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  Albert I, Prince of Monaco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Albert I (November 13, 1848 – June 26, 1922) was the reigning Prince of Monaco from September 10, 1889 – June 26, 1922).
On September 21, 1869, Prince Albert was married to Lady Mary Victoria Hamilton (1850-1922), of Lanarkshire, Scotland, a daughter of the 11th Duke of Hamilton and his royal wife, Princess Marie of Baden.
Despite the initial success of Prince Albert and Princess Alice, in 1902 this marriage too ended, due to the princess's affair with the composer Isidore de Lara, a liaison that resulted in the princess publicly being slapped in the face by her husband during an evening at the opera.
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 Albert II, Prince of Monaco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
His Serene Highness Prince Albert II (Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi; born March 14, 1958), styled HSH The Sovereign Prince of Monaco, is the head of the House of Grimaldi and the current ruler of the Principality of Monaco.
Prior to that, he had been the heir apparent, carrying the titles of HSH the Hereditary Prince of Monaco and Marquis of Baux; after his father became increasingly ill in early 2005, he was appointed regent, in which capacity he served for nearly a week during the last days of his father's life.
Prince Albert II was enthroned as ruler of the Principality of Monaco on July 12, 2005 after the end of the three-month mourning period for his father.
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 Prince Albert of Monaco acknowledges illegitimate son
Albert - in his first remarks on the child since French media broke the story weeks ago - wants to face up to his responsibilities and hopes his young son, now almost 2 years old, could live away from the media spotlight, the Paris lawyer, Thierry Lacoste, said in a statement.
"Prince Albert II asks the press to adopt responsible behavior, similar to what it has adopted in similar circumstances for other public figures, and to respect his private life and that of the underage child," the statement said.
Coste was quoted as saying she met Albert on a flight in July 1997, leading to a relationship and the birth of a child, Alexandre, in August 2003.
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 The 700 Years of Grimaldi
In the scientific sector, the endeavors of Prince Albert I, are pursued at the Oceanographic museum, the Prehistoric Anthropology Museum, the Observatory Grotto, the Exotic Gardens, and at the CIESM.
Hereditary Prince Albert, Alexandre, Louis, Pierre, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux, was born on March 14, 1958.
Prince Albert's godfather was the late Prince Louis de Polignac, and godmother the late Her Majesty Queen Victoria-Eugenia of Spain.
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 boys clothing: Monaco: Prince Albert   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
H.S.H. Prince Albert, Alexandre, Louis, Pierre, Heir to the Throne, Marquis of Baux, was born on March 14, 1958 in Monaco.
H.S.H. Prince Albert, Heir to the Throne, Marquis of Baux, was born in Monaco on March 14, 1958.
On her death, the Prince was left to raise the children, which in the case of the girls proved to be a difficult undertaking.
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 Albert I Of Monaco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
On September 21, 1869, Prince Albert was married to Lady Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton (1850-1922), of Lanarkshire, Scotland, a daughter of the 11th Duke of Hamilton and his royal wife, Princess Marie of Baden.
On September 10, 1889, Albert ascended to the throne of Monaco on the death of his father and that same year he married the widowed duchess de Richelieu, nee Marie Alice Heine (1858-1925).
Despite the initial success of Prince Albert and Princess Alice, in 1902 this marriage too ended in a legal separation, due to the princess's affair with the composer Isidore de Lara.
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 Prince Albert on Encyclopedia.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Prince Albert is a commercial and distribution center for a lumbering, gold- and uranium-mining, and mixed-farming area.
Prince Edward and I have the same problem Prince Albert of Monaco, like Britain's unmarried prince, will not be pushed into matrimony.
Le prince Rainier de Monaco accompagné de son fils le prince Albert le 19 novembre 2003 Le prince Rainier de Monaco, 80 an.
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 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / Prince Albert assumes Monaco royal powers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Groomed from birth to rule, Prince Albert took over Monaco's royal powers on Thursday, assuming all but the throne in the tiny principality after a royal commission decided his critically ill father is too sick to perform his duties.
MONACO --Groomed from birth to rule, Prince Albert took over Monaco's royal powers on Thursday, assuming all but the throne in the tiny principality after a royal commission decided his critically ill father is too sick to perform his duties.
Albert, 47, is the only son of Rainier and his late wife, Grace Kelly, the American beauty who exchanged Hollywood stardom for the life of a princess.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2005/03/31/prince_albert_takes_over_monaco_regency?mode=PF   (696 words)

  
 Hereditary Prince Albert of Monaco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Prince Albert (born: 14 March 1958) is the only son and second of Prince Rainier III of Monaco and his wife the former American star Grace Kelly.
Prince Albert is the current Hereditary of Monaco and Marquis des Baux.
Though there is a history of princes Monaco abdicating and Prince Rainier has spoken doing so an abdication is not expected take place unless and until Prince Albert married.
www.freeglossary.com /Prince_Albert_of_Monaco   (473 words)

