Family Background and Early Life
Casiraghi was born on 8 June 1984 in the Princess Grace Hospital Centre, Monte Carlo, Monaco, to Princess Caroline of Monaco and her husband, the Italian businessman and athlete Stefano Casiraghi. The eldest grandchild of Rainier III, Prince of Monaco, and his wife, Grace Kelly, Casiraghi was named after his father's childhood friend, his maternal uncle Prince Albert and his maternal great-grandfather Prince Pierre, Duke of Valentinois. At his mother's request, he was given no title. Casiraghi's godparents are his maternal aunt Princess Stéphanie and his paternal uncle Marco Casiraghi. His sister Charlotte was born on 3 August 1986, and his brother Pierre on 5 September 1987.
On 3 October 1990, Casiraghi's father was killed in a speedboat accident near Monaco. He was buried a few days later in the Chapel of Peace in Monaco. Princess Caroline did not know how to tell her children that their father had died, so Prince Rainier took on that responsibility. Casiraghi was reported to have suffered nightmares and insomnia. To protect her children from media attention, Princess Caroline moved to Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, France, and later to Paris.
In 1999, his mother married Ernst August, Prince of Hanover, and gave birth to Princess Alexandra of Hanover. Along with a half-sister, Casiraghi gained two stepbrothers, Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Hanover, and Prince Christian of Hanover.
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