Monaco Orders & Monograms

[LadyMacAlpine]

Thats a beautiful card thank you for posting it.

[monaco70s]

They usually wear the sashes and orders at events like the Opera on Monaco National Day.

[LadyMacAlpine]

I located these on Chiffres & Monogrammes and found a description with Albert's

[monaco70s]

Stephanie's monogram is 2 S's, it's pretty much like Caroline's.

[tbhrc]

Here's the monogram of Princess Caroline and Prince Ernst-August:

http://i25.tinypic.com/23s9e37.jpg

[randomlyKeira]

Info on (some of) the Orders:

Order of Grimaldi:
Order of Grimaldi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Order of the Grimaldi, knight (Ordre des Grimaldi, chevalier)

Order of Cultural Merit
Order of Cultural Merit, knight (Ordre du Mérite Culturel, chevalier)

[An Ard Ri]

Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco and his sister Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès both have Princely Monograms!

Jacques, Hereditary Prince of Monaco



Princess Gabriella, Countess of Carladès

[An Ard Ri]

Coat of Arms of HRH The Princess of Hanover .

[cdm]

Isn't that their joint coat of arms? Does she have one of her own?

More Monaco monograms
https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki...rams_of_Monaco

[melina premiere]

Here is the monogram of princess Charlene

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charle..._of_Monaco.svg

It is nice that Prince hereditary Jacques and Princess Gabriella , comtess of carladès have already a monogram

[Duc_et_Pair]

Originally Posted by cdm

Isn't that their joint coat of arms?

Yes it are the Arms of Hannover and Monaco joint together but it seems a fantasy arms to me because the Arms of Monaco is flanked by monks and not by an unicorn (picture).

For "the wife of" often an oval shield is designed:
Lilian, the wife of Bertil of Sweden:(picture)
Máxima, the wife of Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands: (picture)

A born royal lady is often recognizeable by a lozenge shield:
Anne, The Princess Royal: (picture)
Princess Juliana of the Netherlands: (picture)

[An Ard Ri]

Coat of Arms of Princess Charlene of Monaco

Coat of arms of the late Princess Grace of Monaco

[C4A]

^^^ previous
Thanks for the above - interesting. The coat of arms are very similar. What do the blue shields represent - their own ancestors ( I'm guessing German here for P Charlene) maybe?

[An Ard Ri]

Yes as in the case of Princess Grace the Kelly Family Coat of Arms ( billet, tower, rampant lion ) along side those of the Princely House of Monaco.

http://kellyirishclan.com/wp-content.../Kellyjoin.jpg

[Moonmaiden23]

I love Princess Charlene's Arms. I had never seen them before.

Thank you An Ard Ri.

[melina premiere]

Me too, I never saw the Princess Charlene's Arms
I am not surprise because an uncle of the P Charlene has a page on Facebook called ' the Wittstock family tree' , it is the story of the family of Charlene , and there is already the same arms on the page

https://www.facebook.com/wittstockfamilytree/

[An Ard Ri]

The Wittstock Family Coat of Arms

http://ep.yimg.com/ay/4crests/wittst...-of-arms-2.gif

Not sure if Princess Stephanie has her own coat of arms.

[Moonmaiden23]

Wow...very impressive and beautiful!

I wonder if it's been in the family for generations or did they just have one made after Charlene became Princess of Monaco?

[burbankstorylady]

Originally Posted by Duc_et_Pair

Yes it are the Arms of Hannover and Monaco joint together but it seems a fantasy arms to me because the Arms of Monaco is flanked by monks and not by an unicorn (picture).

I'm disappointed by this. More than i should be, admittedly. I just can't deal with any Monaco-related coat of arms having the monks with swords replaced. That's just unacceptable.

[An Ard Ri]

Is the Order of the Crown/Ordre de la Couronne awarded anymore?
Princess Benedikte of Denmark was awarded in the past.