Prince Rainier Louis Henry Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi III is my 14th cousin 3x removed. The ancestor that we share is Sir Ralph De Neville (1364-1525), my 14th great grandfather. Prince Rainier III was born 31 May 1923 and died on 6 April 2005. He reigned over the Principality regarding Monaco for nearly 56 years, making him among the lengthiest ruling monarchs in European history. Although globally recognized as his marriage to American actress Grace Kelly, he was also accountable for reforms to Monaco’s constitution and for broadening the principality’s overall economy from its traditional casino gambling base to its present tax destination function. Gambling makes up only approximately three percent of the nation’s yearly income these days; when Rainier ascended the throne in 1949, it consisted of greater than NINETY FIVE percent.

This is my genealogical chart showing the ancestor that Prince Rainer and I share:

Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi III, Prince HSH Rainier III, (13th) Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois, Marquis of Baux, Count of Carladès (1923 – 2005)
14th cousin 3x removed

Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi Prinses Van Monaco (1898 – 1977)
Mother of Rainier Louis Henri Maxence Bertrand Grimaldi III, PrinceHSH Rainier III, (13th) Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Duke of Valentinois, Marquis of Baux, Count of Carladès

Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi (1870 – 1949)
Father of Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi Prinses Van Monaco

Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton , Lady (1850 – 1922)
Mother of Louis Honoré Charles Antoine Grimaldi

William Alexander Anthony Douglas-Hamilton (1811 – 1863)
Father of Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton , Lady

Alexander Douglas-Hamilton (1767 – 1852)
Father of William Alexander Anthony Douglas-Hamilton

Archibald Douglas-Hamilton (1740 – 1819)
Father of Alexander Douglas-Hamilton

James Douglas-Hamilton (1703 – 1743)
Father of Archibald Douglas-Hamilton

Lt. Gen. James, Douglas-Hamilton , Duke (4th Earl) of Hamilton (1658 – 1712)
Father of James Douglas-Hamilton

Anne Hamilton , 3rd Duchess of Hamilton (1634 – 1716)
Mother of Lt. Gen. James, Douglas-Hamilton , Duke (4th Earl) of Hamilton

Mary Margaret Fielding (1613 – 1638)
Mother of Anne Hamilton , 3rd Duchess of Hamilton

William Fielding , Sir,1st Earl Denhigh (1582 – 1643)
Father of Mary Margaret Fielding

Elizabeth Aston (1562 – 1585)
Mother of William Fielding , Sir,1st Earl Denhigh

Margery Wrottesley (1532 – 1580)
Mother of Elizabeth Aston

Dorothy Sutton (1465 – 1517)
Mother of Margery Wrottesley

Matilda Clifford (1437 – 1483)
Mother of Dorothy Sutton

Joan Dacre
Mother of Matilda Clifford

Phillippa Neville
Mother of Joan Dacre

Ralph de Neville Sir, van Raby Earl van Westmorland (1364 – 1425)
Father of Phillippa Neville