Background
RAINIER, His Serene Highness Prince was born on May 31, 1923. Son of the late Comte Pierre de Polignac and the late Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.
RAINIER, His Serene Highness Prince was born on May 31, 1923. Son of the late Comte Pierre de Polignac and the late Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois.
Summerfields School, Hastings (England), Montpellier University, and Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques, Paris.
Founded Monaco Red Cross 1948, American Friends of Monaco 1952, Prix Rainier 1955, Grand Master, Ordre de Saint Charles de Monaco, Grand Croix, Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur"honneur, Belgian, Swedish, Greek, Lebanese, Italian, Netherlands and San Marino. Served in French army as Lieutenant, and Colonel 1944-1945.
Married Grace Patricia Kelly in 1956 (died in 1982).