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  Young Royalty
Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the third and last son of the deceased Stephano Casiraghi and Princess Caroline.
Pierre was born at The Princess Grace Hospital on September 6, 1987 and being baptized in Sardou by catholic rites.
Pierre plays the saxophone and likes to imitate his grandfather who also plays this instrument.
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  Prince Rainier Of Monaco Dies
In 1962, Rainier set about building his legacy, overhauling the principality's constitution and authorising an ambitious construction project, which reclaimed a huge area of land from the sea and expanded Monaco's territory by 20%.
She married Italian industrialist Stefano Casiraghi in 1983 and they had three children, Andrea, Charlotte and Pierre, before his death in a power-boat racing accident in 1990.
Rainier later served in the French mission in occupied Berlin and became a colonel.
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 Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Rainier was born in Monaco, the only son of Prince Pierre of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois (né Count Pierre de Polignac) and his wife, Hereditary Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.
Rainier had one sibling, HSH Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy, an unpopular figure generally believed to be meddlesome enough regarding her children's place in the line of succession to have forced Princess Grace to demand that she leave the country.
Rainier was first sent to study at Summer Fields School in St Leonards-on-Sea, England, [1] and later at Stowe, a prestigious English public school in Buckinghamshire.
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  Comments
Rainier felt strongly that Monaco had a dismal future if it catered only to the super-rich and depended mostly on gambling to sustain itself, as it had since the 19th century, when Charles III, his great-grandfather, decided the principality would profit if it made itself attractive to some of the wealthiest people around.
Rainier did not agree; he was determined to make Monaco accessible to the middle class, as well as to businessmen who dreamed of finding a tax haven for themselves and their companies.
Rainier did not abdicate in favor of any of them, and he was reportedly concerned about their well-publicized escapades.
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 Rainier, 81, transformed Monaco
Rainier felt strongly that Monaco had a dismal future if it catered only to the super-rich and depended mostly on gambling to sustain itself, as it had since the 19th century.
Rainier was determined to make Monaco accessible to the middle class, and to those seeking a tax haven for themselves and their companies.
Rainier did not abdicate in favor of any of his children and he was reportedly concerned about their escapades.
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 H.S.H. Prince Rainier III
Prince Rainier III, the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, was born on May 31, 1923 in Monaco.
May 9, 1949, Prince Rainier III succeeded from his grand father, Prince Louis II (five years earlier, on May 30, 1944, the Crown Princess Charlotte, daughter of Prince Louis II, duly authorised by the Sovereign Prince, renounced in favour of her son, the hereditary title and the succession to the throne of Monaco).
Prince Rainier continued to serve in the ranks of the French Army, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, then posted to the economic section of the French Military Mission in Berlin.
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 Prince Rainier III of Monaco - Telegraph
Rainier went on to Stowe, from which he ran away; when he was returned to the school the authorities placed him in the sanatorium.
Rainier was devastated by his loss, and for some time afterwards seemed unable to maintain his normal control.
Her second marriage, to Stefano Casiraghi in 1983, ended when he was killed in a speedboat accident in 1990.
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 The New York Times > International > Europe > Prince Rainier of Monaco Dies at 81   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rainier felt strongly that Monaco had a dismal future if it catered only to the super-rich and depended mostly on gambling to sustain itself, as it had since the 19th century, when Charles III, his great-grandfather, decided the principality would profit if it made itself attractive to some of the wealthiest people around.
Rainier did not agree; he was determined to make Monaco accessible to the middle class, as well as to businessmen who dreamed of finding a tax haven for themselves and their companies.
Rainier did not abdicate in favor of any of them, and he was reportedly concerned about their well-publicized escapades.
www.nytimes.com /2005/04/06/international/europe/06cnd-rainierobit.html?ex=1270440000&en=063f21afed8d0905&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&pagewanted=all   (2225 words)

  
 Monaco
Before Rainier married Grace Kelly in April 1956, he notified the French government of his plans; the French ministry of Foreign affairs replied with a message of congratulations, thus establishing the requisite "prior understanding".
As Rainier III's health worsened in 2005, article 6 of the house laws was invoked and a regency began on March 31.
A person is monegasque if (a) born of a monegasque father, or (b) born of a monegasque mother who (b1) was still monegasque at the time of birth, or (b2) is descended of a person born monegasque, or (b3) acquired monegasque citizenship in various ways (see the law itself for details).
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 Pierre Casiraghi at AllExperts
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 is named for his maternal great-grandfather, Prince Pierre of Monaco, his maternal grandfather, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and his father.
Pierre Casiraghi is third in line to the throne of Monaco, following his mother and brother.
