Elizabeth-Ann (Noghès) de Massy (3 July 1947 – 10 June 2020) was the daughter of Princess Antoinette of Monaco and Alexandre-Athenase Noghès . She was a first cousin of the reigning Prince Albert II and niece of Prince Rainier III . She was the godmother of her first cousin, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco .
3-422: She was born in 1947 to Princess Antoinette of Monaco and her partner Alexandre-Athenase Noghès during the reign of her maternal great-grandfather Prince Louis II, Prince of Monaco , himself the father of Elizabeth-Ann‘s maternal grandmother Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois Although Elizabeth-Ann was born out of wedlock, her parents married in 1951, thus legitimizing her, and placing her in line to
6-903: The throne. Elizabeth-Ann could represent the Sovereign Prince of Monaco at official events. She was the eldest of three siblings; the others were Christian Louis (born 1949) and Christine Alix (1951–1989). She was one of the four junior bridesmaids at the wedding of her uncle Rainier III with Grace Kelly . Elizabeth-Ann was married twice. She married firstly in Monaco on 19 January 1974 and divorced on 30 October 1980 Baron Bernard Alexandre Taubert-Natta ( Geneva , 2 July 1941 – Geneva, 13 April 1989), and had one son: She married secondly in London on 18 October 1984 and divorced on 28 March 1985 choreographer Nicolai Vladimir Costello a.k.a. de Lusignan (b. Lees , 24 December 1943). The bride
9-689: Was pregnant and together they had one daughter: She was well known for her charity work in Monaco. She was President of the Monegasque Tennis Federation and of the Monte Carlo Country Club . She lost her place in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne upon the death of Rainier III, but remained a member of the Princely Family's "pool" of familial collaterals eligible to be selected for
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