Princess Charlotte, Duchess of Valentinois

Charlotte of Monaco ( Charlotte Louise Juliette Grimaldi ( née Louvet ), Hereditary Princess of Monaco, Duchesse de Valentinois ) ( born September 30, 1898 in Constantine, Algeria; † 16 November 1977, in Paris) was Hereditary Princess of Monaco.

Life

She was the illegitimate daughter of Prince Louis legitimized II of Monaco (1870-1949) and the French vaudeville dancer Marie Juliette Louvet (1867-1930), which was later, probably because it looked less frivolous, issued as Algerian laundress.

Charlotte was the mother of Prince Rainier III. of Monaco. Before her marriage she was awarded by Monegasque ceremony in Paris on May 16, 1919 title of Duchesse de Valentinois. Her husband was Pierre Grimaldi, Duc de Valentinois (formerly Pierre Comte de Polignac from the house of the Ducs de Polignac ), whom she had married in Monaco on 19 March 1920. The marriage ended in divorce in Monaco on 18 February 1933 were from Prince Rainier and who was born in Paris on December 28, 1920 Princess Antoinette of Monaco, Baroness de Massy. 1944 Princess Charlotte renounced in favor of her son Rainier on the right to the throne. After Prince Louis II had the grandson transferred the business of government for health reasons on 5 May 1949, followed him this as Rainier III. in the reign of the Principality after.

Worth mentioning

According to her, Charlotte Casiraghi, was the elder daughter of Caroline of Monaco named.