Elizabeth-Ann de Massy

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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.

Biography[]

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 Elisabeth-Anne was born out of wedlock, her parents married in 1951, thus legitimizing her, and placing her in line to the throne.^{[citation needed]} Baroness Elisabeth Anne 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.^[2][3]

Elizabeth-Ann was married twice.

She married firstly in Monaco on 19 January 1974 and divorced on 30 October 1980^[4] Baron Bernard Alexandre Taubert-Natta (Geneva, 2 July 1941 - Geneva, 13 April 1989), and had one son:

• Jean-Léonard Taubert-Natta de Massy (b. Geneva, 3 June 1974). He is the godson of Prince Albert II. He married in Monaco on 25 April 2009 Suzanne Chrimes.^[5] He has one son named Melchior.^[6]

She married secondly in London on 18 October 1984 and divorced on 28 March 1985 to choreographer^[7] Nicolai Vladimir Costello a.k.a. de Lusignan (b. , 24 December 1943), and together they had one daughter:

• Mélanie-Antoinette Costello de Massy (b. Monaco, 18 January 1985).

She was well known for her charity work in Monaco. She was President of the Monegasque Tennis Federation^[8] and of the Monte Carlo Country Club.^[9]

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 the Crown in the event of the extinction of the descendants of Prince Rainier.

Patronages[]

• Vice-president of the Society for the Protection of Animals and Refuge of Monaco (1984).
• Vice-president of the Canine Society of Monaco (1985).
• Vice-president of the “Monaco Interviews on Energy Medicines” (1988), which became, the “Monaco International Interviews” (1989).
• President of the Monegasque Tennis Federation (1992).
• President of the Monte Carlo Country Club (2008).

Honours[]

•  Monaco:
  • Knight Commander of the Order of Grimaldi (17 November 2009).^[10]
  • Medal for Physical Education and Sports, Second Class (18 November 1983).^[11]
  • Medal for Physical Education and Sports, First Class (18 November 1999).^[12]

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