Louis Ducruet

Ducruet grew up in Monaco-Ville. His parents, Princess Stéphanie of Monaco and Daniel Ducruet, were married in 1995, but divorced a year later.{{cite web|last1=Pearl|first1=Diana|title=Princess Stephanie of Monaco's Most Notable Moments|url=http://people.com/royals/princess-stephanie-controversial-moments/|website=People magazine|publisher=Time Warner|accessdate=30 November 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523202758/http://people.com/royals/princess-stephanie-controversial-moments/|archivedate=23 May 2017}} For a couple of years, he lived in Auron, France, then he moved with his mother and sisters to the Zurich area.{{cite web|last1=Fleck|first1=Fiona|title=Princess Stephanie joins her elephant man|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1324001/Princess-Stephanie-joins-her-elephant-man.html|website=The Daily Telegraph (UK)|date=24 February 2001 |accessdate=30 November 2017}} After 2002, he and his mother and sisters returned to live in Monaco.{{cite web|last1=Delves Broughton|first1=Philip|title=Rebel Stephanie packs her trunk and says goodbye to her circus lover|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/monaco/1387882/Rebel-Stephanie-packs-her-trunk-and-says-goodbye-to-her-circus-lover.html|website=The Daily Telegraph (UK)|date=15 March 2002 |accessdate=30 November 2017}}

Ducruet attended primary school in Auron. He then attended the Lycée français Marie Curie de Zurich. He completed secondary schooling at Lycée Albert Premier, where he passed the Baccalauréat in 2010.[http://www.linternaute.com/ville/academie/nice/d/1/?f_tri_critere=resultat&f_tri_sens=asc Bac Results 2010, from schools in Nice] He started his post-secondary education at Skema Business School in Sophia Antipolis, France.{{cite web|title=The House of Grimaldi: New Generation|url=https://www.hellomonaco.com/officially-2/princess-stephanie-s-children-pauline-and-louis-ducruet/|website=HelloMonaco|accessdate=30 November 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161017202041/https://www.hellomonaco.com/officially-2/princess-stephanie-s-children-pauline-and-louis-ducruet/|archivedate=17 October 2016}} In 2015, he graduated with a bachelor's degree in Sports Management at Western Carolina University, in Cullowhee, North Carolina.

Immediately after secondary school, he took a summer job in the water sports department of Société des bains de mer de Monaco (SBM). He interned for AS Monaco FC and, after obtaining his degree, took a salaried position as an international recruiter.{{cite web

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As of March 2016, Ducruet and his father, Daniel Ducruet, are co-managers of the Monaco-based company MONADECO.{{cite web|title=Nomination d'un Cogerant - S.A.R.L. MONADECO|url=http://journaldemonaco.gouv.mc/en/Journaux/2016/Journal-8285/NOMINATION-D-UN-COGERANT-S.A.R.L.-MONADECO-Societe-a-Responsabilite-Limitee-au-capital-de-15.000-euros-Siege-social-11-boulevard-Charles-III-Monaco|website=Bulletin Officiel de la Principauté|publisher=Journal de Monaco|accessdate=1 December 2017}}

In 2013, Ducruet participated in the "4L Trophy" automobile race. The race covered 6000 km, with starting points from Poitiers to Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and tracked over France, Spain, and Morocco. Ducruet and his co-driver, Ronan Imbrosciano, drove a car that was decorated in the colors and emblem of Radio Monaco. The money raised from the event provides school supplies to poor Moroccan students.{{cite web|title=4L Trophy: Un équipage aux couleurs de Radio Monaco!|url=http://www.monacochannel.mc/Chaines/Monaco-ma-Ville/News/4L-Trophy-Un-equipage-aux-couleurs-de-Radio-Monaco|website=Monaco Ma Ville|publisher=Monaco Channel|accessdate=1 December 2017|url-status=bot: unknown|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201023406/http://www.monacochannel.mc/Chaines/Monaco-ma-Ville/News/4L-Trophy-Un-equipage-aux-couleurs-de-Radio-Monaco|archivedate=1 December 2017}} In 2022, he was selected for Forbes 30 Under 30 in Monaco.{{Cite web |date=2022-08-05 |title=Forbes Monaco |url=https://forbes.mc/30-under-30 |access-date=2023-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220805173403/https://forbes.mc/30-under-30 |archive-date=2022-08-05 }}

