots and his children from a previous marriage, who live in London with their mother Chantal Hochuli.
Fluent in French, Italian, English – she also speaks a smattering of German, as befits her new status as a stepchild of one of the foremost German princelings – Charlotte has grown into a self-assured teenager.
Charlotte also lists skiing, snowboarding and swimming as hobbies. And she is a keen horsewoman. She appears to be inheriting her mother's inherent style and has begun to accompany Caroline on official engagements in Monte Carlo. She obtained an "excellent" (très bien) mark on her baccalaureate exam in July 2004. Presently, she is enrolled in the hypokhâgne course at the Lycée Fénelon, in St-Germain-des-Près - Paris, in order to prepare herself for the École Normale Supérieure (Paris) entrance exams.

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From Wikipedia.com

Pierre Casiraghi


Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the youngest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi. He was born on September 5, 1987 at Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace in Monte Carlo.
He is named for his maternal great-grandfather, Prince Pierre of Monaco, his maternal grandfather, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and his father. His godparents are his uncle Prince Albert and his aunt by marriage Laura Casiraghi (the wife of Daniel Casiraghi).
He has two elder siblings: Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi and Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi, and one younger half-sister, HRH Princess Alexandra of Hanover.
He can speak fluent French, Italian, English, and some German. He also plays the saxophone.
Pierre Casiraghi is third in line to the throne of Monaco, following his mother and brother.

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From Wikipedia.com

Princess Alexandra of Hanover


Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia Prinzessin von Hannover (July 20, 1999) styled Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra of Hanover, is the only child of Ernst August V, Prince of Hanover and his second wife Princess Caroline of Monaco. She has half-siblings from each of her parents' previous marriages.
Through her father, she is descended from King George III of the United Kingdom and from Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany. Through her mother, she is descended from Prince Rainier III of Monaco and Grace Kelly.
Her full claimed title is: Her Royal Highness Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia of Hanover, Duchess of Brunswick and Lunenburg, and Royal Princess of Great Britain and Ireland; however, both Germany and Ireland are republics, and the United Kingdom does not recognize the last title. Her style HRH The Princess Alexandra of Hanover is officially used in Monaco or by courtesy elsewere. She was born 20 July 1999 in Vöcklabruck, Austria six months after her parents' marriage.
She is, currently, the only one of Princess Caroline's four children who bears any royal style, and she is presently fifth in line to the throne of Monaco. She has four half-brothers, Prince Ernst, Jr. and Prince Christian of Hanover and Andrea and Pierre Casiraghi and one half sister Charlotte Casiraghi.

[Paula**]

Alexandra's last name is von Hannover?

[tbhrc]

'Von Hannover' is just the german version of 'of Hanover'. That's it....

[Paula**]

Originally Posted by tbhrc

'Von Hannover' is just the german version of 'of Hanover'. That's it....

right... so... Alexadra's last name is ...?

[monica17]

Originally Posted by Paula**

right... so... Alexadra's last name is ...?

Princess of Hanover, I think. I know it sounds strange, but that's what I know. Like her mother is also legally called Caroline Princess of Hanover. Anyone can correct me if I'm wrong. Their family is allowed to use that phrase as a surname (Prince/Princess of Hanover), as a courtesy since their royal title is no longer recognized.

On a similar note, Princess Aiko of Japan is known in school as Toshi no miya Aiko. Since the Imperial Family of Japan does not have a surname, her royal title Toshi no miya (Princess Toshi in English) stands as her surname (following the Eastern tradition of the surname being written first). So Alexandra and Aiko have almost similar cases of having surnames reflecting their heritage.

[michelle]

That's right...as far as I know ' von Hannover' is used as their surname.
As for Caroline , her surname has been Grimaldi ( like Stephanie and Albert ) , then Casiraghi and now 'von Hannover' .

[CasiraghiTrio]

Where does Alexandra go to school? I know it is in Fontainebleau, or somewhere around there, maybe technically it's in Barbizon or Saint Aspais or some other neighbor of Fontainebleau. All I know so far about her education is that she is enrolled in ballet lessons.:)

[le soleil]

andrea will you marry me?hehehehe...i really love andrea, he is one hot fine young royal!

[hsieh]

do any of the casiraghi trio want to hold down a job of some sort?

[CasiraghiTrio]

^It will be interesting to see if the Casiraghis develop their own careers.

In the subject of their biographies, I am working on this one about Charlotte. I hope it is for general enjoyment.

[iloveroyals]

Originally Posted by CasiraghiTrio

^It will be interesting to see if the Casiraghis develop their own careers.

In the subject of their biographies, I am working on this one about Charlotte. I hope it is for general enjoyment.

Long time, no see, CasiraghiTrio ! Great to see your biography of Charlotte in progress. Can't wait to read more !

[fortimo]

The Wikipedia writes about Charlotte Casiraghi: "When she turned five, her paternal grandparents, Giancarlo and Fernanda Casiraghi, gave her a small island off Sardinia reportedly valued at US $7 million, or $9 million according to one source." Is this true? Why does she get it? Why not the eldest boy or so? And does anybody know, where is exactly this island? North or south of Sardinia? Does it have a name? (For example the Onassis had the island Skorpios). Does/did she bring there some holidays? Does have anybody any pictures?