Christine Alix de Massy

Monegasque noble
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroMonegasque noble
PlacesMonaco
wasNoble
Work fieldRoyals
Gender
Female
Birth8 July 1951
Death15 February 1989Nice, France (aged 37 years)
Star signCancer
Family
Mother:Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
Father:Alexandre-Athenase Noghès
Siblings:Christian Louis de Massy Elisabeth-Anne de Massy
Children:Keith Sebastian Knecht
The details

Biography

Baroness Christine Alix de Massy Noghès (8 July 1951 – 15 February 1989) was born to Princess Antoinette of Monaco and her then lover Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. She was 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.

Biography

She was the youngest of three siblings; the others were Elisabeth-Anne (born 1947) and Christian Louis (born 1949). She was one of the four junior bridesmaids at the wedding of her uncle Rainier III with Grace Kelly.

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:

  • Keith Sébastien Knecht de Massy (b. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 24 August 1972), married in July 1999 to Donna Donatella dei duchi Lecca Ducagini Guevara Suardo Fabbri, with whom he has four children:
    • Christine Knecht (12 June 2000)
    • Alexia Knecht (21 September 2001)
    • Vittoria Knecht (18 April 2007)
    • Andrea Knecht (16 October 2008)

She married secondly on 25 March 1988 Leon Leroy, without issue.

She died of leukemia at the age of 37.

Ancestry

8. Alexandre Noghès
8. Alexandre Noghès
17. Joséphine Blanchi
4. Antony Noghès
2. Alexandre-Athenase Noghès
5. Marie Markellos-Petsalis
1. Christine-Alix Massy
24. Count Charles of Polignac
12. Count Maxence Melchior de Polignac
25. Caroline Joséphine Le Normand de Morando
6. Count Pierre de Polignac
26. Isidoro Fernando de la Torre y Carsí
13. Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier
27. María Luisa de Mier y Celis
3. Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
28. Albert I, Prince of Monaco
14. Louis II, Prince of Monaco
29. Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
7. Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois
30. Jacques Henri Louvet
15. Marie Juliette Louvet
31. Josephine Elmire Piedefer
8. Alexandre Noghès
17. Joséphine Blanchi
4. Antony Noghès
2. Alexandre-Athenase Noghès
5. Marie Markellos-Petsalis
1. Christine-Alix Massy
24. Count Charles of Polignac
12. Count Maxence Melchior de Polignac
25. Caroline Joséphine Le Normand de Morando
6. Count Pierre de Polignac
26. Isidoro Fernando de la Torre y Carsí
13. Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier
27. María Luisa de Mier y Celis
3. Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
28. Albert I, Prince of Monaco
14. Louis II, Prince of Monaco
29. Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
7. Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois
30. Jacques Henri Louvet
15. Marie Juliette Louvet
31. Josephine Elmire Piedefer
17. Joséphine Blanchi
4. Antony Noghès
2. Alexandre-Athenase Noghès
5. Marie Markellos-Petsalis
1. Christine-Alix Massy
24. Count Charles of Polignac
12. Count Maxence Melchior de Polignac
25. Caroline Joséphine Le Normand de Morando
6. Count Pierre de Polignac
26. Isidoro Fernando de la Torre y Carsí
13. Susana Mariana de la Torre y Mier
27. María Luisa de Mier y Celis
3. Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
28. Albert I, Prince of Monaco
14. Louis II, Prince of Monaco
29. Mary Victoria Douglas-Hamilton
7. Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois
30. Jacques Henri Louvet
15. Marie Juliette Louvet
31. Josephine Elmire Piedefer
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