On 26 October 2020, it was announced that Ducruet joined EFL Championship football club Nottingham Forest as an advisor for international projects.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nottinghamforest.co.uk/news/2020/october/nottingham-forest-appoint-louis-ducruet-as-advisor-for-international-projects/|title=Welcome Louis|website=www.nottinghamforest.co.uk|date=26 October 2020 }}

On 12 February 2018, Ducruet announced his engagement to long-time girlfriend, Marie Hoa Chevallier (born 28 December 1992), a Frenchwoman of Vietnamese descent.{{cite web|language=german|last=|first=|title=Marie Hoa Chevallier: Wer ist die Frau, die Louis Ducruet den Kopf verdreht hat?|url=https://www.adelswelt.de/aktuell/wer-ist-marie-hoa-chevallier-freundin-von-louis-ducruet|website=adelswelt.de|date=12 February 2018|accessdate=24 March 2019}}[https://twitter.com/Gertsroyals/status/966337610468806662 Twitter] Ducruet and Chevallier met in their first year of Grande école at the Skema Business School.{{cite web|language=fr|url= http://www.parismatch.com/Royal-Blog/Monaco/Louis-Ducruet-et-Marie-leur-histoire-d-amour-en-images-1466330 |title= Louis Ducruet et Marie, leur histoire d'amour en images |date=22 February 2018|access-date=2 November 2021|work=Paris Match}}. Chevallier is a graduate of Skema, where she earned her Bachelor of Business Administration, and is specialized in French Education and Marketing from Western Carolina University.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-30|title=Princess Stéphanie of Monaco's Son Marries HS Sweetheart Marie Chevallier|url=https://www.yourtango.com/2019326709/who-marie-chevallier-details-about-new-wife-princess-stephanie-monaco-son|access-date=2020-08-13|website=YourTango|language=en}} She has a career as event coordinator in luxury hospitality.{{cite web|language=fr|url= https://www.lexpress.fr/actualites/1/styles/le-fils-aine-de-stephanie-de-monaco-s-est-fiance_1986813.html |title= Le fils aîné de Stéphanie de Monaco s'est fiancé|date=21 February 2018 |access-date=2 November 2021|work=L'Express}}

The civil wedding took place on 26 July 2019 at Monaco town hall.{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B0Y3qzunRum/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/eugeniagaravani/2096670460859980710 |archive-date=2021-12-25 |url-access=registration|title=Eugenia Garavani on Instagram: "#BREAKINGNEWS Louis Ducruet and Marie Chevallier are officially married. The couple tied the knot on Monaco's city hall today. Religious…"|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}} The religious wedding took place on 27 July 2019 at Cathedral of Our Lady Immaculate.{{cite web|url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/celebrity/latest/a28529874/grace-kelly-grandson-louis-ducruet-wedding-photos/|title=Grace Kelly's Grandson Louis Ducruet Gets Married in a Two-Day Monaco Wedding|publisher=Harper's Bazaar|first=Amy|last=Mackelden|date=28 July 2019|accessdate=28 July 2019}}

They have a daughter, Victoire Maguy Lam Huong Ducruet, born on 4 April 2023 at 6:15 p.m. in Monaco.[https://www.gala.fr/l_actu/news_de_stars/stephanie-de-monaco-lhistoire-derriere-le-prenom-de-sa-petite-fille-victoire_535559 Stéphanie de Monaco : on sait maintenant pourquoi sa petite-fille s'appelle Victoire !] Their second daughter, Constance, was born on 2 December 2024.https://www.instagram.com/p/DDK8CE2KYUV/

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• Photos of Louis next to his mother, [http://static1.purepeople.com/articles/4/95/55/4/@/789170-rare-en-public-louis-ducruet-a-honore-0x414-2.jpg Princess Stéphanie] and uncle [http://static1.purepeople.com/articles/4/95/55/4/@/789182-louis-ducruet-au-cote-de-son-oncle-le-637x0-2.jpg Prince Albert II] (February 2012)

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