  
 ABC News: Prince Albert Takes Over Monaco Regency   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Prince Albert has taken over the regency of Monaco because his ailing father is unable to exercise his royal functions, the palace said Thursday.
MONACO Mar 31, 2005 — Prince Albert has taken over the regency of Monaco because his ailing father, Prince Rainier III, is unable to exercise his royal functions, the palace said Thursday.
Albert, a shy, passionate sportsman often viewed as a reluctant heir, has remained unmarried and childless, causing such concern that the constitution was revised to ensure the continuation of the dynasty.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=629534&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (477 words)

  
 CNN.com - Transcripts
ALBERT: A crown prince is a hereditary prince, it's not a...
ALBERT: I mean, obviously a lot of people -- I think at the onset everybody thought something had to be done but no one had ever thought of -- and there is pretty wide-range sympathy, at least in Monaco and in our part of the world toward the United States, obviously.
ALBERT: I think we've had a difficult period and just to take tourism, for instance, obviously because of 9/11 and because of the general economy, things have not been as promising as they were.
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 Prince Albert II takes Monaco throne
Albert donned a dark suit for the solemn mass in the cathedral, Caroline was fitted out in a checked coat, a wide-brimmed hat and long white gloves, while Stephanie wore a white and pink floral dress.
Albert outlined his plans for his rule in Monday's television interview, insisting that Monaco's association with money laundering was a thing of the past, that he wanted to attract more high-tech companies to the territory, and that he hoped to do more on the environmental and humanitarian fronts.
Albert's failure to marry led to a change in 2002 to Monaco's constitution, under which the 700-year-old Grimaldi dynasty can now continue to rule through the female line if he dies without an heir, instead of, as had previously been the case, the territory coming back under French control.
www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=52195   (783 words)

  
 David Eccles School of Business - Salt Lake City Welcomes Prince Albert of Monaco -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
It is these Olympic values that HSH Prince Albert of Monaco shares with audiences worldwide as a member of the World Olympians Association (WOA), the association of current and former Olympians.
Prince Albert sees Olympic competition as a way to outreach the community as a whole and inspire a new generation of athletes.
HSH Prince Albert of Monaco and Tom Shepard are available for interviews, and may be contacted through Liston Bochette at (813) 361-1530.
www.business.utah.edu /go/news/253   (769 words)

  
 Monaco's Prince Albert, after admitting love child, to take the throne
Albert II of Monaco is due to be enthroned Tuesday as ruler of the Mediterranean statelet in a ceremony that caps a turbulent period for the 700-year-old Grimaldi dynasty.
Prince Albert II of Monaco is due to be enthroned Tuesday as ruler of the Mediterranean statelet in a ceremony that caps a turbulent period for the 700-year-old Grimaldi dynasty.
Albert, who is passionate about the environment and about fighting poverty in the world, will be closely watched to see if he can live up to his late father's combination of charisma and entrepreneurial genius.
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 Prince Albert of Monaco ascends throne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Monaco: Prince Albert II today formally assumed the throne of Monaco, the Mediterranean statelet that has become indelibly linked with Hollywood glamour and jet-set wealth, as well as the ruling Grimaldi dynasty's own turbulent history.
Albert, who became legal ruler as his father Prince Rainier lay on his deathbed earlier this year, knelt before the principality's archbishop to receive the blessing that marked his accession to the throne.
Albert, a 47-year-old bachelor whose fortune is estimated at some two billion euros (2.4 billion dollars), admitted last Wednesday, the last day of official mourning for Rainier, that he was a father.
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 The Epoch Times | Prince Albert's Enthronement Delights Monaco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
MONACO - Prince Albert of Monaco, son of Prince Rainier and Hollywood actress Grace Kelly, ascended the throne on Tuesday in ceremonies that delighted the principality after months of mourning and revelations about his love life.
Prince Albert II of Monaco (2ndR) attends a morning Mass and Te Deum at Monaco Cathedral with his sister Princess Caroline and her husband Prince Ernst-August of Hanover on July 12, 2005 in Monte Carlo, Monaco.
The prince, who had previously kept a lower profile than his much-photographed sisters, publicly acknowledged the boy's existence last week and discussed him in a rare television interview on Monday.
english.epochtimes.com /news/5-7-12/30244.html   (687 words)

  
 Albert --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Albert was the younger son of John Cicero, elector of Brandenburg.
prince of Monaco (1889–1922), seaman, amateur oceanographer, and patron of the sciences, whose contributions to the development of oceanography included innovations in oceanographic equipment and technique and the founding and endowment of institutions to further basic research.
Carl Bert Albert was born on May 10, 1908, in McAlester, Okla. He graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1931 and, after receiving two law degrees, was admitted to the bar in 1935.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9005425   (808 words)

