Christine Alix de Massy

Christine Alix de Massy
Spouse	Charles Wayne Knecht (m. 1972–1976) Leon Leroy (m. 1988–1989)
Issue
Keith Sebastian Knecht de Massy
Full name
Christine Alix de Massy
Father	Alexandre-Athenase Noghès
Mother	Princess Antoinette, Baroness of Massy
Born	8 July 1951(1951-07-08) Monaco
Died	15 February 1989(1989-02-15) (aged 37) Nice
Burial	Chapel of Peace, Monaco

Christine Alix de Massy (Noghès) (Monaco, 8 July 1951 – Nice, 15 February 1989) was born to Princess Antoinette of Monaco and her then lover Alexandre-Athenase Noghès. She is 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.^[1]

She was the youngest of three siblings; the others were Elisabeth-Anne (born 1947) and Christian Louis (born 1949).

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:^[2]

• Keith Sebastian Knecht de Massy (b. Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 24 August 1972),^[2] married in July 1999 Donatella Dugaginy, with whom he has four children:^[2]
  • Christine Knecht (12 June 2000)^[2]
  • Alexia Knecht (21 September 2001)^[2]
  • Vittoria Knecht (18 April 2007)^[2]
  • Andrea Knecht (16 October 2008)^[2]

She married secondly on 25 March 1988 Leon Leroy, without issue.^[2]

Ancestry

References

• 'Palace: My Life in the Royal Family of Monaco', by Christian de Massy and Charles Higham. (New York, Atheneum, 1986, ISBN 0-689-11636-5.)
• 'Princess' Grace, by Sarah Bradford (New York,Stein and Day, 1984, ISBN 0-8128-2958-1.)

1. ^ Elizabeth-Anne de Massy
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h} angelfire.com

External links

• Princely House of Monaco

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Name	Massy, Christine Alix De
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Date of birth	8 July 1951
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Date of death	15 February 1989
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