{{Short description|Monégasque princess (born 2014)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox royalty | name = Princess Gabriella | title = Countess of Carladès | full name = Gabriella Thérèse Marie Grimaldi | image = | caption = Princess Gabriella in 2025. | house = Grimaldi | father = Albert II, Prince of Monaco | mother = Charlene Wittstock | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2014|12|10 |df=y}} | birth_place = Princess Grace Hospital Centre, La Colle, Monaco| }} {{Monegasque Princely Family}}
'''Princess Gabriella of Monaco, Countess of Carladès''' (Gabriella Thérèse Marie Grimaldi; born 10 December 2014), is the daughter of Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene. She is second in the line of succession to the Monegasque throne, behind her twin brother, Hereditary Prince Jacques.
== Birth and christening == <!---{| align="left" | thumb|100px|center|Royal Monogram of Princess Gabriella |} Article is too short for an image of this size---> On 30 May 2014, it was announced that Princess Charlene was pregnant. After much speculation it was confirmed, on 9 October 2014, that the couple was expecting twins by the end of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://royalista.com/45356/monaco-confirms-princess-charlene-is-pregnant-with-twins/ |title=Monaco confirms: Princess Charlene is pregnant with twins |publisher=Royalista.com |date=9 October 2014 |accessdate=21 October 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021203809/http://royalista.com/45356/monaco-confirms-princess-charlene-is-pregnant-with-twins/ |archive-date=21 October 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Monaco's Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene expecting baby|work=BBC News |date=30 May 2014 |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-27643408|accessdate=30 May 2014}}</ref> On 21 November 2014, the palace announced that each twin would have the right to a salvo of 21 cannon shots at birth. Forty-two cannon shots (21 for each child) were to be fired from the Fort Antoine and church bells were to be rung for fifteen minutes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Press release|url=http://www.palais.mc/en/news/h-s-h-prince-albert-ii/event/2014/december/press-release-3296.html|accessdate=12 December 2014}}</ref> In addition, the day would be declared a holiday.<ref name=lE11212014>{{cite news|title=Jour férié et coups de canons pour les jumeaux de Charlène de Monaco|url=http://www.lexpress.fr/styles/vip/jour-ferie-et-coups-de-canons-pour-les-jumeaux-de-charlene-de-monaco_1625235.html|accessdate=15 Mar 2017|work=L'Express|date=21 November 2014}}</ref>
On 10 December 2014, Princess Gabriella was born at Monaco's Princess Grace Hospital Centre. Despite being born before her brother, Jacques, Monaco's male-preference primogeniture means she was superseded in the line of succession when he was born two minutes later.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Marciano|first1=Catherine|url=https://uk.news.yahoo.com/monacos-royal-babies-twins-gabriella-jacques-born-says-185110033.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141214233540/https://uk.news.yahoo.com/monacos-royal-babies-twins-gabriella-jacques-born-says-185110033.html|archive-date=14 December 2014|title=Joy in Monaco over arrival of royal twins|date=11 December 2014|work=Agence France-Presse|accessdate=11 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> On the day of her birth, Princess Gabriella was granted the title ''Countess of Carladès'' by her father.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Botelho|first1=Greg|title=Royal twins born in Monaco|url=http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/10/world/europe/monaco-royal-twins/index.html?hpt=hp_t4|accessdate=12 December 2014|publisher=CNN|date=11 December 2014}}</ref><ref name="palaisprincier">{{cite web|url=http://www.palais.mc/fr/actualites/s-a-s-le-prince-albert-ii/evenement/2014/decembre/naissances-princieres-3294.html|title=Naissances Princières|website=Palais Princier de Monaco|date=10 December 2014}}</ref> On 7 January 2015, the children were presented to the Monegasque people.<ref name="lVdN12122014">{{cite news|url=http://www.lavoixdunord.fr/femmes/albert-et-charlene-de-monaco-presentation-officielle-ia4908b0n2546414|title=Albert et Charlène de Monaco: présentation officielle des jumeaux le 7 janvier 2015|date=12 December 2014|work=La Voix du Nord|accessdate=15 Mar 2017}}</ref>
Gabriella and Jacques were baptised at the Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate in Monaco-Ville on 10 May 2015.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.parismatch.com/Royal-Blog/The-Catholic-baptism-of-Jacques-and-Gabriella-762112| title=Monaco - The Catholic baptism of Jacques and Gabriella | work=Paris Match| date=14 May 2015| accessdate=20 October 2015 }}</ref> Her godparents are her maternal uncle Gareth Wittstock and Francois Pienaar's wife Nerine Pienaar.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/royalty/2015061168454/monaco-s-prince-albert-and-princess-charlene-baptize-twins/| title=Monaco's Prince Albert and Princess Charlene baptize their twins| work=Hello!| date=11 June 2015| accessdate=20 October 2015 }}</ref> At this occasion, she was awarded the Grand Officer of the Order of Grimaldi.<ref name=order/>
=== First communion === Gabriella received her First Holy Communion on 11 May 2025, along with her brother Jacques, at the Church of Saint Charles. The siblings wore white albs.{{cn|date=December 2025}}
== Education == Gabriella and her brother Jacques have attended François d'Assise-Nicolas Barré School since 2021.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://monacolife.net/back-to-school-for-monacos-prince-jacques-and-princess-gabriella/| title=Back to School for Monaco's Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella| first=Stephanie|last=Horsman|work=Monaco Life| date=12 September 2023| accessdate=12 September 2023 }}</ref>
==Titles, Styles and Honours== thumb|150px|Monogram of Princess Gabriella of MonacoTitles and Styles: '''Her Serene Highness Princess Gabriella of Monaco, Countess of Carladès'''
Honours *{{flag|Monaco}}: **70px Grand Officer of the Order of Grimaldi (10 May 2015).<ref name="order">{{Cite web |title=Ordonnance Souveraine n° 5.370 du 17 juin 2015 portant nomination et titularisation d'un Agent de Service dans les établissements d'enseignement / Journal 8234 / Année 2015 / Journaux / Accueil |url=https://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/Journaux/2015/Journal-8234/Ordonnance-Souveraine-n-5.370-du-17-juin-2015-portant-nomination-et-titularisation-d-un-Agent-de-Service-dans-les-etablissements-d-enseignement |access-date=2023-04-20 |website=Journal de Monaco |language=fr}}</ref>
== References == <references group="fn" /> {{reflist|2}}
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