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12 unusual facts about Albert II, Prince of Monaco


Albert of Monaco

Albert II, Prince of Monaco (born 1958), son of Prince Rainier III, and the current reigning Prince of Monaco since April 6, 2005

Bea Fiedler

Bea Fiedler "the bee" (born 28 June 1957 in Witten, Germany) is a German topless model who entered a paternity suit against Prince Albert of Monaco in 1987.

Bridgette Radebe

On 1–2 July 2011, Radebe played an assisting role in the wedding ceremony of Prince Albert II of Monaco and the former Charlene Wittstock.

Descendants of Isabella I of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon

The Landgraves of Hesse-Darmstadt connection also provides the descent of Albert II, Prince of Monaco from Isabella I and Ferdinand II.

This is also true of the Sovereign Princes of Europe: Albert II, Prince of Monaco and Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein.

Dr. Michael M. Krop High School

In the 2002-2003 school year Albert II, Prince of Monaco visited Krop to speak to student athletes, WLTN Lightning news (closed circuit Krop news station), and the press.

Gillet

Famous Vertigo-owners are Prince Albert of Monaco and the French singer and actor Johnny Hallyday.

Herman Rarebell

Later on, he co-created Monaco Records with Prince Albert of Monaco .

Leruo Molotlegi

In 2011, King Leruo Molotlegi was an invited guest to the wedding of Albert II, Prince of Monaco, to South Africa swimmer, Charlene Wittstock.

Monaco at the 2006 Winter Olympics

The team did not, for the first time since 1984, include Prince Albert of Monaco, who became the ruler of the Principality following the death of his father Rainier III.

Order of Grimaldi

As the Order rewards personal service to the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, it is awarded on the sole discretion of the Grand-Master, currently Albert II, Prince of Monaco.

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke

Notable swimmers missed out the top 8 final, featuring Germany's Antje Buschschulte, a pre-Olympic medal contender; South Africa's Charlene Wittstock, who eventually married to Albert II, Prince of Monaco in 2010; and Zimbabwe's Kirsty Coventry, who later emerged as one of the world's top backstroke swimmers in her decade.


Albert II of Brunswick-Lüneburg

During the interregnum between the death of Albert I and the confirmation of Albert II, the cathedral chapter had a conflict with Anhalt about the principality of Aschersleben and, almost simultaneously, a feud broke out between the chapter and Counts Albert II and Bernard of Regenstein, who were the patrons of the city of Quedlinburg.

Albert II, Duke of Austria

Two years later, King Philip VI of France 1337 asked him for help against Emperor Louis and King Edward III of England.

Albert II, Duke of Saxony

In 1269, 1272 and 1282 the brothers gradually divided their governing competences within the three territorially unconnected Saxon areas (one called Land of Hadeln around Otterndorf, another around Lauenburg upon Elbe and the third around Wittenberg), thus preparing a partition.

Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Born in Ansbach, Albert was the second son of Joachim Ernst, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1582–1625) and his wife Sophie (1594–1651), daughter of John George, Count of Solms-Laubach.

Albert II or V of Brandenburg-Ansbach (18 September 1620 – 22 October 1667) was a German prince, who was Margrave of Ansbach from 1634 until his death.

On Joachim Ernst's death Albert's elder brother Frederick III succeeded him in Ansbach from 1625 onwards, initially under their mother's guardianship, but he was killed without issue in the Thirty Years' War in 1634.

Albert II, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst

When both brothers were proclaimed adults, they decided to ruled jointly without a territorial division of their inheritance, but with separated residences: Waldemar I decided to live in Dessau and Albert in Zerbst or Köthen.

Albert of Saxe-Wittenberg

Albert II, Duke of Saxe-Wittenberg (1250–1298), first duke of Saxe-Wittenberg after its definite division from the Duchy of Saxony in 1296

Attilly

Villeveque in the west with the villa of the Prince of Monaco, ponds for fishing, and the mill (where it is possible to learn to swim)

Bogislaw II, Duke of Pomerania

This occupation was even recognized by the Empire, in the sense that, when the Guelph emperor Otto IV allied himself at Weißensee with Margrave Albert II, Waldemar allied himself with the Hohenstaufen emperor Frederick II.

Bremen Roland

The statue was carved in limestone from Elm, and was commissioned by the city fathers to replace a wooden one burnt in 1366 by Prince-Archbishop Albert II.

Catherine of Austria, Lady of Coucy

When Catherine was six years of age, her father died; Catherine and four-year-old Agnes were placed under the guardianship of their paternal uncles, Frederick the Fair and Albert II, Duke of Austria.

Château de Ferrette

These titles were passed on to his heirs and exist today in the person of the Prince of Monaco who still carries the title of Count de Ferrette.

Dirk Braeckman

He has received considerable acclaim for his portraits of the Belgian king Albert II and Queen Paola, photographs commissioned by the Royal Palace of Brussels.

Eleonore Juliane of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Eleonore Juliane was a daughter of Albert II, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667) and his second wife Sophie Margarete (1634–1664), daughter of Joachim Ernst, Count of Oettingen-Oettingen.

Frederick III, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

He was killed at the Battle of Nördlingen in 1634 unmarried and without issue, meaning he was succeeded by his younger brother Albert II.

Gaston Berghmans

In 2006 King Albert II awarded Berghmans the title Commander of the Crown.

John Henry, Margrave of Moravia

Nevertheless Emperor Louis IV in the same year secretly promised the Carinthian duchy including the March of Carniola and large parts of Tyrol to the Austrian dukes Albert II and Otto the Merry from the House of Habsburg.

John I, Duke of Brunswick-Grubenhagen

He was the son of Duke Henry I "the Marvelous" of Brunswick-Grubenhagen and his wife Agnes of Meissen, daughter of Margrave Albert II of Meissen.

La Condamine

The yacht belonging to the Prince of Monaco is usually berthed in La Condamine's large harbour, the Port of Hercules.

Louis V, Duke of Bavaria

## Meinhard III (9 February 1344 in Landshut-13 January 1363 Castle Tyrol), married 1359 with Margarete of Habsburg (1346–1366), daughter of Duke Albert II of Austria

Margravine Dorothea Charlotte of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Dorothea Charlotte was a daughter of the Margrave Albert of Brandenburg-Ansbach (1620–1667) from his second marriage to Sophia Margaret of Oettingen-Oettingen (1634–1664), daughter of Count Joachim Ernest of Oettingen-Oettingen.

William Frederick, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Albert, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach

Zero Emissions Race

Passengers included UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, Monaco's Prince Albert, Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Sweden's Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt.