( CNN ) -- If you bet on the princess , you win . Monaco 's Princess Gabriella Therese Marie was born at 5:04 p.m. ( 11:04 a.m . ET ) Wednesday , beating her brother Jacques Honore Rainier into the waking world by two minutes , the royal family announced on Facebook . The twins are the first children born to Charlene Wittstock , the former South African Olympic swimmer who married Prince Albert II in 2011 . Their birth took place at the Princess Grace Hospital Monaco , named after Albert 's mother -- and late legendary Hollywood actress -- Grace Kelly . `` The Princess and the children are doing well , '' the royal family said . Prince Albert had n't been married before , but he did have two children born out of wedlock in 1992 and 2003 . Yet it 's the twins born to Wittstock who will get first crack at the throne , because Monaco law dictates that `` succession passes , upon death or abdication , to the direct legitimate ( descendant ) of the previous prince . '' And in this case , it would be Albert 's son Jacques , even though he arrived after his sister . While Gabriella will be the `` second child in the line of succession , '' according to the royal family , Jacques `` is the Crown Prince '' and receives the title of Marquis of Baux ( in Provence ) . Princess Gabriella is now known as the Countess of Carlades ( in Auvergne ) .
Princess Gabriella is born at Princess Grace Hospital , 2 minutes before her brother . But Prince Jacques is next in line for the throne , under Monaco law . The twins are the first children born to Prince Albert II and his wife Charlene .