Albert II, Prince of Monaco

1.  Albert II, Prince of Monaco 1958-

2.  Rainier III, Prince of Monaco 1923-2005

3.  Grace Kelly 1929-82

4.  Pierre de Polignac 1895-1964

5.  Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois 1898-1977

6.  John Kelly 1889-60

7.  Margaret Maier 1899-1990

8.  Maxence de Polignac 1857-1936

9.  Suzanne de La Torre y Mier 1858-1913

10.  Louis II, Prince of Monaco 1870-1949

11.  Marie Louvet 1867-1930

12.  John Kelly 1847-97

13.  Mary Costello 1852-1926

14.  Karl Maier 1863-1922

15.  Margaretha Berg 1870-1949

16.  Charles Marie, Comte de Polignac 1824-81

17.  Josephine Lenormand de Morando 1828-83

18.  Isidro de La Torre y Carsi 1816-?

19.  Luisa de Mier y Celis 1830-?

20.  Albert I, Prince of Monaco 1848-1922

21.  Mary Douglas-Hamilton 1850-1922

22.  Jacques Louvet 1830-1910

23.  Josephine Piedefer 1828-71

24.  Brian Kelly 1804-89

25.  Honora McLaughlin 1821-84

26.  Walter Costello 1832-1910

27.  Anne Burke 1833-82

28.  Johann Maier 1837-85

29.  Luise Adam 1837-1904

30.  Georg Berg 1841-1908

31.  Elisabetha Rohrig 1843-86

Albert II, the richest monarch in Europe after Prince Hans-Adam II of Liechtenstein, has the most varied ancestry, and is the one monarch in Europe not at all closely related to the others.  His mother, Grace Kelly, was a Hollywood actress with Irish and German forebears.  His father, Prince Rainier, was the son of the legitimised princess Charlotte of Monaco, whose mother was the impoverished wife of an artist.  The Monegasque royal family, although the oldest continual house in Europe, is a remarkably barren one, and they generally married higher nobles rather than other royals.  Only through No 21, Mary Douglas-Hamilton, whose mother was a princess of Baden-Baden, can links to other royal families in Europe be found.  Of the fifth generation, three are French, three are Spanish, one is Monegasque, five are British, and four are German.  Only Queen Elizabeth II of England has as much British ancestry.  The average of the fifth generation (where known, for the death dates of two are unknown) is 62, lower than other ones we have seen, perhaps reflecting the lower social status of the Prince’s ancestors.