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 Pierre Casiraghi
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Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi is the youngest child of HSH Princess Caroline of Monaco (now HRH The Princess of Hanover) and her second husband, Stefano Casiraghi.
He is named for his maternal great-grandfather, Prince Pierre of Monaco, his maternal grandfather, Prince Rainier III of Monaco, and his father.
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 Grace Kelly Memorial Hall - Moonlightchest.com
She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her film career entirely, but followed his wishes grudgingly.
Prince Rainier's maternal grandfather, Louis II also legitimized his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet (later Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois), who would become Rainier's mother and made her his heir.
Pascal and Rainier supposedly parted when a physical examination reportedly found her to be infertile, but she later married Raymond Pellegrin, to whom she bore a child.
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 The Court Jester
Rainier was incensed that she had broken up with him, instead of him with her, the way he planned.
Rainier had never had a close relationship with his parents and had few friends; Grace’s parents were over-protective, and she had lots of friends to confide in.
Rainier decided that the rot in his family tree could be stopped with an entirely new branch.
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 August Annotations: Issue #17: June 2006
Caroline and Stefano had Andrea in 1984, Charlotte in 1986 and Pierre in 1987.
His sister Charlotte became a notable equestrian, Pierre is said to be keen on the saxophone, and Andrea himself skis and plays guitar.
It seemed for a time that Rainier was improving a bit, but after a grievously short time at home, he was whisked back to the hospital with a chest infection.
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 Obituaries Today
Stefano Casiraghi, born in 1960, was the son of a wealthy Italian businessman.
The young boy, named after a friend of his father who had died in an accident, was followed in 1986 by a sister, Charlotte Marie Pomeline, named for Rainier's mother, and, one year later, a brother, Pierre Rainier Stefano.
However, the fairy tale was cut short on October 3, 1990, when Stefano, an avid sportsman, was killed in a speedboat racing accident.
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 Worldroots.com
He is the most vivacious of Rainier´s grandchildren, as his grandmother Fernanda told in an interview.
Pierre loves practizing sports like football, martial arts, riding, etc.
When he met the Russian ice skater Okasana Grichtchuk at the F1 Grand Prix de Monte Carlo 2001 he got to sit next to her in the backseat of a fl convertible Saab, while his uncle Prince Albert rode in the front.
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 Grace Kelly Summary
Prince Rainier's maternal grandfather, Prince Louis II of Monaco also legitimized his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet, who would become Rainier's mother and made her his heir Princess Charlotte of Monaco.
Pascal and Rainier supposedly parted when a physical examination reportedly found her to be infertile, but she later married Raymond Pellegrin, to whom she bore a child.
The line of succession is now Princess Caroline, then her children by her late second husband Stefano Casiraghi, who died in 1990, and her daughter by her third husband, HRH Prince Ernst August of Hanover.
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 A Profile of Monaco
Rainier’s sister, Princess Antoinette, known in the family as Tiny, lives in a modest villa under the corniche in outlying Eze sur Mer with thirty-five old or abandoned dogs, eighteen stray cats, and, when I called on her, two young maids from Yorkshire.
Rainier successfully blocked the will, using his power as absolute monarch and the argument that his father’s fortune was not personal but belonged to the Crown and was therefore not his to give away.
Rainier and I were very close as children, but in sovereign families always people try to get between to get the power”.
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 Monaco Eye • Monaco Holiday • House of Grimaldi
However, his father, Stefano Casiraghi, was Italian and Andrea is simply the Italian for Andrew.
Princess Caroline, b.1957, is the eldest child of Prince Rainier and Princess Grace, sister to Prince Albert and currently first in line to the throne.
Prince Rainier was until recently the much loved reigning monarch of Monaco.
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 ABC News: Prince Albert's Take on Taking the Throne
Rainier spent years grooming Albert to take over, despite concerns about his son's confirmed bachelorhood, his perceived lack of toughness and his preference for sports over politics.
A month after Rainier's death, one of Albert's former lovers revealed to the world that she wanted her almost 2-year-old son to be officially recognized by Albert.
Rainier did not approve, according to Coste, and eventually the prince told her it would be best if they stayed friends.
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 ohnotheydidnt: Plot to kidnap Monaco royals
Her children — Andrea, 22, Charlotte, 20, and Pierre, 18 — are icons of the international jet set as well as candidates to inherit the Monaco throne if bachelor Albert fails to produce an heir.
Kelly’s death in a car crash in 1982 was one of the first in a string of misfortunes to hit the family and prompt talk of a “curse of the Grimaldis”.
Stefano Casiraghi, Andrea’s father and a dashing Italian business magnate, was killed in a power boat accident off Saint Jean-Cap-Ferrat in 1990.
