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Albert II, born Albert Alexandre Louis Pierre Grimaldi on 14 March 1958 at the Prince’s Palace of Monaco, is the Sovereign Prince of Monaco.
He is the second child and only son of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace, the American actress formerly known as Grace Kelly.
He succeeded his father upon Rainier’s death on 6 April 2005 and was formally invested as prince on 12 July 2005.