  
 HELLO! Profiles
When Prince Albert took over the reins of the tiny Mediterranean principality of Monaco upon the death of his father Prince Rainier on April 6, 2005, he brought a wealth of training, dedication and long years of experience to the role.
Albert has always said he shared his father's vision for the future of Monaco, and Rainier was unequivocal on the importance of family life.
In the face of the allegations, the prince would only say he would address the issue after the period of mourning for his beloved father was over.
www.hellomagazine.com /profiles/princealbert   (682 words)

  
 Monaco's Prince Albert Assumes Duties | Europe | Deutsche Welle | 31.03.2005
Monaco's Prince Albert is assuming the duties of his father, Prince Rainier, who is in intensive care in hospital, the palace announced Thursday.
Prince Albert, his unwed 47-year-old son, is set to succeed his father as ruler of Monaco.
Princess Caroline of Monaco won her case against German tabloids at the European Court of Human Rights.
www.dw-world.de /dw/article/0,,1537463,00.html?maca=en-rss_english_top-388-rdf   (365 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Prince Albert of Monaco acknowledges illegitimate son   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
PARIS (AP) — The ruler of Monaco, Prince Albert II, has acknowledged having fathered an illegitimate son with a former flight attendant from Togo, his lawyer said Wednesday.
Prince Albert II, 47 and a bachelor, is the only son of Prince Rainier III and film star Grace Kelly.
Albert — in his first remarks on the child since French media broke the story weeks ago — wants to face up to his responsibilities and hopes his young son, now almost 2 years old, could live away from the media spotlight, the Paris lawyer, Thierry Lacoste, said in a statement.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2005-07-06-princealbert-son_x.htm   (519 words)

  
 Prince Albert Monaco - XYZ Monaco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Prince Albert became Monaco's head of state after the 2005 death of his father, Prince Rainier III.
Albert is the son of Rainier and
Hereditary Prince Albert, Alexandre, Louis, Pierre, Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux, was born on March 14...
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 Prince Albert Appears As Monaco's Regent - WTOP Radio
MONACO (AP) - Prince Albert made his first official appearance Tuesday since assuming Monaco's royal duties from his critically ill father, attending Mass for the late Pope John Paul II.
Albert, the only son of ailing Prince Rainier III and the late movie star Grace Kelly, was accompanied at Monaco's cathedral by his sister, Princess Caroline, his nephew, Andrea, and his niece, Charlotte.
Albert, 47, took over Thursday as regent of this tiny Mediterranean principality, which is smaller than New York's Central Park and known as a playground for the rich and famous.
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 The CIESM Congress of Barcelona will make history, according to Prince Albert of Monaco · Forum 2004
Prince Albert of Monaco attended the press conference for the presentation of the 37th Congress of CIESM (International Commission for the Exploration of the Mediterranean Sea).
The prince also placed science on par with sport and music as fields where international cooperation provides examples of what can be achieved when nations work together.
Briand enthusiastically defended the role of scientists, stating that “real scientists are the least vulnerable to propaganda and the most open to dialogue.” On a more modest note, Albert of Monaco admitted to trying to broaden his knowledge of the Mediterranean.
www.barcelona2004.org /eng/actualidad/noticias/html/f042511.htm   (649 words)

  
 Monaco prince albert of monaco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
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 Albert II Prince of Monaco   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Albert has also developed personal contacts with the representatives of the Monaco's economic sector and assisted his father in his activities of representation in a concomitant manner.
In 2005, upon the death of his father, he became the reigning prince of Monaco.
In June 1985 Prince Albert was co-opted into the International Olympic Committee in Berlin.
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 ABC News: Prince Albert Assumes Monaco Royal Powers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Prince Albert has taken over regency of Monaco because his ailing father Rainier, who is being treated in hospital for breathing, kidney and heart problems, is unable to exercise his royal functions, the Palace said Thursday.
MONACO Mar 31, 2005 — Groomed from birth to rule, Prince Albert took over Monaco's royal powers on Thursday, assuming all but the throne in the tiny principality after a royal commission decided his critically ill father is too sick to perform his duties.
Albert has been groomed to rule the principality that has been run by his family the Grimaldis for seven centuries.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=629909&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312   (481 words)

  
 Royalty.nu - The History of Monaco - Royalty in Monaco
The country gained its current constitution in 1911 during the reign of Prince Albert I. He was succeeded in 1922 by his son, French army general Prince Louis II.
May 12, 2005 - According to an article on South Africa's IOL news site, "Monaco's Prince Albert II plans to sue several European publications for reporting on his alleged affair with a Togolese flight attendant" who claims he is the father of her son.
The Royal House of Monaco: Dynasty of Glamour, Tragedy and Scandal by John Glatt examines the history of the royal House of Grimaldi.
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