Brooke Shields

Brooke Christa Camille Shields (born May 31, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA) is an American actress. She achieved early fame as a child actress, and by her teens was one of the most photographed and recognized models in the world. She attended Princeton University from 1983 to 1987, graduating with a degree in French literature.

Family

Her parents are the late Francis Alexander Shields who married Brooke´s mother, Maria Theresia Schmonin, in 1964. Her paternal grandparents are Francis Xavier Shields, (a tennis star) of Irish decent, and Italian princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi, who was a sister of Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi, the husband of the Spanish Infanta Beatrix of Bourbon-Battenberg (aunt of King Juan Carlos I of Spain). Through her Italian-American grandmother, Brooke Shields is a descendant of Henri IV, King of France, the Emperor Charles V, Lucrezia Borgia, and Honore I, Prince of Monaco. Her great-grandmother, Elsie Moore, was a sister of Glenn Close's grandfather. Shields is "a 23rd generation descendant of Francesco I Gattilusio, the founder of the Lesbian Gattilusii dynasty," according to William Addams Reitwiesner's monograph, The Lesbian Ancestors of Prince Rainier of Monaco, Dr. Otto von Habsburg, Brooke Shields, and the Marquis de Sade. http://members.aol.com/eurostamm/lesbian.html

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Francis Alexander Shields - 1964 - Francis Xavier Shields - Tennis - Irish - Italian - Princess Donna Marina Torlonia di Civitella-Cesi - Don Alessandro Torlonia, 5th Prince di Civitella-Cesi - Juan Carlos I of Spain - Lucrezia Borgia - Glenn Close - Gattilusio - William Addams Reitwiesner - Lesbian - Prince Rainier of Monaco - Dr. Otto von Habsburg - Marquis de Sade

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She was married from 1997 to 1999 to professional tennis player, Andre Agassi. Since 2001 she has been married to Chris Henchy: they are parents of one daughter, Rowan Francis, born in 2003.

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1997 - 1999 - Andre Agassi - 2001 - Chris Henchy - 2003

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