- Christine Alix de Massy
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Christine Alix de Massy Spouse Charles Wayne Knecht
(m. 1972–1976)
Leon Leroy
(m. 1988–1989)Issue Keith Sebastian Knecht de Massy Full name Christine Alix de Massy Father Alexandre-Athenase Noghès Mother Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy Born 8 July 1951
MonacoDied 15 February 1989 (aged 37)
NiceBurial Chapel of Peace, Monaco Christine Alix de Massy (Noghès) (Monaco, 8 July 1951 – Nice, 15 February 1989) was born to Princess Antoinette of Monaco and her then lover Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. She is a first cousin of the reigning Prince Albert II and niece of Rainier III. Although Christine Alix was born out of wedlock, her parents married in 1951, thus legitimizing her, and placing her in line to the throne.[1]
She was the youngest of three siblings; the others were Elisabeth-Anne (born 1947) and Christian Louis (born 1949).
Christine-Alix was married twice.
She married firstly in Monaco on 14 February 1972 and divorced in 1976 Charles Wayne Knecht, first cousin once removed of Princess Grace (b. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 23 November 1944), and had one son:[2]
- Keith Sebastian Knecht de Massy (b. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 24 August 1972),[2] married in July 1999 Donatella Dugaginy, with whom he has four children:[2]
She married secondly on 25 March 1988 Leon Leroy, without issue.[2]
Ancestry
Ancestors of Christine Alix de Massy 8. Alexandre Noghès 4. Anthony Noghès 9. 2. Alexandre-Athenase Noghès 10. Markellos-Petsalis 5. Marie Markellos-Petsalis 11. 1. Christine-Alix Massy 12. Count Maxence Melchior de Polignac 6. Count Pierre de Polignac 13. Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier 3. Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy 14. Louis II, Prince of Monaco 7. Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois 15. Marie Juliette Louvet References
- 'Palace: My Life in the Royal Family of Monaco', by Christian de Massy and Charles Higham. (New York, Atheneum, 1986, ISBN 0-689-11636-5.)
- 'Princess' Grace, by Sarah Bradford (New York,Stein and Day, 1984, ISBN 0-8128-2958-1.)
External links
Categories:- 1951 births
- 1989 deaths
- Monegasque Roman Catholics
- House of Grimaldi
- Monaco stubs
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