Royal Profile: Princess Alexandra Charlotte of Hanover

Princess Alexandra Charlotte Ulrike Maryam Virginia of Hanover was born 20 July 1999 in Vöcklabruck, Upper Austria as the only child of Prince Ernest August V of Hanover and his second wife, Princess Caroline of Hanover{Source}.
She has a host of much older siblings, three sisters-in-law, a brother-in-law, a brother-in-law, and six nephews and two nieces{Source}{Source}:
  1. Ernst August, Hereditary Prince of Hanover (1983)
    1. Ekaterina Malysheva (1986, m. 2017)
      1. Princess Elisabeth of Hanover (2018)
      2. Prince Welf Henry of Hanover (2019)
  2. Andrea Albert Pierre Casiraghi (1984)
  3. Prince Christian of Hanover (1985)
    1. Alessandra de Osma (m. 2018)
      1. Prince Nicolas of Hanover (2020)
      2. Princess Sofia of Hanover (2020)
  4. Charlotte Marie Pomeline Casiraghi-Rassam (1986)
    1. Gad Elmaleh (partner, never married, 2013-2015)
      1. Raphaël Casiraghi-Elmaleh (2013)
    2. Dimitri Rassam (married 2019)
      1. Balthazar Casiraghi-Rassam (2018)
  5. Pierre Rainier Stefano Casiraghi (1987)
    1. Beatrice Borromero-Casiraghi (1985, m. 2015)
      1. Stefano Ercole Carlo Casiraghi-Borromeo (2017)
      2. Francesco Carlo Albert Casiraghi-Borromeo (2018)
Princess Alexandra was christened on 19 September 1999, in a ceremony at her father's hunting lodge Auerbach, near Grünau im Almtal, Upper Austria.The princess's godparents were:
  1. Princess Alexandra Irene of Hanover, Princess of Leiningen (paternal aunt)
  2. Charlotte Casiraghi(maternal half-sister)
  3. Ulrike Ulmschneider (friend of her parents)
  4. Maryam Sachs (friend of her parents)
  5. Virginia Gallico (friend of her parents, who was also her mother's madame d'honneur for many years)
  6. George Condo (friend of her parents)
  7. Eric Maier (friend of her parents)
Per Hanoverian family tradition, she was named for her godmothers:
  • Alexandra: for her paternal aunt
  • Charlotte: for her half-sister
  • Ulrike: for her parents' friend
  • Marym: for her parents' friend
  • Virginia: for her mother's madame d'honeur
A German-British-Monacan (German/British from her father, Monégasque from her mother. She is referred to as Monacan because she was born outside Monaco to a Monégasque parent) Princess by birth, she grew up in France, about 40km outside Paris.

She began attending school in the Le Mée-sur-Seine, France area, before moving back to Monaco with her mother in 2009. In the autumn of 2009, she began attending L'Institut François d’Assise Nicolas Barré, a private Catholic school in Monaco.  She received her French Bac in 2017. She is reportedly attended New York University-has her Hanover brothers have before her.

She is fluent in English, French & German, and could possibly learned Spanish, Italian, and Monaco's local dialect, lang Monégasque in school.  It is said that she speaks English with her father and German-born elder half-brothers, German with her nanny growing up, and French with everyone else.

Until the births of Prince Jacques & Princess Gabriella of Monaco, she was the only grandchild of Prince Rainier III to hold any sort of title, even if her title isn't Monégasque. With the birth of the twins in December 2014, she is in 7th place for the throne of Monaco.

She has a close friend, who is also her second cousin (Princess Caroline is cousins with the girl's namesake and grandmother), Christine Knecht de Massy. The pair can often be seen paling with one another at events involving the whole family, whether it be reading at her uncle's wedding (Christine is the redhead in Green), and attending the 2011 Monaco Global Champions Tour (Princess Alexandra has her back to the camera, with the ponytail).  In 2015, she attended the presentation of her little cousins to the public, her little cousin's baptism, and the LGCT Monaco.The dynamic duo could've also be seen promoting their school's (Christine is said to be a year behind Princess Alexandra at L'FANB until she moved to South Africa a few years ago) mathematics and science programs throughout the school and local community.

Since she was not raised Catholic, she was 400+ in line for the throne of Great Britain after her two eldest brothers and little niece. However, she converted to Catholicism in the fall of 2018, therefore, she is not in succession for the British throne. She is the greatx6 granddaughter of King George III, through King George III's son, Prince Ernest August I of Hanover.

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