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 Monaco’s prince dead - Deccan Herald - Internet Edition   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rainier, who had been in intensive care since the end of last month, was for nearly 60 years the head of the ruling Grimaldi family that brought glamour, wealth and massive changes to the small Mediterranean principality of Monaco that was admitted to the United Nations in 1993.
When the couple married in 1956, seven years after Rainier succeeded to the Monaco throne, they were guaranteed instant attention wherever they went because of Grace’s seemingly fairy tale decision to abandon the silver screen in exchange for the life of a wife, mother and princess.
Rainier, who had a reputation as a playboy, threw his energy into reforming Monaco’s constitution and backing a massive construction project that led to the reclamation of land from the sea and the expansion by 20 per cent of Monaco’s territory.
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 Royal Family of Europe - pafg187 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Pierre Marie Xavier DE POLIGNAC was born on 24 Oct 1895 in Constantine, Algeria, North Africa.
Count Pierre Marie Xavier Raphael Antoine Melchior de Polignac, duc de Valentinois (24 October 1895 - 10 November 1964), was son of Maxence de Polignac (1857-1936) and his wife Suzanne de la Torre y Mier (1858-1913), and married the hereditary Princess of Monaco.
While attending the Cannes film festival she met Prince Rainier III of Monaco; the two were married on 18 April 1956 and Kelly abandoned her acting career to become Princess Grace.
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 Grace Kelly at AllExperts
She reportedly was surprised to learn from Rainier that she was expected to give up her film career entirely, but followed his wishes grudgingly.
Prince Rainier's maternal grandfather, Louis II also legitimized his illegitimate daughter Charlotte Louvet (later Princess Charlotte of Monaco, Duchess of Valentinois), who would become Rainier's mother and made her his heir.
Pascal and Rainier supposedly parted when a physical examination reportedly found her to be infertile, but she later married Raymond Pellegrin, to whom she bore a child.
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 The Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church - Creations of cardinals of the XII Century
Pierre de Fontaines, French, created cardinal priest of the title of S. Marcello in January 1120.
Stefano, deacon of S. Maria in Domnica in December 1120.
Pierre, French, closed friend of St. Bernard de Clairvaux, created cardinal priest of S. Anastasia in December 1126 or 1127.
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 The Crowned Head - Monaco Children
Andrea Alberto Pierre Casiraghi was born June 8, 1984 to Princess Caroline of Monaco and Italian businessman Stefano Casiraghi.
Charlotte Casiraghi, Pierre Casiraghi and Princess Alexandra of Hanover
Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi was born on August 3, 1986, and her brother Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi was born on September 5, 1987.
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 Prince Rainier III of Monaco -Times Online   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Rainier had faced his first political crisis in 1955 when a Monaco bank with government interests, the Société Monégasque de Banques et de Métaux Précieux, ran into financial difficulties and was declared bankrupt.
Rainier’s grasp of foreign policy was tested early in the next decade when he clashed with President de Gaulle of France in 1962 after the de Gaulle Government expressed its irritation over increased French use of Monaco’s status as a tax haven.
Rainier, who described his position as “a solitary job”, remained single after her death, his solitude often being sorely tried by his daughters’ capacity to attract sensational publicity through lives which seemed characterised by relationships with unsuitable men.
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 Pope sends support as Rainier worsens
Monaco citizens meanwhile were keeping an anxious eye on the white flag flying at full-mast from the prince's palace, built on the coastal rock Rainier's ancestor Francois Grimaldi seized from the Genoese in 1297.
Princess Grace, the American actress Rainier married in 1956, was killed in a car crash in 1982.
Caroline's second husband, Italian Stefano Casiraghi, was killed in 1990 in a motorboat accident.
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 Monaco Official Site - Biography_rainier   (Site not responding. Last check: )
He was the son of Princess Charlotte, Louise, Juliette, Duchess of Valentinois, born September 30, 1898 at (Qasantina) Constantine, and deceased November 16, 1977; and of Prince Pierre-Marie-Xavier-Antoine-Melchior, Count of Polignac, born October 24 1895 in the Chateau de Kerscamp (Morbihan), named Grimaldi by Order in Council on March 18, 1920, deceased November 10, 1964.
May 9, 1949, Prince Rainier III succeeded from his grandfather, Prince Louis II (five years earlier, on May 30, 1944, the Crown Princess Charlotte, daughter of Prince Louis II, duly authorized by the Sovereign Prince, renounced in favor of her son, the hereditary title and the succession to the throne of Monaco).
Prince Rainier continued to serve in the ranks of the French Army, and was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, then posted to the economic section of the French Military Mission in
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